American Meteorological Society 2013 Annual Meeting
Event Date
Sunday, January 6, 2013 at 12:00am - Thursday, January 10, 2013 at 12:00am
Description
DOE's Climate and Environmental Sciences Division will be holding two town hall meetings at the 93rd AMS Annual Meeting, held in Austin, Texas. The first town hall, DOE Priorities on Community Modeling and Long-Term Predictions of the Integrated Water Cycle, will be held 12:15-1:15 PM on Monday, January 7, 2013 in Room 14. DOE’s Investment Strategy for Human and Societal Dimensions of Global Change will be the second town hall, held 12:15-1:15 PM Tuesday, January 8, 2013 in Room 12A.
With an attendance of over 3,000 scientists, professors and students, the AMS annual meeting is a chance to learn from and collaborate with other professionals. Within the main conference are several smaller annual conferences and symposia based on specific themes or such as extreme weather, climate modeling, ecological disasters, and advancements in environmental awareness and knowledge. The full meeting program is now available. For more information, visit the conference website.
Summary
CESD Hosts Two Town Halls Meetings at AMS
Monday, January 7
| Presentation Type | Session ID and Presentation Title | Presenters | Time and Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| Town Hall | DOE Priorities on Community Modeling and Long-Term Predictions of the Integrated Water Cycle | For additional information, please contact Renu Joseph (e-mail: renu.joseph@science.doe.gov). | 12:15-1:15 PM, Room 14 |
| Oral | 1B.1 Is Global Warming significantly affecting atmospheric circulation extremes? | Prashant D. Sardeshmukh, G. P. Compo, C. Penland, and C. McColl | 11:00 AM, Ballroom C |
| Co-Convener Session | Fifth Symposium on Aerosol-Cloud-Climate Interactions | Chairs: Xiaohong Liu, PNNL Co-chairs: Paul J. DeMott, Colorado State University |
11:00 AM-12:00 PM, Room 5ABC |
| Oral | 1.4 Assessing aerosol indirect effect on ice clouds in CAM5: the role of updraft velocity and ice nuclei spectra | Kai Zhang, X. Liu, J. H. Yoon, M. Wang, and J. M. Comstock | 11:45 AM, Room 5ABC |
| Oral | 2A.2 A new flexible hydrological framework for land surface modeling in regional and global climate studies | Pieter Hazenberg, P. Broxton, D. Gochis, G. Y. Niu, J. Pelletier, P. Troch, and X. Zeng | 1:45 PM, Ballroom B |
| Oral | TJ6.4 Investigation of the impacts of Asian pollution on Pacific storm track using multi-scale modeling results | Yuan Wang, M. Wang, S. J. Ghan, and R. Zhang | 2:15 PM, Room 5ABC |
| Oral | 3B.3 The role of vertical structure of meridional wind in the intensification of Atlantic Hurricanes | Sourav Taraphdar, L. Y. R. Leung and S. Hagos | 4:30 PM, Ballroom C |
| Oral | TJ7.3 CWRF Application for U.S. Drought Forecasts | Xin-Zhong Liang, L. Chen and S. Su | 4:30 PM, Room 10B |
| Oral | 2.2 UV-CDAT Re-sharable Analyses and Diagnostics (U-ReAD): a framework to create and share UV-CDAT plugins | Charles Doutriaux, A. Chaudhary, H. Krishnan, K. Marvel, T. P. Maxwell, J. Painter, G. L. Potter, and D. Williams | 4:30 PM, Room 12B |
