A33O
Extratropical and High-Latitude Storms, Teleconnections, Extreme Weather, and the Changing Polar Climate I

Wednesday, 16 December 2015: 13:40-15:40
3006 (Moscone West)
Primary Conveners:  Xiangdong Zhang, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK, United States
Conveners:  Kent Moore, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, Xiaojun Yuan, Lamont -Doherty Earth Observatory, Palisades, NY, United States and Qinghua Ding, University of Washington, Polar Science Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Chairs:  Xiangdong Zhang, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK, United States and Kent Moore, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
OSPA Liaisons:  Xiaojun Yuan, Lamont -Doherty Earth Observatory, Palisades, NY, United States
13:40
Arctic Oscillation cannot be used as analogue to predict the response of atmospheric blocking to Arctic Amplification (76892)
Pedram Hassanzadeh and Zhiming Kuang, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, United States
13:55
Response of Northern Hemisphere Midlatitude Circulation to Arctic Amplification in a Simple Atmospheric General Circulation Model (70073)
Yutian Wu, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, United States and Karen L Smith, Lamont -Doherty Earth Observatory, Palisades, NY, United States
14:10
US CLIVAR Working Group: Arctic Change and Possible Influence on Mid-latitude Climate and Weather (Invited) (58959)
Judah Levi Cohen, Atmos and Environ Res Inc., Lexington, MA, United States; Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Cambridge, MA, United States and Xiangdong Zhang, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK, United States
14:25
Projected changes in regional weather patterns and associated temperature extremes arising from Arctic sea ice loss (Invited) (59639)
James Screen, University of Exeter, Exeter, EX4, United Kingdom, Clara Deser, NCAR, Boulder, CO, United States, Lantao Sun, National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO, United States, Natasa Skific, Rutgers University, Franklin Park, NJ, United States and Jennifer Ann Francis, Rutgers University Newark, Newark, NJ, United States
14:55
Two distinct influences of Arctic warming on cold winters over North America and East Asia  (73399)
Baek-Min Kim, Korea Polar Research Institute, Incheon, South Korea
15:10
The Early Winter Sea Ice Variability Under the Recent Arctic Climate Shift (61722)
Yang Xiao-Yi, Xiamen University, Xiamen, China
15:25
Influence of the Arctic Frontal Zone on Summer Cyclone Activity and Precipitation in the Central Arctic Ocean (65267)
Alexander Crawford, National Snow and Ice Data Center, Boulder, CO, United States and Mark Serreze, University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, CO, United States
 
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