Dear Colleagues, With apologies for multiple postings:
Tropical Atmosphere Dynamics Session in Cairns We are conducting a session on Tropical Atmospheric Dynamics at the 2008 AGU Western Pacific Geophysics Meeting in Cairns, Australia 29 July - 1 August 2008 (http://www.agu.org/meetings/wp08/). Please see the session description below. The abstract submission deadline is 16 April 2008. Feel free to contact either one of us with questions, and please distribute widely. We look forward to seeing you in Cairns. Best regards, Eric Maloney and Adam Sobel emails: [EMAIL PROTECTED] and [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------- Session Description: A session on the large-scale dynamics of the tropical atmosphere. We solicit presentations that advance our understanding of the mechanisms behind tropical phenomena over a wide range of space and time scales. Possible topics of interest include variations on synoptic (e.g. easterly waves), intraseasonal (e.g., Madden-Julian oscillation), interannual (e.g. ENSO teleconnections, monsoon variability), and decadal timescales, as well as features of the mean climate (Hadley and Walker circulations, ITCZs, monsoons). We welcome presentations involving atmospheric coupling to ocean and land surfaces, tropical-extratropical interactions, and interactions across different space and time scales. The session is intended to provide insight into mechanisms behind tropical phenomena using a variety of tools. Presentations which synthesize information from multiple approaches - including numerical models, observations, and theory - are particularly welcome. We discourage contributions that are primarily descriptive and lacking in dynamical interpretation. -- ---------------------------------------------------------------- Adam H. Sobel Department of Applied Physics and Applied Mathematics Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences Columbia University 500 W. 120th Street, Room 217 New York, NY 10027 USA tel: 212-854-6587 fax: 212-854-8257 e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] web: http://www.columbia.edu/~ahs129/home.html UNTIL AUGUST 2008, ON SABBATICAL at Bureau of Meteorology Research Centre GPO Box 1289 Melbourne VIC 3001 Australia tel: +61-(0)3-9669-4645 ---------------------------------------------------------------- _______________________________________________ announce mailing list [email protected] http://www.atmosocean.org/mailman/listinfo/announce
