Session 3: How and why might the tropical width change in the future?

Thursday, July 30, 2015: 9:00 AM-11:50 AM
Primary Convener:  Sean M Davis, NOAA Boulder, Earth System Research Laboratory, Boulder, CO, United States
9:00 AM
How and Why Might the Tropical Width Change in the Future? (Invited) (37453)
Qiang Fu, Univ Washington, Seattle, WA, United States
9:40 AM
Poleward Expansion of the Hadley Circulation in CMIP5 Simulations (37215)
Yongyun Hu, Peking University, Beijing, China
10:00 AM
Is Tropical Expansion Related to Climate Sensitivity? Lessons from CMIP5 Models (37301)
Kevin M Grise, University of Virginia Main Campus, Department of Environmental Sciences, Charlottesville, VA, United States and Lorenzo M Polvani, Columbia University, New York, NY, United States
10:20 AM
Aerosol Indirect Effects and 21st Century Northern Hemisphere Tropical Widening (37427)
Robert Allen, University of California Riverside, Riverside, CA, United States
10:40 AM
Break
11:00 AM
Discussion
 
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