| | 5.7 | The Effect of Tropical Dry Zones on the Sensitivity of the Tropical Climate Dejie Sun, Chinese Acadmemy of Sciences, Beijing, China |
| 11:00 AM | 5.8 | Diagnostics of the Thermohaline Circulation in a Coupled Climate Model Shan Sun, NASA/GISS, New York, NY; and R. Bleck |
| 11:15 AM | 5.9 | Climate model diagnosis: evaluating a climate model as a NWP forecast model James S. Boyle, LLNL, Livermore, CA; and G. L. Potter, M. Fiorino, and J. J. Hnilo |
| 11:30 AM | 5.10 | Implied ocean heat transports in recent AGCM simulations: sensitivity to the surface energy budget Peter Gleckler, LLNL, Livermore, CA; and K. E. Taylor |