| Oral | 3B.5 The Impact of the El Niño-Southern Oscillation and Atlantic Meridional Mode on Seasonal Atlantic Tropical Cyclone Activity | Christina M. Patricola, R. Saravanan and P. Chang | 5:00 PM, Ballroom C |
| Poster Sessions | |||
| Poster | 26 How well is the physics of intense rainfall events in the Sahel captured by a regional climate? | Julien Crétat, K. H. Cook and E. K. Vizy | 2:30 PM, Exhibit Hall 3 |
| Poster | 445 Retrieval of Non-spherical Dust Aerosol from PARASOL | Xin Huang, P. Yang, G. W. Kattawar, and K. N. Liou | 2:30 PM, Exhibit Hall 3 |
| Poster | 108 Assessing regional behavior of extreme value statistics from NARCCAP | David B. Mechem, N. A. Brunsell | 2:30 PM, Exhibit Hall 3 |
| Poster | 424 Long term coastal ocean forecasting | Gregg A. Jacobs, NRL, F. Aikman, D. Anderson, N. Banas, F. O. Bryan, R. Chant, E. Curchitser, S. DiMarco, J. P. Dunne, K. Fennel, M. A. M. Friedrichs, J. Harding, R. He, A. Lewitus, D. McGillicuddy, and O. Schofield | 2:30 PM, Exhibit Hall 3 |
Tuesday, January 8
| Presentation Type | Session ID and Presentation Title | Presenters | Time and Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| Town Hall | DOE's Investment Strategy for Human and Societal Dimensions of Global Change | For additional information, please contact Bob Vallario (e-mail: bob.vallario@science.doe.gov). | 12:15-1:15 PM, Room 12A |
| Co-Convener Session | Fifth Symposium on Aerosol-Cloud-Climate Interactions | Chairs: Jian Wang, Brookhaven National Laboratory Co-chairs: Xiaohong Liu, PNNL |
8:30 AM-9:30 AM, Room 5ABC |
| Oral | 4.1 Capturing the Atlantic cold tongue and coastal upwelling in a coupled atmosphere/ocean regional model | Edward Vizy and K. H. Cook | 8:30 AM Ballroom B |
| Oral | TJ15.1 Uncertainties in Regional Simulations of the U.S. Climate in the 20th and 21st Centuries | Kenneth E. Kunkel, L. E. Stevens and J. G. Dobson | 8:30 AM, Ballroom C |
| Oral | 4.2A A Review of Global Terrestrial Evapotranspiration: Observation, Modeling, Climatology, and Climatic Variability | Kaicun Wang, R. E. Dickinson | 8:45 AM, Ballroom B |
| Oral | TJ15.2 Determining Land-Atmosphere Coupling Trends in a Changing Climate from Multi-Model Ensembles | Paul A. Dirmeyer, Y. Jin, B. Singh, and X. Yan | 8:45 AM, Ballroom C |
| Oral | J2.5 Impact of climate change on mid-21st century growing seasons in Africa | Kerry H. Cook and E. Vizy | 9:15 AM, Room 6B |
| Oral | 2.4 Simulations of Global Impact of Dust Speciation on Mixed-Phase Clouds Through Ice Nucleation | Xiaohong Liu, Y. Wang, S. Ghan, N. Mahowald, and R. Scanza | 9:15 AM, Room 5ABC |
| Oral | TJ14.5 Assessment of uncertainties on the impact of climate change on water resources management using an integrated Earth System Model: application over the Snake River Basin | Nathalie Voisin, M. Huang, H. Li, R. Leung, and M. Wigmosta | 9:30 AM, Room 10A |
| Oral | 3.2 Aerosol Indirect Effects on Circulation and Radiative Forcing through Deep Convection Clouds: Long-time Effects | Jiwen Fan, L. Y. R. Leung, D. Rosenfeld, Z. Li, and Q. Chen | 11:15 AM, Room 5ABC |
| Oral | 5A.3 Independent Confirmation of Global Land Warming without the Use of Station Temperatures | Gilbert P. Compo, P. D. Sardeshmukh, J. S. Whitaker, P. Brohan, P. D. Jones, and C. McColl | 11:30 AM, Ballroom B |
