AMS Sectional Meeting Program by Special Session

Current as of Sunday, May 3, 2009 00:21:11

Program | Deadlines | Registration/Housing/Etc. | Inquiries: meet@ams.org

Associate secretaries:
Steven H Weintraub, AMS steve.weintraub@lehigh.edu

Saturday April 25, 2009, 8:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
Special Session on The Mathematics of Climate Change, I
Room 114, Higgins Laboratories
Organizers:
Catherine A. Roberts, College of the Holy Cross croberts@holycross.edu
Gareth E. Roberts, College of the Holy Cross
Mary Lou Zeeman, Bowdoin College
- 8:00 a.m.
  Introduction to the Mathematics of Climate Change.
  Mary Lou Zeeman*, Bowdoin College and Cornell University
  (1050-86-107)
- 9:00 a.m.
  Periodic Versus Constant Proportion Fish Exploitation Policies.
  Abdul-Aziz Yakubu*, Howard University
  Jon Conrad, Cornell University
  Mary Lou Zeeman, Bowdoin College
  (1050-92-99)
- 9:30 a.m.
  Climate-induced changes in spatial distribution of Northwest Atlantic fish stocks: implications for management.
  Janet A. Nye*, NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service, Northweast Fisheries Science Center
  Jason S. Link, NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service Northeast Fisheries Science Center
  Jonathan A. Hare, NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service Northeast Fisheries Science Center
  (1050-92-67)
- 10:00 a.m.
  North Atlantic Climate Variability: Preliminary Analysis of Historical Weather Data and Stable Isotope Time Series from Cave Dripwater and a Holocene-Age Stalagmite from Bermuda.
  Steven E Gaurin*, University of Massachusetts
  (1050-00-155)
- 10:30 a.m.
  Audience discussion on the role of mathematics in climate change research, moderated by Mary Lou Zeeman.

Saturday April 25, 2009, 3:00 p.m.-5:45 p.m.
Special Session on The Mathematics of Climate Change, II
Room 114, Higgins Laboratories
Organizers:
Catherine A. Roberts, College of the Holy Cross croberts@holycross.edu
Gareth E. Roberts, College of the Holy Cross
Mary Lou Zeeman, Bowdoin College
- 3:00 p.m.
  Weather prediction and Chaos.
  James A Yorke*, Univ of Maryland, Math & Physics Depts and IPST
  (1050-37-50)
- 3:30 p.m.
  Poleward Expansion of Hadley Cells.
  William F. Langford*, University of Guelph, Guelph ON Canada
  Greg Lewis, University of Ontario Institute of Technology, Oshawa ON Canada L1H7K4
  (1050-86-60)
- 4:00 p.m.
  Understanding the relative humidity distribution of the atmosphere using a simple model.
  Paul A O'Gorman*, Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences
  (1050-00-65)
- 4:30 p.m.
  A component-based framework for semi-empirical, process-based modeling of carbon flux from terrestrial ecosystems.
  Sudeep Samanta*, Woods Hole Research Center
  Richard A. Houghton, Woods Hole Research Center
  (1050-00-145)
- 5:00 p.m.
  Audience discussion on the role of mathematics in climate change research, moderated by Gareth Roberts.

Sunday April 26, 2009, 8:00 a.m.-10:45 a.m.
Special Session on The Mathematics of Climate Change, III
Room 114, Higgins Laboratories
Organizers:
Catherine A. Roberts, College of the Holy Cross croberts@holycross.edu
Gareth E. Roberts, College of the Holy Cross
Mary Lou Zeeman, Bowdoin College
- 8:00 a.m.
  Challenges to physical-biological coupling in climate models.
  Amala Mahadevan*, Boston University
  (1050-76-158)
- 8:30 a.m.
  Multi-decadal Variability of Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation in the Community Climate System Model Version 3.
  Young-Oh Kwon*, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
  Claude Frankignoul, LOCEAN, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris, France
  (1050-00-114)
- 9:00 a.m.
  How Ice Line Moves: Revisiting Budyko's Energy Balance Model.
  Esther R. Widiasih*, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
  (1050-37-49)
- 9:30 a.m.
  Nonlinear threshold behavior during the loss of Arctic sea ice.
  J. S. Wettlaufer*, Yale University
  (1050-86-91)
- 10:00 a.m.
  Audience discussion on the role of mathematics in climate change research, moderated by Catherine A. Roberts.

Inquiries: meet@ams.org