2002 Annual

Session 1: Opening Session: Climate Observations and Climate Change Detection

Monday, 14 January 2002: 9:30 AM-12:00 PM
Organizer:  David R. Easterling, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC
Papers:
  9:30 AM
1.1
Components of a Climate Observing System
Kevin E. Trenberth, NCAR, Boulder, CO

Poster PDF (71.8 kB)
  10:00 AM
1.2
Accounting for Effects of Volcanoes and ENSO in Comparisons of Modeled and Observed Temperature Trends
B. D. Santer, LLNL, Livermore, CA; and T. M. L. Wigley, C. Doutriaux, J. S. Boyle, J. E. Hansen, P. D. Jones, G. A. Meehl, E. Roeckner, S. Sengupta, and K. E. Taylor

  10:15 AM
1.3
A New Technique to Estimate the Diurnal and Seasonal Cycles of Climatic Trends, With Applications to Temperature and Sea Ice
Konstantin Y. Vinnikov, University of Maryland, College Park, MD; and A. Robock, D. J. Cavalieri, and C. L. Parkinson

  10:30 AM
1.4
  10:45 AM
1.5
Climate variations and its impact on trend detection
Julian X. L. Wang, NOAA/ARL, Silver Spring, MD; and K. C. Mo

  11:00 AM
1.6
Northern Hemisphere Snow Cover Extent and Global Warming: Observed and Simulated Variations
Konstantin Y. Vinnikov, University of Maryland, College Park, MD; and A. Robock, D. A. Robinson, R. L. Armstrong, D. J. Cavalieri, C. L. Parkinson, R. J. Stouffer, T. L. Delworth, K. W. Dixon, A. J. Broccoli, J. M. Gregory, G. M. Flato, N. C. Grody, B. H. Ramsay, P. Romanov, and A. N. Basist

  11:15 AM
1.7
Evidences of Dominant Atmospheric Circulation Variability in the Context of Global Warming
Xiangdong Zhang, Univ. of Alaska, Fairbanks, AK; and J. Zhu

Poster PDF (103.5 kB)
  11:30 AM
Coffee Break in Poster Session Room