| Oral | 5B.4 North Tropical Atlantic SST as a Trigger of El Niño | Jong-Seong Kug, Korea Institute of Ocean Science and Technology, Ansan, South Korea; and Y. Ham, J. Park, and F. F. Jin | 11:45 AM, Ballroom C |
| Oral | 6A.4 Development of a Global 0.5-degree Hourly Land Surface Air Temperature Data Based on the CRU in situ and Multi-reanalysis Products |
Aihui Wang and X. Zeng | 2:15 PM, Ballroom B |
| Oral, Invited | 4B.2 The International Land Model Benchmarking Project (ILAMB) | Forrest M. Hoffman, J. T. Randerson, D. M. Lawrence, E. M. Blythe, and M. Mu | 3:45 PM, Room 10A |
| Oral | 4.3 Suomi NPP/JPSS Cross-track Infrared Sounder (CrIS): Radiometric and Spectral Performance | Henry. E. Revercomb, D. C. Tobin, R. O. Knuteson, J. K. Taylor, D. Deslover, L. Borg, G. Martin, and G. Quinn | 4:00 PM, Ballroom G |
| Oral | TJ27.3 Arctic Sea Ice Predictability Beyond the Seasonal Scale | Philip W. Jones, LANL, Los Alamos, NM; and C. M. Bitz, E. P. Chassignet, M. M. Holland, E. C. Hunke, W. Maslowski, and P. Posey | 4:00 PM, Room 6A |
| Oral | 6.4 Interacting with weather radar data using Python | Scott Collis, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, IL; and S. E. Giangrande and K. North | 4:15 PM, Room 12B |
| Oral | 4.4 Investigation of aerosol indirect effects on regional climate using a cumulus microphysics parameterization | Kyo-Sun Sunny Lim, J. Fan, R. Leung, P. L. Ma, B. Singh, and G. Zhang | 4:45 PM, Room 5ABC |
| Oral | 4.5 Effects of Natural Dust and Sulfate on Atmospheric Circulation and Radiation in CESM 1.0: Comparison of Prescribed v. Interactive Emissions Schemes | Michael J. DeFlorio, S. J. Ghan, B. Singh, A. J. Miller, D. R. Cayan, L. M. Russell, and D. J. Erickson III | 5:00 PM, Room 5ABC |
| Oral | 4B.8 Evaluation of Advanced Land Surface Models in the NLDAS Testbed | Xitian Cai, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX; and Y. Xia, Z. L. Yang, M. Huang, H. Wei, and M. Ek | 5:15 PM, Room 10A |
| Poster Sessions | |||
| Poster | 140 Projected Changes in Heavy Precipitation over North America in CMIP5 Climate Model Simulations | Anthony M. DeAngelis, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ; and A. J. Broccoli | 9:45 AM, Exhibit Hall 3 |
| Poster | 143 The Role of Atmospheric Rivers in Linking Weather Extremes: East Asian Cold Surge and High Impact Precipitation over the West Coast U.S. | Tianyu Jiang, Y. Deng and K. J. Evans | 9:45 AM, Exhibit Hall 3 |
| Poster | 136 Extreme Temperature Regimes in the United States: Long-term Trends and Low Frequency Mode Modulation in Observations and CMIP5 Models | Rebecca Westby, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA; and Y. Y. Lee and R. X. Black | 9:45 AM, Exhibit Hall 3 |
Wednesday, January 9
| Presentation Type | Session ID and Presentation Title | Presenters | Time and Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oral | 2.2 Aura satellite ozone measurements and chemistry modeling: large scale circulation signature | Qi Tang and M. J. Prather | 8:45 AM, Room 16A |
