Session 14 Observed Variability and Change: Surface Part I (Parallel with Sessions 11 & 13)

Wednesday, 17 January 2001: 3:30 PM-5:00 PM
Host: 12th Symposium on Global Change Studies and Climate Variations
Organizer:
David Robinson, Rutgers Univ., Piscataway, NJ

Papers:
3:30 PM
14.1
Planetary circulation and Canadian temperature trends
Xuebin Zhang, MSC, Downsview, ON, Canada; and J. Sheng and W. D. Hogg

3:45 PM
14.2
The Influence of the Atmospheric Circulation on Diurnal Temperature Range Trends
Imke Durre, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; and J. M. Wallace

4:00 PM
14.3
An Assessment of the Magnitude of Urban Heat Islands
Thomas C. Peterson, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC, Asheville, NC

4:15 PM
14.4
Assessing the spatial representativeness of air temperature records
Michael J. Janis, Southeast Regional Climate Center, Columbia, SC

4:30 PM
14.5
A Further Examination of Regional Temperature Trends in Atlantic Canada
Karen M. Sutherland, MSC/EC, Dartmouth, NS, Canada; and G. S. Lines

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