Joint Poster Session 3 Regional Climate Modeling to Improve Climate Variability and Change Projections at the Local Scale

Thursday, 27 January 2011: 9:45 AM-11:00 AM
Washington State Convention Center
Hosts: (Joint between the 25th Conference on Hydrology; and the 23rd Conference on Climate Variability and Change )
Cochairs:
Francina Dominguez, Univ. of Arizona, Dept. of Atmospheric Sciences, Tucson, AZ; Dennis P. Lettenmaier, University of Washington, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Seattle, WA and L. Ruby Leung, PNNL, Atmospheric Sciences and Global Change Division, Richland, WA

Papers:
401
The potential for an abrupt failure of the West African monsoon as climate warms
Naresh Neupane, University of Texas, Austin, TX; and E. K. Vizy and K. H. Cook

402
Combined effects of global warming and an AMOC shutdown on West African and European climate
Meredith Brown, University of Texas , Austin, TX; and E. K. Vizy and K. H. Cook

403
Air-sea coupling mechanisms in the North Pacific using a high-resolution mesoscale atmospheric model
Ramesh K. Vellore, DRI, Reno, NV; and D. Koracin, I. Cerovecki, and C. E. Dorman

404
Local and remote influences on vertical wind shear in the tropical Atlantic region
Xiaojie Zhu, Texas A&M University, College station, TX; and R. Saravanan

Handout (8.8 MB)

405
High resolution simulation of the succession of hurricanes in 2008: Gustav, Hanna, and Ike
Wuyin Lin, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY; and M. Zhang, A. M. Vogelmann, and J. He

Handout (2.4 MB)

406
A study of inter-annual variability of U.S. West Coast upwelling zones with ENSO and PDO indices using high-resolution regional climate modeling
Darko Koracin, DRI, Reno, NV; and J. Mejia, C. E. Dorman, and K. E. Kunkel

Paper 407 has been moved and replaced by 407A. New paper numer is J10.3A.

407A
Advances in Coupling Regional Circulation/Land Surface Models and Dynamic Crop Models
Guillermo A. Baigorria, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL; and D. W. Shin

408
Dynamical Downscaling of NASA/GISS ModelE: Continuous, Multi-Year WRF Runs
Tanya L. Otte, EPA, Research Triangle Park, NC; and J. H. Bowden, C. G. Nolte, M. J. Otte, J. E. Pleim, J. A. Herwehe, G. Faluvegi, and D. Shindell

Handout (2.2 MB)

409
Analysis and quantification of uncertainty in climate adaptation products for the southwestern US
Duane Apling, Northrop Grumman Corporation, Chantilly, VA; and G. Higgins, K. Darmenova, and H. Kiley

410
Regional climate modeling in the Lower Mississippi River Valley for water resources assessments
Valentine G. Anantharaj, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN; and G. V. Mostovoy, Y. Lau, C. A. Peterson, C. D. Armstrong, and X. Fan

411
Reproducibility and future projection of monthly maximum number of consecutive dry days in Japan: Improvement by a 5-km-mesh regional climate model
Masuo Nakano, Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology, Tsukuba, Japan; and S. Kanada, T. Kato, and K. Kurihara

412
Assessment of Climate Change over Colorado River Basin as predicted by Regional Climate Models
Yanhong Gao, Environmental and Engineering Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou, China; and J. Vano and D. P. Lettenmaier

Handout (1.9 MB)

413
Simulated regional climate change in the Carpathian Basin using ENSEMBLES model simulations
Judit Bartholy, Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary; and R. Pongracz, E. Miklos, and A. Kis
Manuscript (211.4 kB)

Handout (1005.2 kB)

414
Paleo-reconstruction of summer streamflow with estimates of uncertainties and applications to climate change assessments
Eric Lutz, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; and A. F. Hamlet and J. Littell

415
Assessment of dynamical downscale ability to simulate intra-seasonal and interannual variation in East Asia
Tomonori Sato, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan; and Y. Xue

416
High-resolution regional climate simulations of precipitation patterns over the western U.S using WRF
John Mejia, DRI, Reno, NV; and D. Koracin

Handout (1.9 MB)

417
Modeling the hydroclimatology of the midwestern United States: predicting soil moisture under a warmer climate
Jonathan M. Winter, NASA/GISS, New York, NY; and E. A. B. Eltahir

418
Development of the Regional Arctic Climate System Model (RACM) --- Performance of the VIC land surface model in coupled simulations
Chunmei Zhu, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; and D. Lettenmaier, J. He, T. Craig, and W. Maslowski

419
Evaluation and adaptation of a regional climate model for the Horn of Africa: Rainfall climatology and interannual variability
Zewdu Segele, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and L. Leslie and P. J. Lamb

Handout (249.6 kB)

420
Conservative and Noise Resistant Data Remapping for Coupling WRF and CAM
Ying Chen, SUNY, Stony Brook, NY; and X. Jiao, W. Lin, M. H. Zhang, and J. He

Handout (1.1 MB)

421
Construction of WRF/CAM two-way coupling system and preliminary results
Juanxiong He, Stony Brook University/SUNY, Stony Brook, NY; and M. Zhang, W. Lin, Y. Chen, and A. M. Vogelmann

Handout (384.6 kB)

422
Assessment of dynamical downscaling in Japan using the Regional Atmospheric Modeling System (RAMS)
Koji Dairaku, National Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Prevention, Tsukuba, Japan; and R. Pielke Sr., A. Beltran-Przekurat, S. IIzuka, and W. Sasaki

423
Assessment of Climate Model Performance over the Australian Region
Luke M. Leslie, Washington University in St. Louis, Norman, OK

Paper 424 has been moved. New paper number is 505A

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- Indicates an Award Winner
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