Call for Papers: "Extreme weather events in the Americas" at AGU (Brazil)
Please consider attending the AGU Meeting of the Americas in Foz do Iguacu, Brazil, during 8-13 August 2010.
Dear Colleague,
Please consider attending the AGU Meeting of the Americas in Foz do Iguacu, Brazil, during 8-13 August 2010.
Meeting information and abstract submission: www.agu.org/meetings/ja10/index.php
Deadline for abstracts: 31 March 2010
In particular, note the following session:
A08: Extreme weather events in the Americas: observations, forecasts and projections
Sponsor: Atmospheric Sciences
CoSponsor: Natural Hazards
Conveners: Charles Jones, UCSB, cjones@icess.ucsb.edu
Leila V Carvalho,UCSB, leila@icess.ucsb.edu
Description: Extreme weather events have substantial social and economic impacts. This session will focus on observational and modeling studies of extreme weather events in the Americas. Papers addressing any of the following major topics are especially encouraged: 1) observational and modeling studies of extremes including impacts of climate variations (MJO, ENSO, PDO etc); 2) forecasts and predictability of extremes including statistical and ensemble techniques; 3) projections of future climate scenarios and changes in the frequency of extreme events.
