Joint Session 2 Climatology of Precipitation Extremes: Observed Characteristics, Trends and Impacts (Joint with the 12th Symposium on Global Change and Climate Variations and the Symposium on Precipitation Extremes: Prediction, Impacts, and Responses)

Tuesday, 16 January 2001: 8:30 AM-4:43 PM
Hosts: (Joint between the 12th Symposium on Global Change Studies and Climate Variations; and the Precipitation Extremes: Prediction, Impacts, and Responses )
Organizer:
Greg Johnson, USDA-NRCS, National Water and Climate Center, Portland, OR

Papers:
8:30 AM
J2.1
Orographic Thunderstorms and extreme floods along the western margin of the central appalachians
James A. Smith, Princeton Univ., Princeton, NJ; and M. L. Baeck, N. S. Hicks, and Y. Zhang

9:00 AM
J2.2
Storm Precipitation Structure in the Eastern United States: Part I, Spatial Changes
Michael A. Palecki, ISWS, Champaign, IL; and J. R. Angel and S. E. Hollinger

9:15 AM
J2.3
Storm Precipitation Structure in the Eastern United States: Part II, Temporal Changes
James R. Angel, ISWS, Champaign, IL; and M. A. Palecki and S. E. Hollinger

9:30 AM
J2.4
Analysis of Seasonal, Climate, and Elevation Effects on Times Between Storms
James V. Bonta, USDA/ARS, Coshocton, OH; and C. T. Hanson and T. Keefer

9:45 AM
J2.5
Using PRISM to Map Extreme Precipitation Events
Christopher Daly, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR; and G. H. Taylor

10:00 AM
J2.6
Very heavy precipitation over the contiguous United States: Climatology, trends, and relationship with high streamflow and cloudiness
Pavel Ya. Groisman, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC, Asheville, NC; and R. W. Knight, T. R. Karl, and B. Sun

10:30 AM
J2.7
10:45 AM
J2.8
11:00 AM
J2.9
11:30 AM
J2.10
NOAA Atlas 14—New Precipitation Frequencies for the United States
Lesley T. Julian, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD

12:00 PM
J2.11
It Is Time To Update The NOAA Precipitation Frequency Information
Nolan J. Doesken, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO

12:15 PM
J2.12
12:45 PM
J2.14
Paleohydrologic estimates of convective rainfall in the Rocky Mountains
Robert D. Jarrett, U.S. Geological Survey, Lakewood, CO

1:15 PM
J2.17
1:30 PM
J2.5a
Coffee Break

2:00 PM
J2.9a
Session Adjourns for Lunch

2:15 PM
J2.13a
Coffee Break

2:45 PM
J2.9b
Conference Luncheon

- Indicates paper has been withdrawn from meeting
- Indicates an Award Winner