| 2.4 Effects of Changes in Climate and Emissions on Future Particulate Matter Levels and Composition in the United States | Hang Lei, J. Wang, D. J. Wuebbles, and X. Z. Liang | 9:15 AM, Room 16A | |
| Oral | 8.5 The Seasonal Cycle of Polar Specific Humidity Inversions in Four Reanalyses |
Michael A. Brunke, S. T. Stegall and X. Zeng | 9:30 AM, Ballroom B |
| Oral | 1.4 Assessing the Ability of Variable-Resolution General Circulation Models to Forecast Tropical | Colin M. Zarzycki, C. Jablonowski and M. A. Taylor | 9:30 AM, Ballroom F |
| Oral | 9.6 Initial Transient Response of the Polar Stratospheric Vortex to Idealized Equatorial Pacific Sea Surface Temperature Anomalies in WACCM | Bradley M. Hegyi, and Y. Deng, R. X. Black, and R. Zhou | 11:45 AM, Ballroom B |
| Oral | 3.2 The Data Assimilation Research Testbed: A Community Facility for Ensemble Data Assimilation | Jeffrey Anderson, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and T. Hoar, K. Raeder, N. Collins, G. Romine, H. Liu, P. H. Lauritzen, J. Kay, C. Snyder, A. Karspeck, and S. Yeager | 2:00 PM, Ballroom F |
| Oral | J4.1 Effective Use of Regional Models for Climate Prediction | Kerry H. Cook | 4:00 PM, Room 10B |
| Oral | J4.3 Land use change and Sahel precipitation | Samson M. Hagos, L. R. Leung, Y. Xue, A. A. Boone, and N. Neupane | 4:30 PM, Room 10B |
| Oral | 11A.4 The Influence of Recurrent Modes of Climate Variability on the Occurrence of Extreme Temperatures over North America | Paul C. Loikith and A. J. Broccoli | 4:45 PM, Ballroom B |
| Poster Sessions | |||
| Poster | 755 Assessing the Variability of Cloud Droplet Sensitivity to Aerosols in Height and Time | Shannon L. Capps, V. A. Karydis, D. K. Henze, A. G. Russell, and A. Nenes | 2:30 PM, Exhibit Hall 3 |
| Poster |
765 A Novel, Efficient Approach to Investigating Sensitivities of Ice Crystal Concentration: Development and Evaluation of the Adjoint of a Physically-Based Cirrus Cloud Formation Parameterization |
Benjamin Sheyko, S. L. Capps, D. Barahona, and A. Nenes | 2:30 PM, Exhibit Hall 3 |
| Poster | 521 A simple model for monthly river flow forecasting |
Xubin Zeng, K. L. Kiviat, K. Sakaguchi, and A. M. A. Mahmoud | 2:30 PM, Exhibit Hall 3 |
| Poster | 565 Enhanced MJO-like Variability at High SST in a Super-Parameterized GCM |
Nathan P. Arnold, Z. Kuang and E. Tziperman | 2:30 PM, Exhibit Hall 3 |
| Poster | 768 On the robustness of aerosol effects on an idealized supercell storm simulated with a cloud system-resolving model | Hugh Morrison | 2:30 PM, Exhibit Hall 3 |
| Poster | 793 Interannual-to-Decadal Variability of Wind Power Density over the Continental US: Sensitivity to Model Resolution and Teleconnections | Jesse M. Steinweg-Woods and R. Saravanan | 2:30 PM, Exhibit Hall 3 |
| Poster | 579 The Change of the North American Monsoon Seasonal Precipitation in the CCSMv4 under IPCC CO2 Emission Scenarios | Manuel Hernandez Jr., J. Tribbia and J. Caron | 2:30 PM, Exhibit Hall 3 |
| Poster | 570 Climate extremes in uncoupled and coupled regional climate models | Tarun Verma, J. S. Hsieh, C. M. Patricola, R. Saravanan, and P. Chang | 2:30 PM, Exhibit Hall 3 |
| Poster | 572 Feedback Attribution of the El Niño-Southern Oscillation-related Atmospheric and Surface Temperature Anomalies | Tae-Won Park, Y. Deng and M. Cai | 2:30 PM, Exhibit Hall 3 |
