Poster session 1

P1.1 Review of Recent Climate Conditions and Forecasts

P1.1
Author Name: Hassan Khodabakhsh and Mina Motamedi
Abstract Title: Meteorological approaches for optimize air pollution management in Esfahan

P1.2
Author Name: Erwin Makmur
Abstract Title: Analyze of climate change In Java as impact global warming

P1.3
Author Name: V. E. Kousky, V. B. S. Silva, and R. W. Higgins
Abstract Title: Intercomparison of Daily Precipitation Statistics for the United States in Observations, the NCEP/NCAR Reanalysis, and the NCEP/DOE Reanalysis

P1.4
Author Name: Michelle L'Heureux, Arun Kumar, Gerry Bell, Mike Halpert, Wayne Higgins
Abstract Title: The Role of the Pacific- North American (PNA) Pattern in the 2007 Arctic Sea Ice Decline

P1.5
Author Name: E-Hyung Park, Eun-Jeong Lee, Won-Tae Kwon, Song-You Hong
Abstract Title: Assessment of the greenhouse gas contribution to global warming based on multi-model ensemble

P1.2: Climate Prediction: ENSO, MJO and Teleconnections

P1.6
Abstract Name: Moon-Hyun Kim, Hyun-Suk Kang, Young-Hwa Byun, Suhee Park, Won-Tae Kwon and Dong-Hoon Kim

Author Title: Effects of dynamical downscaling for seasonal forecast over East Asia: wintertime hindcast and its analysis
P1.7
Author Name: Feng He and Zhengyu Liu
Abstract Title: The Nature of the Decadal Variability of Surface Climate Over the North Atlantic Ocean --- Coupled Ocean-Atmosphere-Sea Ice Interaction Organized by Damped Ocean Mode

P1.8
Author Name: Bhaskar Jha and Arun Kumar
Abstract Title: Variability and Predictability of the seasonal mean atmospheric circulation during winter in three version of ECHAM model

P1.9
Author Name: O.F.Omidiora and A.A Balogun
Abstract Title: NUMERICAL SIMULATION OF CLOUD MICROSTRUCTURE EFFECT ON SATELLITE SIGNAL AND APPLICATIONS

P1.10
Author Name: Min Wen, Song Yang, Augustin Vintzileos, and Wayne Higgins
Abstract Title: Impacts of Model Resolutions and Initial Conditions on Predictions of the Onset of Asian Summer Monsoon by the NCEP CFS

P1.11
Author Name: June-Yi Lee1, Bin Wang1, J.-K. E. Shemm, A. Kumar
Abstract Title: The role of air-sea coupling on seasonal climate predictability and prediction

P1.12
Author Name: Michael Bosilovich, David Mocko, John O Roads and Alex Ruane
Abstract Title: Multi-model analysis for CEOP: Evaluating the uncertainty of analyses

P1.13
Author Name: Jiayu Zhou
Abstract Title: Synthesis of Issues from CTB-COLA Joint Seminar Summaries

P1.14
Author Name: Dongmei Qi, Yueqing Li1, and Song Yang
Abstract Title: A New Plateau Monsoon Index and Analysis of Its Characteristics

P1.15
Author Name: Edward O’Lenic
Abstract Title: Geographic distribution of skill of official and objective 3-month outlooks from 1995 to 2005

P1.16
Author Name: Luke He
Abstract Title: Rainfall, Drought and ENSO over the Tropical Pacific Region

Poster Session 2: Drought Simulations and Predicting Present and Future Drought

P2.1
Author Name: Noel Aloysius, James Saiers and Robert Mendelsohn
Abstract Title: The Role of Climate Change in the Vulnerability and Resilience of Water Resources within the Rio Bravo River Basin

P2.2
Author Name: Raymond W. Arritt
Abstract Title: Regional drought in the North American Regional Climate Change Assessment Program (NARCCAP)

P2.3
Author Name: Eleanor J Burke
Abstract Title: Quantifying the impact of plant response to increased CO2 on drought

P2.4
Author Name: Amin Dezfuli
Abstract Title: The AMO and Sahel Rainfall - strong potential for seasonal forecasting of droughts

P2.5
Author Name: H. Mark Helfand
Abstract Title: Relationship between mean winds and large 10-day precipitation anomalies over the continental U.S.

