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

Wednesday, 17 December 2014: 1:40 PM-3:40 PM
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, DC, United States
Primary Conveners:  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, DC, United States
OSPA Liaisons:  Michael R Hiscock, United States Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Research and Development, Washington, DC, United States

Abstracts Submitted to this Session:

1:40 PM
GC33G-01
 
Tropical and Extratropical Cyclone Damages under Climate Change
Matthew Ranson1, Carolyn Kousky2, Matthias Ruth3, Lesley Jantarasami4, Allison Crimmins4 and Lisa Tarquinio1, (1)Organization Not Listed, Abt Associates, Washington, DC, United States, (2)Resources for the Future, Washington, DC, United States, (3)Northeastern University, Boston, MA, United States, (4)Environmental Protection Agency Washington DC, Washington, DC, United States
1:55 PM
GC33G-02
 
Air quality extremes and trends over the United States: Effects of regional climate
Yuhang Wang1, Yongjia Song1, Jay Loadholt1, Henian Zhang1,2, Taewon Park1, Yi Deng1 and Yuzhong Zhang1, (1)Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, United States, (2)Georgia Environmental Protection Division, Atlanta, GA, United States
2:10 PM
GC33G-03
 
Impact of Climate Change on Extreme Air Pollution Meteorology and the Implications for Air Quality
Pei Hou, Michigan Technological University, Houghton, MI, United States and Shiliang Wu, Michigan Tech, Houghton, MI, United States
2:25 PM
GC33G-04
 
Examining the Observed and Modeled Sensitivities of Air-quality Extremes to Meteorological Drivers using Advanced Statistical Techniques
William C Porter1, Brook T Russell2, Daniel S Cooley2 and Colette L Heald1, (1)Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Cambridge, MA, United States, (2)Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, United States
2:40 PM
GC33G-05
 
The Effects of Drought on Predictions of Air Quality in Texas: Vegetation and Biogenic Hydrocarbons
Elena McDonald-Buller, Ling Huang, Gary McGaughey, Yosuke Kimura and David Allen, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, United States
2:55 PM
GC33G-06
 
Temperature and Precipitation Extremes in the United States: Quantifying the Responses to Aerosols and Greenhouse Gases
Nora Rose Mascioli, Arlene M Fiore, Michael J Previdi and Gustavo J P Correa, Columbia University, Palisades, NY, United States
3:10 PM
GC33G-07
 
Do Heat Waves have an Impact on Terrestrial Water Storage?
Agustin Brena-Naranjo1, Ryan Teuling2 and Adrián Pedrozo-Acuña1, (1)Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Institute of Engineering, Mexico, Mexico, (2)Hydrology Quant. Water Mgnt, Wageningen, Netherlands
3:25 PM
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
Andrew Graddon1, Natalie Lockart1, Garry R Willgoose2, George A. Kuczera2, Aaron Coutts-Smith3 and Min Chen4, (1)University of Newcastle, Callaghan, NSW, Australia, (2)University of Newcastle, Callaghan, 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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