Session 11 IPCC TAR: Long-term Climate Variability and Change: Part 4 (Parallel with Sessions 12, JP3, and J4)

Thursday, 13 January 2000: 8:00 AM-1:29 PM
Host: 11th Symposium on Global Change Studies
Organizer:
Thomas C. Peterson, NOAA/NCDC, National Climatic Data Center, Asheville, NC

Papers:
8:00 AM
11.1
Heavy rainfall and convective cloudiness changes as indicators of intensification of the hydrological cycle
Pavel Ya. Groisman, UCAR Project Scientist at NOAA/NCDC, Asheville, NC; and B. Sun

8:15 AM
11.2
Trends in temperature, humidity, and summertime extreme heat in China
Julian X. L. Wang, NOAA/ARL, Silver Spring, MD; and D. J. Gaffen

8:30 AM
11.3
A Preliminary Examination of Regional Climate Trends in Atlantic Canada
Cindy N. Vallis, Environment Canada, Dartmouth, NS, Canada; and N. Frigault

8:45 AM
11.4
Spatial and temporal characteristics of extreme temperatures over Canada
B. R. Bonsal, AES, Downsview, ON, Canada; and X. Zhang, L. A. Vincent, and W. D. Hogg

9:00 AM
11.5
Climate Change Indices Derived from Daily In Situ Data
Thomas C. Peterson, NOAA/NCDC, Asheville, NC; and P. Y. Groisman, B. E. Gleason, and D. R. Easterling

9:30 AM
11.7
9:45 AM
11.9
River discharge in a doubled carbon dioxide climate
Lydia Dumenil Gates, Max-Planck-Institute for Meteorology, Hamburg, Germany; and S. Hagemann

10:00 AM
11.10
Impact of a climate change on the hydrology of the French Rhône river
Pierre Etchevers V, Météo-France, Saint Martin d'Hères, France; and J. Noilhan, C. Golaz, E. Ledoux, E. Leblois, and C. Ottlé

10:30 AM
11.12
On the relation between complex and simple climate models
Arthur C. Petersen, Utrecht Univ., Utrecht, Netherlands

10:45 AM
11.13
11:00 AM
11.14
11:15 AM
11.8a
Contribution of North Atlantic Intermediate and Deep water Masses to the Earth’s Heat Balance
Sydney Levitus, NODC/NOAA, Silver Spring, MD; and J. Antonov, T. P. Boyer, and C. Stephens

11:30 AM
11.14a
Lunch Break

1:00 PM
11.8b
Coffee Break

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