| Poster | 575 Radiative and Dynamical Forcing of the Surface and Atmospheric Temperature Anomalies Associated with the Northern Annular Mode |
Yi Deng, T. W. Park and M. Cai | 2:30 PM, Exhibit Hall 3 |
Thursday, January 10
| Presentation Type | Session ID and Presentation Title | Presenters | Time and Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oral | 8.1 A Modeling Study of Storm Surge and Its Impacts to Coastal Energy Infrastructure under Extreme Events in the Gulf of Mexico | Zhaoqing Yang, T. Wang, L. R. Leung, K. A. Hibbard, A. Janetos, I. Kraucunas, J. S. Rice, B. L. Preston, and T. Wilbanks | 11:00 AM, Room 18B |
| Oral | 13B.2 Attribution of the summer warming since 1970s in Indian Ocean Basin to the inter-decadal change in the seasonal timing of El Niño decay phase | R.-C. Ren, Q. Li, M. Cai, and G. X. Wu | 11:15 AM, Ballroom C |
| Oral | 13B.3 Magnitude and significance of observed trends in precipitation frequency over the U.S | Indrani Pal, B. T. Anderson, G. Salvucci, and D. Gianotti | 11:30 AM, Ballroom C |
| Oral | 14A.1 Using Observing Systems to Differentiate Climate Models According by Their Low-Cloud Feedback Strengths | Daniel Feldman and W. Collins | 1:30 PM, Ballroom B |
| Oral | 14A.4 The Implementation of a Carbon-Nitrogen Model into the Variable Infiltration Capacity (VIC) Model for Use in the Regional Arctic System Model (RASM) | Michael A. Brunke, B. Nijssen, X. Zeng, and D. P. Lettenmaier | 2:15 PM, Ballroom B |
| Oral | 4.4 Linear Inverse Modeling (LIM) and its implications for MJO predictability and mechanisms | Brian E. Mapes | 4:15 PM, Ballroom F |
| Oral | 15B.5 Shallow circulation, advective drying and inter-annual variability of Sahel precipitation in present and future climate | Naresh Neupane, S. M. Hagos, L. R. Leung, and K. H. Cook | 4:30 PM, Ballroom C |
| Oral | 15A.5 Understanding Projections of Increased Convective Precipitation Intensity | Naresh Neupane and K. H. Cook | 4:30 PM, Ballroom B |
| Poster Sessions | |||
| Poster | 554 New Daily and Monthly Downscaled CMIP5 Climate Projections | Levi D. Brekke, B. Thrasher, T. Pruitt, E. P. Maurer, C. Tebaldi, J. R. Arnold, and J. Long | 9:45 AM, Exhibit Hall 3 |
| Poster | 557 The integrated Regional Earth System Model | Ian Kraucunas, L. Clarke, J. Dirks, M. hejazi, K. A. Hibbard, M. Huang, A. Janetos, M. Kintner-Meyer, K. Kleese Van Dam, L. R. Leung, R. Moss, J. Rice, M. J. Scott, A. Thomson, T. West, P. Whitney, and Z. Yang | 9:45 AM, Exhibit Hall 3 |
| Poster | 592 West African Monsoon Demise | Kerry H. Cook and G. Zhang | 9:45 AM, Exhibit Hall 3 |
| Poster | 587 Dynamical Downscaling Projections of Late 21st Century Atlantic Hurricane Activity: CMIP3 and CMIP5 Model-based Scenarios | Thomas R. Knutson, J. J. Sirutis, G. A. Vecchi, S. Garner, M. Zhao, H. S. Kim, M. Bender, I. Held, R. E. Tuleya, and G. Villarini | 9:45 AM, Exhibit Hall 3 |
| Poster | 594 What Control the Dry Bias over Amazonian by CMIP5 Models and Its Implication for Future Projections? | Lei Yin, R. Fu, E. Shevliakova, and R. E. Dickinson | 9:45 AM, Exhibit Hall 3 |