Dear Colleagues: Please consider submitting an abstract to the session on "Climate Extremes: Scales, Implications, and Adaptation (GC-37) " for the AGU 2011 Fall Meeting to be held in San Francisco December 5-9, 2011.
GC37: Climate Extremes 4. Scales, Implications, and Adaptation Sponsor: Global Environmental Change (GC) Co-Sponsor(s): Atmospheric Sciences (A), Hydrology (H), Natural Hazards (NH) Description: Heat waves and cold spells to floods and droughts appear to have become more commonplace in recent decades and are projected to intensify in a warming environment. This session will focus on observed climate extremes across wide range of geographical scales (local, regional, and global), their implications (agricultural production, infrastructures design, management of key resources), as well as on strategies for adaptation. Examples of topics will include: observed climate extremes across the scales, statistical analysis or modeling based approaches for understanding and projecting extremes, societal impacts of hydrological extremes, and approaches to reduce vulnerability. Invited Speakers: Pasha Groisman, NCDC William Gutowski, Iowa State Michael Wehner, Lawrence Berkeley Don Wuebbles, Urbana Conveners: Vimal Mishra University of Washington [email protected]<https://mail.ornl.gov/owa/redir.aspx?C=a11e79b8044f47108d5ccb1711dfbfeb&URL=mailto%3avmishra%40hydro.washington.edu> Francina Dominguez University of Arizona (520) 621-4652 [email protected]<https://mail.ornl.gov/owa/redir.aspx?C=a11e79b8044f47108d5ccb1711dfbfeb&URL=mailto%3afrancina%40hwr.arizona.edu> Auroop Ganguly Oak Ridge National Laboratory and University of Tennessee (865) 241-1305 [email protected] -- Vimal Mishra Post Doctoral Research Associate Civil and Environmental Engineering University of Washington, Seattle, WA Phone- 206-661-8562 www.hydro.washington.edu http://www.researcherid.com/rid/F-7281-2010 <http://www.web.ics.purdue.edu/%7Evmishra>
