Session: Extreme Weather and Climate Change III (93rd American Meteorological Society Annual Meeting)

Tuesday, 8 January 2013: 3:30 PM-5:30 PM

Ballroom C (Austin Convention Center)

Host: 25th Conference on Climate Variability and Change

Chair:

Thomas C. Peterson, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC, Scientific Services Division, Asheville, NC

Papers:

3:30 PM

7B.1

Observed Increases in Probable Maximum Precipitation Over Global Land Areas

David R. Easterling, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC, Asheville, NC; and K. E. Kunkel and W. Yin

Recorded Presentation

3:45 PM

7B.2

Monitoring and Understanding Changes in Heat Waves, Cold Waves, Floods and Droughts in the United States: State of Knowledge

Thomas C. Peterson, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC, Asheville, NC; and R. Heim, T. R. Karl, R. S. Vose, R. Hirsch, D. Kaiser, H. E. Brooks, N. S. Diffenbaugh, R. M. Dole, J. P. Giovannettone, K. Guirguis, R. W. Katz, K. E. Kunkel, D. Lettenmaier, G. J. McCabe, C. J. Paciorek, K. R. Ryberg, S. D. Schubert, V. Silva, B. C. Stewart, A. V. Vecchia, G. Villarini, J. Walsh, M. F. Wehner, D. Wolock, K. E. Wolter, C. A. Woodhouse, and D. J. Wuebbles

Recorded Presentation

4:00 PM

7B.3

Heat Wave Frequency Variability over North America: Two Distinct Leading Modes

Zhiwei Wu, Nanjing University of Information Science & Technology, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China; and H. Lin

Recorded Presentation

4:15 PM

7B.4

The Impact of a Superposed Jet's Ageostrophic Circulation on the 1–2 May 2010 Nashville Flooding Event and the Implications for a Warmer Climate

Andrew C. Winters, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and J. E. Martin

Recorded Presentation

4:30 PM