Session: Poster Session II (98th American Meteorological Society Annual Meeting)

533

When Will We Be Committed to Crossing Critical Temperature Thresholds?

Cristian Proistosescu, Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA; and K. Armour, G. H. Roe, and P. Huybers

534

When Does Climate Shift Emerge in the Future beyond the Historical Variability of Precipitation?

Shoji Kusunoki, MRI, Tsukuba, Japan

535

What Daily Area Averages of Temperature and Precipitation Reveal about the Climate of the Contiguous United States

535A

Statistical Thermodynamics and the Size Distributions of Tropical Convective Clouds

Timothy J. Garrett, Univ. of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT; and I. Glenn, S. K. Krueger, and N. Ferlay

536

New Pathway of Tropical Influences on Arctic Subseasonal Warming Events in the Troposphere

Yen-Heng Lin, Utah State Univ., Logan, UT; and S. Y. Wang

537

Wet and Dry Tropical/Subtropical Regions Show Opposite Sensitivities to Observed Greenhouse Gas Warming

Jaya khanna, Univ. of Texas, Austin, TX; and K. H. Cook and E. Vizy

538

Space-Based Drought Changes in 1980–2017 and Climate Warming

Felix Kogan, NOAA/NESDIS, College Park, MD

539

Sea Surface Temperature Biases in CMIP5 Coupled Models and Their Implications for Regional Climate Simulations and Projections

Bradfield Lyon, Univ. of Maine, Orono, Orono, ME; and A. Giannini, R. Seager, and N. Vigaud

540

Quantification of Global Warming: A Critical Evaluation of CMIP5 GCMs

Austin Hope, Univ. of Maryland, College Park, MD; and R. J. Salawitch, T. Canty, L. McBride, W. Tribett, and B. Bennett

541

Climate Sensitivity Has Never Been Demonstrated by Experiment in the Laboratory or in the Field

Peter L. Ward, U.S. Geological Survey (Retired), Jackson, WY

542

Temperature Anomalies from the AIRS Product on Giovanni for the Climate Comminity

Feng Ding, NASA GSFC/GES DISC and ADNET Systems Inc., Greenbelt, MD; and T. Hearty, J. Wei, M. Theobald, B. Vollmer, E. Seiler, and D. Meyer

543

The Spectral Dimension of Relative Humidity Feedbacks in the CMIP5 Experiments

Fang Pan, SSAI, Hampton, VA; and X. Huang

544

Using Multi-Physics and Multi-Model Regional Climate Model Ensembles to Assess Climate Resiliency in the Great Plains

William Capehart, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, Rapid City, SD; and A. Gettinger, B. Lingwall, P. A. Norton, C. Bruyère, M. Tye, and A. Jaye

545

Impact of Precipitation-Induced Sensible Heat on the Simulated Climatology of Land-Surface Air Temperature

Nan Wei, Sun Yat-Sen Univ., Guangzhou, China; and Y. Dai, M. Zhang, L. Zhou, and D. Ji

546

Discrete Ordinates Spectral Model for Clear-Sky Longwave Surface Irradiance

Mengying Li, Univ. of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA; and Z. Liao and C. F. M. Coimbra

Manuscript (693.9 kB)

547

Enabling Reanalysis Research Using the Collaborative Reanalysis Technical Environment (CREATE)

Gerald L. Potter, NASA GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and L. Carriere, J. Hertz, J. Peters, T. P. Maxwell, S. Strong, J. Shute, Y. shen, and T. Lee

548

Influence of AO/NAO/PNA Evolution on Eastern and Southeastern U.S. Storm Environment

Matthew Brown, Texas A&M Univ., College Station, TX; and C. J. Nowotarski

549

Numerical Modeling of a Heavy Rainfall Event in a Future Climate

John M. Lanicci, Univ. of South Alabama, Mobile, AL; and T. D. Allison and H. E. Fuelberg

Handout (9.2 MB) Handout (9.2 MB)

550

A Multiscale Modelign Framework Study of Changes in Clouds and Atmospheric Circulation Associated with Rapid Adjustment Induced by Increasing Atmospheric CO₂

Kuan-Man Xu, NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA

551

Comparison of Convective Aggregation as Simulated by Two Different Cloud Resolving Models

Alison Banks, Salisbury Univ., Salisbury, MD; and A. Naegele, S. Herbener, D. Dazlich, and D. Randall

552

Convective Aggregation and the Size Distribution of Updrafts

Travis A. O'Brien, LBNL, Berkeley, CA; and K. Kashinath, H. Inda Diaz, and W. Collins

553

Regional Climate Model Validation for Central/Eastern Europe using Hydrostatic vs Non-Hydrostatic Approaches

Rita Pongracz, Eotvos Lorand Univ., Budapest, Hungary; and T. Kalmar, I. Pieczka, and J. Bartholy

Manuscript (1.1 MB)

554

Stochastic Multicloud Model (SMCM) Implemented NCEP Climate Forecast System Version 2 (CFSv2): Sensitivity to the Middle Tropospheric Moisture Parameter in the SMCM

Bidyut B. Goswami, New York Univ., Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates; and B. Khouider, R. Phani, P. Mukhopadhyay, and A. Majda

555

Antecedent Synoptic Environments Most Conducive to North American Polar/Subtropical Jet Superpositions

Andrew C. Winters, Univ. at Albany, SUNY, Albany, NY; and D. Keyser and L. F. Bosart

