Call for Papers: Joint Conference on Extreme Weather (New Zealand)
Joint Conference on Extreme Weather 2011, 9-11 February 2011, Te Papa, Wellington, New Zealand.
Joint Conference on Extreme Weather 2011
9-11 February 2011, Te Papa, Wellington, New Zealand
Call for Papers
In February 2011, the Meteorological Society of New Zealand and the Australian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society will be holding a joint conference in Wellington covering many aspects of meteorological and oceanographic research in the Australasian region.
The meeting will include six special sessions each with a keynote address:
- Extreme weather in the Australasian region - from floods to droughts
- Impact and meteorology of the main climate drivers (ENSO, SAM, Monsoon)
- Using high resolution models to understand local meteorology
- Oceanography of the Australasian region
- Climate change in the Australasian region
- Impacts of natural catastrophes in the Australasian region
However papers on any topic related to the Atmospheric Sciences (including composition) and Oceanography of the Australasian region will be considered.
Abstracts (for either oral or poster presentations) should be submitted by 15 October 2010 through the conference website, <www.extremeweather.co.nz>.
Blair Trewin
National Climate Centre
Australian Bureau of Meteorology
