Date

Session Announcement
F2: Climate Variability and Change in the Polar Regions: Causality and
Prediction (ICPM, SCAR, ICCL and PAGES)
International Association of Meteorology and Atmospheric Sciences
2005 Meeting
Beijing, China
2-11 August 2005

Abstract Submission Deadline: Friday, 25 February 2005

For further information, please go to:
http://www.iamas2005.com

The following polar climate session will be held at the 2005 IAMAS
Meeting in Beijing China, 2-11 August 2005:

F2: Climate Variability and Change in the Polar Regions: Causality and
Prediction (ICPM, SCAR, ICCL and PAGES)

The climate in many parts of the high latitudes is changing, and the
influence of anthropogenic emissions of greenhouse gases is suspected to
be a major contributing factor. This symposium will examine observed and
predicted climate variability and change in both the Arctic and
Antarctic in relation to the dominant circulation modes (NAM/NAO,
SAM/AAO, ENSO, etc.). Aspects to be considered include:

  • Can the signal of anthropogenic impact be distinguished from the
    background of the strongly varying high latitude atmosphere?
  • Is there convincing evidence of poleward amplification of climate
    change?
  • What guidance on these issues does the recently completed Arctic
    Climate Impact Assessment (ACIA) provide?
  • Can better descriptions of polar climate be provided by polar regional
    reanalyses that exploit the voluminous satellite observations?
  • What roles do coupled atmosphere-ocean-sea ice-land surface processes
    play in high latitude climate variability?
  • What impacts do stratospheric processes have on tropospheric climate?
  • What are the relative roles of tropical and high latitude forcing?
  • What are the linkages between polar and midlatitude climate?
  • How well do global and regional models simulate climate variability
    and change?
  • What can be learned from bipolar analyses/modeling of Arctic and
    Antarctic climates?

Conveners:
David Bromwich, Byrd Polar Research Center, The Ohio State University
Phone: 614-292-6692
E-mail: bromwich.1 [at] osu.edu

Julian X.L. Wang, NOAA/Air Resources Lab
Phone: 301-713-0295
E-mail: julian.wang [at] noaa.gov

Zhanhai Zhang, Polar Research Institute of China
Phone: 86-21-6850-7533
E-mail: zhangzhanhai [at] pric.gov.cn

For further information, please go to:
http://www.iamas2005.com