Session 8a Spatial and Temporal Climatologies of Extreme Heat Occurrence (Parallel with Sessions 8B and J3)

Thursday, 11 May 2000: 8:00 AM-10:20 AM
Host: 12th Conference on Applied Climatology
Organizer:
Keith G. Henderson, Villanova University, Villanova, PA

Papers:
8:00 AM
8a.0
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
- Indicates paper has been withdrawn from meeting
- Indicates an Award Winner