P2.6
Author Name: Hyun-Suk Kang, Johan Lee, Won-Tae Kown, Won-Tae Yun
Abstract Title: A Regional Climate Model Simulation of the 1994 East Asian Summer Drought: Present Climate and a Possible Response to Increased SST from the A1B Scenario

P2.7
Author Name: Lifeng Luo, Justin Sheffield, Haibin Li and Eric F. Wood
Abstract Title: Toward A Global Drought Monitoring and Forecasting Capability

P2.8
Author Name: Nguyen Dang Mau
Abstract Title: Establishing multiple linear regression models to predict meteorological drought in Vietnam

P2.9
Author Name: Giuseppe Di Mauro
Abstract Title: POTENTIAL OF NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION INDEX TO FORECAST DROUGHT IN SICILY

P2.10
Author Name: Dongxiao Zhang and Michael J. McPhaden
Abstract Title: Trends in the Pacific Shallow Overturning Circulation, Tropical Pacific SST and the Hydrological Cycle

P2.11
Author Name: Stefan Niemeyer, Blaz, Kurnik, Giovanni Laguardia
Abstract Title: Drought Forecasting in Europe using Monthly Forecast Products of ECMWF

P2.12
Author Name: Richard Seager, Yochanan Kushnir and Mingfang Ting
Abstract Title: Mechanisms of tropical Pacific and tropical Atlantic forcing of North American hydroclimate

P2.13
Author Name: Shraddhanand Shukla, F. Munoz-Arriola, T. Bohn, A.C. Steinemann, and D.P. Lettenmaier
Abstract Title: Assessment of ESP based Drought Prediction Skill

P2.14
Author Name: M. Trnka, Z. Žalud, D. Semerádová, M. Hayes, M. Svoboda, P. Hlavinka, M. Dubrovský, D. Wilhite
Abstract Title: Expected Changes in Soil Moisture Regimes in two Central US and Central Europe

P2.15
Author Name: Edward K. Vizy and Kerry Cook
Abstract Title: influence of the Amazon/Orinoco Plume on the summertime Atlantic Climate

P2.16
Author Name: Annalisa Bracco, Fred Kucharski, Jin Ho Yoo and Franco Molteni
Abstract Title: Modulation of Indian Summer rainfall by tropical Atlantic forcing

P2.17
Author Name: Robert Burgman
Abstract Title: The role of tropical Pacific SSTs in forcing Medieval hydroclimate

P2.18
Author Name: Antonietta Capotondi
Abstract Title: Relationship between decadal precipitation anomalies in the Southwestern U. S. and global SSTs: Insights from the IPCC multi-model ensemble

P2.19
Author Name: Tsing-Chang Chen, Joseph J. Tribbia, Shih-Yu Wang, and Adam J. Clark
Abstract Title: Droughts in the Central Plains of the United States

P2.20
Author Name: Y. Fan, W. Wu and H. van den Dool
Abstract Title: North American Drought in the Past 8 Decades

P2.21
Author Name: Ian Ferguson
Abstract Title: 20th Century Drought Characteristics in Coupled Climate Simulations

P2.22
Author Name: Rong Fu, Wenhong Li, Lei Huang and Kingtse Mo
Abstract Title: Evaluation of the climate models’ performance on the relationship of precipitation change over the SE US and SST changes over Pacific and Atlantic oceans

P2.23
Author Name: Lisa Goddard and Caio A. S. Coelho
Abstract Title: El Niño-induced tropical droughts in seasonal forecasts and climate change projections

P2.24
Author Name: Martin Hoerling, Jon Eischeid, Xiao-Wei Quan
Abstract Title: Early Warning Indicators for U.S. Drought

P2.25
Author Name: Emilia Jin and David Straus
Abstract Title: Ocean Forced Predictability of North American Drought

P2.26
Author Name: Kristopher B. Karnauskas, Antonio J. Busalacchi
Abstract Title: Low-frequency tropical Pacific forcing of multi-year North American drought in CMIP3 models

P2.27
Author Name: Randal Koster
Abstract Title: Drought-Induced Increases in Air Temperature: Variations with SST Regime

P2.28
Author Name: Hongmei Li, Aiguo Dai, Tianjun Zhou, and Jian Lu
Abstract Title: Responses of East Asian Summer Monsoon to Historical SST and Atmospheric Forcing During 1950-2000

P2.29
Author Name: David Lorenz and Eric DeWeaver
Abstract Title: The Role of the Land Surface and Sea Surface Temperatures in Perpetuating Drought

P2.30
Author Name: Bradfield Lyon
Abstract Title: The Joint Occurence of Summer Drought and Heat Waves in Coupled Models

P2.31
Author Name: Rachel R. McCrary, David A. Randall
Abstract Title: Do the AR4 IPCC models simulate the “Dust Bowl”?

P2.32
Author Name: Philip Pegion
Abstract Title: Multi-model Response of Idealized SST Experiments within the US CLIVAR Drought Working Group

P2.33
Author Name: Xiao-Wei Quan, Martin Hoerling, Jon Eischeid
Abstract Title: 20th Century U.S. Drought in Observations and CMIP Simulations

P2.34
Author Name: Alfredo Ruiz-Barradas
Abstract Title: SST North American Drought Links in 20th Century Simulations and 21st Century Climate Projections

P2.35
Author Name: Jae-Kyung E. Schemm, K. C. Mo and S.-H. Yoo
Abstract Title: Influence of ENSO and the Atlantic multi decadal oscillation on drought over the United States: CLIVAR Drought experiments

P2.36
Author Name: Sang-ik Shin, Robert S. Webb, and Prashant D. Sardeshmukh
Abstract Title: The impacts of tropical SSTs on the Regional Hydroclimate

