Session 5a Observed Variations in Temperature and Precipitation (Parallel with Session 5B)

Wednesday, 10 May 2000: 8:20 AM-11:59 AM
Host: 12th Conference on Applied Climatology
Organizer:
Art DeGaetano, Northeast Regional Climate Center, Ithaca, NY

Papers:
8:20 AM
5a.1
Secular trends in the size of extreme precipitation events over the eastern United States
Charles E. Konrad, Univ. of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC

8:40 AM
5a.2
Extremes of Canadian Multi-Day Precipitation Accumulation
Éva Mekis, MSC, Downsview, ON, Canada; and X. Zhang

9:00 AM
5a.4
Precipitation and Temperature Trends in the context of Global Warming: An Exploratory Analysis
Madhav L. Khandekar, Consulting Meteorologist, Unionville, ON, Canada

9:20 AM
5a.5
10:00 AM
5a.7
Recent modulation of the seasonal cycle
Craig J. Wallace, Univ. of East Anglia, Norwich, United Kingdom; and T. J. Osborn

10:20 AM
5a.8
Anticyclonic Warming
Patrick J. Michaels, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA; and P. C. Knappenberger, S. D. Gawtry, and R. E. Davis

10:40 AM
5a.9
Day-to-Day Mean Temperature Variabilit—A Monitoring Tool
Richard R. Heim Jr., NOAA/NCDC, Asheville, NC; and M. J. Menne

11:00 AM
5a.10
The "January thaw" is a statistical phantom
Christopher M. Godfrey, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY; and D. S. Wilks

11:20 AM
5a.6x
Coffee Break

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