Handout (24.3 MB)

556

Improved Characterization of the Magnitude and Causes of Spatio-Temporal Variability in Wind Resources

S.C. Pryor, Cornell Univ., Ithaca, NY; and R. J. Barthelmie, T. Biondi, and T. J. Shepherd

557

The Subseasonal-to-Seasonal (S2S) Predictability of Storm Tracks and Related Winter Weather in the NCEP Climate Forecast System

Katherine E. Lukens, Univ. of Maryland, College Park, MD; and E. H. Berbery

558

Caribbean Precipitation Trends during a Regional Sea Surface Temperature Warming Period, 1982–2014

Equisha Glenn, City College, New York, NY; and M. E. Angeles, N. Devineni, T. Smith, and J. E. Gonzalez

559

The Sinuosity of Midlatitude Atmospheric Flow and Its Potential Impacts on Extreme Weather Events in the Northern Hemisphere

Shauna K. Bokn, Metropolitan State Univ., Denver, CO; and J. Shepard and K. Schuenemann

560

Types of Synoptic Storms that Drive High Storm Surge in Boston Harbor

Mathew Barlow, Univ. of Massachusetts, Lowell, MA; and R. O'Donnell and L. Agel

561

Amazon Basin Intraseasonal Rainfall: Classical Equatorially Confined Madden Julian Effect and the Role of Southern Hemisphere Rossby Wave Trains

Victor R. Chavez Sr., Univ. of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

562

An East Coast Winter Storm Climatology and Projected Future Trends

Lena M. Dziechowski, Univ. of Massachusetts, Lowell, MA; and E. DiGangi and E. R. Martin

563

Testing the Role of Westerly Jet in the Termination of Meiyu

Wenwen Kong, Univ. of California, Berkeley, CA; and J. C. H. Chiang

564

A Quantitative Approach to Associate Crop Production and Precipitation

M. Bannayan Sr., Ferdowsi Univ. of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran (Islamic Republic of); and S. Asadi and A. Monti Sr.

565

Pseudo-Global Warming Simulations of the Effect of Climate Change on Extreme Precipitation Events in the Iberian Peninsula

Rosana Ferreira, East Carolina Univ., Greenville, NC

566

Recent and Future Trends of Cold Season Extratropical Cyclones over the Eastern United States

Nicholas H. Balderas, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and G. Jennrich, N. Myers, and J. C. Furtado

567

Process Evaluation of Northeast Winter Precipitation in CMIP5

Anji Seth, Univ. of Connecticut, Storrs, CT; and J. M. Thibeault and C. Lynch

568

Modulation of Precipitation under Future Warm Climate over the CONUS

Mukul Tewari, The Weather Company, IBM, New York, NY; and C. Watson, L. A. Treinish, L. A. Winslow, and K. Rose

569

Intra-annual Characteristics of the Relationship between the Surface Temperature–Based Urban Heat Island Intensity and the Local Climatic Zones

Rita Pongracz, Eotvos Lorand Univ., Budapest, Hungary; and J. Bartholy, C. Dian, and Z. Dezso

Manuscript (1.2 MB)

570

Understanding Climatic Variability: The Environmental Conditions Influencing Snowstorm Variability in Upstate New York

571

Evaluation of a WRF Dynamical Downscaling Simulation Over the Ogallala Aquifer Region

Yongjun Zhang, Kansas State Univ., Manhattan, KS; and X. Lin

572

Spatial Patterns in the Trends in Annual and Seasonal Scale Extreme Temperatures in India

Shouraseni Sen Roy, Univ. of Miami, Coral Gables, FL

573

Analysis of Rainfall Onset, Cessation, Length of Growing Season and Dry Spell in Ada'a District, Central Rift Valley of Ethiopia

Olivier Abayisenga, Haramaya Univ., Dire Dawa, Ethiopia

574

Climatological Characteristics of Frontogenesis and Related Circulations over East China in June and July

Jun Hou, Jiangsu Meteorological Observatory, Nanjing, China; and Z. Guan

575

American Warming Hole Is Not Unique; In Europe We Also Have Some

Lucie Pokorna, IAP, Prague, Czech Republic; and M. Kucerova and R. Huth

Handout (2.3 MB)

576

Quantifying the Spatial and Temporal Extent of the Eastern United States "Warming Hole"

Joseph Leonard, Southern Illinois Univ., Carbondale, IL; and J. Schoof and T. Ford

577

Intensity Variations in Potential Vorticity Streamers: Development Pathways, and Environmental Impacts in the North Atlantic Basin

Philippe P. Papin, SUNY, Albany, NY; and L. F. Bosart and R. D. Torn

578

Analysis on Characteristic Indices of Summer Rainfall in North China

579

Understanding and Communicating Local Climate Change

Jacob C. Muller, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and D. W. Titley, S. K. Miller, and A. M. Walker

580

Korea Climate Change Trend with the Changing of Precipitation

Ihn-Cheol Seong, Inje Univ., Gimhae, Korea, Republic of (South); and E. B. Kim, B. J. Kim, W. S. Jung, and J. K. Park

Handout (1.0 MB)

581

Assessing the Model for Prediction Across Scales (MPAS) for Studies on the Extratropical Transition of Tropical Cyclones and Climate Change

Allison C. Michaelis, North Carolina State Univ., Raleigh, NC; and G. Lackmann

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