GC33G:
Extreme Events and Climate Change: Impacts on Environment and Resources II

Session ID#: 5168

Wednesday, 17 December 2014: 1:40 PM-3:40 PM
3001 (Moscone West)
Chairs:  Michael R Hiscock, United States Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Research and Development, Washington, DC, United States, John P Dawson, Florida Department of Environmental Protection, Division of Air Resource Management, Tallahassee, FL, United States and Dorothy M Koch, United States Department of Energy, Office of Science, Washington, United States
Primary Convener:  Michael R Hiscock, United States Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Research and Development, Washington, DC, United States
Co-conveners:  John P Dawson, Florida Department of Environmental Protection, Division of Air Resource Management, Tallahassee, FL, United States and Dorothy M Koch, United States Department of Energy, Office of Science, Washington, United States
OSPA Liaison:  Michael R Hiscock, United States Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Research and Development, Washington, DC, United States
Co-Sponsor(s):
  • A - Atmospheric Sciences
  • H - Hydrology
Index Terms:

0345 Pollution: urban and regional [ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION AND STRUCTURE]
1630 Impacts of global change [GLOBAL CHANGE]
1637 Regional climate change [GLOBAL CHANGE]
1807 Climate impacts [HYDROLOGY]
Virtual Option?: No

Abstracts Submitted to this Session:

GC33G-01
Tropical and Extratropical Cyclone Damages under Climate Change (17266)
Matthew Ranson1, Carolyn Kousky2, Matthias Ruth3, Lesley Jantarasami4, Allison Ray Crimmins4 and Lisa Tarquinio1, (1)Organization Not Listed, Abt Associates, Washington, DC, United States, (2)Resources for the Future, Washington, United States, (3)Northeastern University, Boston, MA, United States, (4)Environmental Protection Agency Washington DC, Washington, DC, United States
GC33G-02
Air quality extremes and trends over the United States: Effects of regional climate (24773)
Yuhang Wang1, Yongjia Song2, Jay Loadholt2, Henian Zhang2,3, Taewon Park2, Yi Deng2 and Yuzhong Zhang4, (1)Georgia Institute of Technology, School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Atlanta, GA, United States, (2)Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, United States, (3)Georgia Environmental Protection Division, Atlanta, GA, United States, (4)Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, United States
GC33G-03
Impact of Climate Change on Extreme Air Pollution Meteorology and the Implications for Air Quality (10098)
Pei Hou, Michigan Technological University, Houghton, MI, United States and Shiliang Wu, Michigan Tech, Geological and Mining Engineering and Sciences, Houghton, MI, United States
GC33G-04
Examining the Observed and Modeled Sensitivities of Air-quality Extremes to Meteorological Drivers using Advanced Statistical Techniques (20228)
William C Porter1, Brook T Russell2, Daniel S Cooley2 and Colette L Heald3, (1)Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Cambridge, MA, United States, (2)Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, United States, (3)Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Cambridge, United States
GC33G-05
The Effects of Drought on Predictions of Air Quality in Texas: Vegetation and Biogenic Hydrocarbons (9914)
Elena McDonald-Buller1, Ling Huang2, Gary McGaughey2, Yosuke Kimura3 and David Allen3, (1)Center for Energy and Environmental Resources, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, United States, (2)University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, United States, (3)University of Texas at Austin, Center for Energy and Environmental Systems Analysis, Austin, United States
GC33G-06
Temperature and Precipitation Extremes in the United States: Quantifying the Responses to Aerosols and Greenhouse Gases (25072)
Nora Rose Mascioli, Columbia University, Palisades, NY, United States, Arlene M Fiore, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences, Cambridge, United States, Michael J Previdi, Columbia University, Lamont‐Doherty Earth Observatory, Palisades, United States and Gustavo J P Correa, Columbia University, Palisades, United States
GC33G-07
Do Heat Waves have an Impact on Terrestrial Water Storage? (14263)
Jose Agustin Brena-Naranjo1, Ryan Teuling2 and Adrián Pedrozo-Acuña1, (1)Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Institute of Engineering, Mexico, Mexico, (2)Wageningen University & Research, Wageningen, Netherlands
GC33G-08
Using Dynamically Downscaled Rainfall Data to Examine the Impact of Climate Change on the Combined Probability of Extreme Rainfall and Antecedent Soil Moisture (12013)
Andrew Graddon1, Natalie Lockart1, Garry R Willgoose1, George A. Kuczera2, Aaron Coutts-Smith3 and Min Cheng4, (1)University of Newcastle, Callaghan, NSW, Australia, (2)The University of Newcastle, School of Engineering, Callaghan, NSW, Australia, (3)Office of Environment and Heritage, Climate Change Impacts and Adaptation Section, Sydney, Australia, (4)Three Gorges University, Department of Hydraulics and Ecohydrology, Yichang, China
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