African Climate Workshop

Climate Dynamics of Tropical Africa:
present understanding and future directions
Sponsored by Ernst Cloos Memorial Funds

November 15 & 16, 2012
Mason Hall Auditorium, Homewood Campus

This one and a half day invitational event will be devoted to presentations, panel responses, and full group discussions designed to promote cross-fertilization between research programs and to inspire future collaborations. Topics will include: global and regional drivers of African climate variability, utilizing and enhancing the modern observational record, applications of climate dynamics to paleoclimate studies, and the challenge of projecting future climate conditions.

Schedule:
Workshop on the Climate Dynamics of Tropical Africa -

All panel sessions will be held in Mason Hall Auditorium on the Homewood Campus of Johns Hopkins University. 

November 15, 2012

8:30-9:00: Coffee and Breakfast

9:00-9:15: Welcome (KSAS Dean Katherine Newman and E&PS Chair Thomas Haine)

9:15-10:45: Large scale dynamics affecting African Climate

Keynote: Alessandra Giannini (IRI)

Moderator: Ben Zaitchik; Panelists: Zewdu Segele, Dan Steinhoff, Randy Koster

10:45-11:15: Coffee Break

11:15-12:45: Tropical Dynamics

Keynote: Sharon Nicholson (FSU)

Moderator: Amin Dezfuli; Panelists: Michela Biasutti, Paul Dirmeyer, Andy Hoell

12:45-2:00: Lunch

2:00-3:30: Regional Simulations for Impacts Analysis-Bromery Lecture

Keynote: Kerry Cook (UT Austin)

Moderator: Anand Gnanadesikan; