Session 4 |
| | Midlatitude atmosphere–ocean interaction: Part I The North Pacific and its connection to the tropics |
| | Chair: Daniel J. Vimont, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
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| 1:30 PM | 4.1 | Waveguides and the remote response to tropical SST anomalies  
Grant Branstator, NCAR, Boulder, CO |
| 2:00 PM | 4.2 | The Impact of ENSO on the North Pacific Ocean-Atmosphere System During Summer
Michael A. Alexander, NOAA/ERL/CDC, Boulder, CO; and J. D. Scott |
| 2:15 PM | 4.3 | On the forcing of the Pacific Decadal Oscillation
Niklas Schneider, IPRC/University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI |
| 2:30 PM | 4.4 | ENSO-forced Decadal Variability in the North Pacific
Matt Newman, NOAA/ERL/CDC, Boulder, CO |
| 3:00 PM | | Coffee Break
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| 3:30 PM | 4.5 | On the Recent State of the North Pacific Climate System
Nicholas A. Bond, JISAO/Univ. of Washington and NOAA/PMEL, Seattle, WA; and J. E. Overland, M. C. Spillane, and P. J. Stabeno |
| 4:00 PM | 4.6 | The role of low clouds on summer SST variations in the North Pacific : A simple test using a stochastically-forced ocean mixed layer model
Sungsu Park, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and C. Deser and M. A. Alexander |
| 4:15 PM | 4.7 | An active role of extratropical sea surface temperature anomalies in the North Pacific
Youichi Tanimoto, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan; and H. Nakamura, T. Kagimoto, and S. Yamane |
| 4:30 PM | 4.8 | The role of the western North Pacific in modulation of climate over North America
Niklas Schneider, SIO/Univ. of California and Univ. of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI; and E. Yulaeva |
| 4:45 PM | 4.9 | Decadal variability of the pacific: physics, biology and feedbacks
Arthur J. Miller, SIO/Univ. of California, La Jolla, CA |