Session 8a |
| | Spatial and Temporal Climatologies of Extreme Heat Occurrence (Parallel with Sessions 8B and J3) |
| | Organizer: Keith G. Henderson, Villanova University, Villanova, PA
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| 8:00 AM | 8a.0 | Coffee Break
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| 8:20 AM | 8a.1 | The climate of early 19th century Mississippi
Robert D. Erhardt Jr., U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile, AL |
| 8:40 AM | 8a.2 | Illinois heat waves 1856–1999
Karen Andsager, ISWS, Champaign, IL; and J. R. Angel |
| 9:00 AM | 8a.3 | Spatial pattern of a heat index for the coterminous United States and its temporal trends
Jong-Nam Choi, Univ. of Georgia, Athens, GA; and V. Meentemeyer and T. L. Mote |
| 9:20 AM | 8a.4 | Decadal changes in the frequency of United States heat waves
Peter J. Robinson, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC |
| 9:40 AM | 8a.5 | Decadal changes in summer mortality in the United States
Robert E. Davis, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA; and P. C. Knappenberger, W. M. Novicoff, and P. J. Michaels |
| 10:00 AM | 8a.6 | Decadal spatial structure and evolution of extreme temperature in winter and summer over China during the recent 50 years
Zhihong Jiang, Nanjing Institute of Meteorology, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China |