AMS Sectional Meeting Program by AMS Special Session

Current as of Saturday, April 16, 2011 00:22:58

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2011 Spring Eastern Sectional Meeting
College of the Holy Cross, Worcester, MA
April 9-10, 2011 (Saturday - Sunday)
Meeting #1070

Associate secretaries:

Steven H Weintraub, AMS shw2@lehigh.edu

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Special Session on Mathematics and Climate

• Saturday April 9, 2011, 8:00 a.m.-10:20 a.m.
  Special Session on Mathematics and Climate, I
  Rm 129, Stein Hall
  Organizers:
  Kenneth M. Golden, University of Utah
  Catherine Roberts, College of the Holy Cross croberts@holycross.edu
  MaryLou Zeeman, Bowdoin College
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    A Mathematician's Guide to the 2007 IPCC Report on Climate Change.
    Hans G Kaper*, Argonne National Laboratory and Georgetown University
    (1070-86-90)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    Dynamical Systems Approaches to Climate Prediction.
    Christopher Danforth*, University of Vermont
    Ross Lieb-Lappen, University of Vermont
    Nicholas Allgaier, University of Vermont
    Kameron D Harris, University of Vermont
    (1070-86-25)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Towards a theory for where rain falls over tropical continents.
    William R. Boos*, Yale University
    (1070-76-32)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    Excitation of slow MJO-like Kelvin waves in the equatorial atmosphere by Yanai wave-group via WISHE-induced convection.
    aviv solodoch, weizmann institute, Rehovot, Israel
    william r boos, yale university
    zhiming kuang, harvard university
    Eli Tziperman*, EPS/SEAS, Harvard University
    (1070-86-30)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Patterns of Diversity in Marine Phytoplankton.
    Andrew D Barton*, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Stephanie Dutkiewicz, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Glenn Flierl, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Jason Bragg, CSIRO
    Mick Follows, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    (1070-92-23)
• Saturday April 9, 2011, 3:00 p.m.-4:50 p.m.
  Special Session on Mathematics and Climate, II
  Rm 129, Stein Hall
  Organizers:
  Kenneth M. Golden, University of Utah
  Catherine Roberts, College of the Holy Cross croberts@holycross.edu
  MaryLou Zeeman, Bowdoin College
  

  • 3:00 p.m.
    Observing and Characterizing Submesoscale Dynamics in the Upper Arctic Ocean.
    Mary-Louise E Timmermans*, Department of Geology and Geophysics, Yale University
    (1070-00-37)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    An Ice-Albedo Feedback Model of Paleoclimate.
    Richard P. McGehee*, University of Minnesota
    (1070-37-27)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    Using a Simple Mathematical Model to Understand Arctic Sea Ice Behavior in a Future Warmer Climate.
    Dorian S Abbot*, University of Chicago
    Mary Silber, Northwestern University
    Raymond T Pierrehumbert, University of Chicago
    (1070-34-15)
  • 4:30 p.m.
    The role of supra-glacial lakes in supplying meltwater to the base of the Greenland Ice Sheet.
    Mark D Behn*, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
    Michael J Krawczynski, MIT/WHOI Joint Program
    Sarah B Das, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
    Ian Joughin, APL, University of Washington
    (1070-74-26)

Inquiries: meet@ams.org

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