P2.37
Author Name: Hailan Wang, Siegfried Schubert, Max Suarez and Randal Koster
Abstract Title: Model dependence on responses over the U.S. in idealized SST experiments

P2.38
Author Name: Scott Weaver
Abstract Title: Warm season variations in the low-level circulation and precipitation over the central United States in idealized SST experiments

P2.39
Author Name: Ning Zeng, Brian Cook, Jin-Ho Yoon
Abstract Title: Future drying of the southern Amazon and Central Brazil in the CMIP3 models: role of seasonality

P2.40
Author Name: Toby R. Ault, Julia E. Cole, and Bette Otto-Bliesner
Abstract Title: Axes of Drought: A New Strategy for Connecting Paleoclimate Records With Climate Models

Poster Session 3: Observing and Monitoring Drought and drought impact

P3.1
Author Name: Randall S. Cerveny, Andrew W. Ellis and Robert C. Balling
Abstract Title: Climatological Isentropic Analysis as a Drought Detection/Monitoring Tool

P3.2
Author Name: Chipanshi A.C., Rahman M.M. and Fitzmaurice J.
Abstract Title: Estimating Soil Moisture for Drought Monitoring from MODIS Data Using a Thermal Inertia Approach

P3.3
Author Name: Akhmetova Galiya
Abstract Title: Seismic activity on the Earth, changes of atmosphere circulation and droughts on the Northern hemisphere.

P3.4
Author Name: Wesley Ebisuzaki and Muthuvel Chelliah
Abstract Title: An examination of the trend of precipitation characteristics over the continental United States

P3.5
Author Name: David S. Gutzler
Abstract Title: U.S. Drought statistics based on persistent seasonal climate anomalies

P3.6
Author Name: John Janowiak
Abstract Title: PAC: A tool for monitorng and forecasting the initiation, longevity, and demise of droughts

P3.7
Author Name: Richard Lawford, Ronald Stewart
Abstract Title: An interdisciplinary study of a multi-year drought on the Canadian prairies.

P3.8
Author Name: Han-Cheol Lim, Suhee Park, Hyun-Suk Kang, and Won-Tae Kwon
Abstract Title: A Diagnostic Case Study of the Extreme Summer Drought over East Asia in 1994

P3.9
Author Name: Juan-Matias Mendez-Perez and Victor Magaña Victor
Abstract Title: Spatial-temporal variability of meteorological drought over Mexico
P3.10
Author Name: Sharon Nicholson
Abstract Title: The physical basis for drought in West Africa

P3.11
Author Name: Stefan Niemeyer
Abstract Title: Towards a European Drought Observatory

P3.12
Author Name: Anup K. Prasad, Ramesh P. Singh and Menas Kafatos
Abstract Title: Monitoring and detection of drought conditions using Change Vector Analysis and Standardized Precipitation Index over India

P3.14
Author Name: Chung-Hsiung Sui
Abstract Title: A pilot study of spring droughts and early warning in Taiwan

P3.15
Author Name: Huug van den Dool
Abstract Title: The Multi-Model Approach for Soil Moisture Analyses in the Absence of Verification Data

P3.16
Author Name: Renguang Wu and James L. Kinter III
Abstract Title: Relationship of U.S. droughts with SST and soil moisture: Distinguishing the time scale of droughts

P3.17
Author Name: Art Douglas and Phil Englehart
Abstract Title: Mid-summer drought in southern Mexico: Drought modulation by fluctuations in East Pacific cross equatorial flow, IAS tropical cyclone genesis and phase change alignments in the PDO and AMO

P3.18
Author Name: Youlong Xia, Kenneth Mitchell, Eric Wood, and the NLDAS team
Abstract Title: Configuration and Application of the NCEP Multi-model NLDAS System for Drought Monitoring and Prediction

P3.19
Author Name: Pingping Xie, Jian-Yin Liang, Anyuan Xiong, Yan ShenMingyue Chen, Robert J. Joyce, John E. Janowiak, and Phillip A. Arkin
Abstract Title: A Prototype Gauge-Satellite Merged Analysis of Daily Precipitation for Improved Real-Time Climate Monitoring

P3.20
Author Name: Jenifer C.G. Martin, Andrea J. Ray
Abstract Title: Communicating Drought Relative to Geography & Function

P3.21
Author Name: Viviane Silva, Lloyd Thomas, Kenneth Pelman, Mike Halpert and Wayne Higgins
Abstract Title: An Update of the NOAA/Climate Prediction Center (CPC) GIS Project

P3.22
Author Name: David Yates
Abstract Title: Drought Planning for Water Utilities: Indices, Triggers, and Response

P3.23
Author Name: Wanru Wu and Kingtse Mo
Abstract Title: Objective drought monitoring over the United States

P3.24
Author Name: Prem Woli, James W. Jones1, and Keith T. Ingram
Abstract Title: An Agricultural Reference Index for Drought (ARID) as an Indicator of Plant Water Stress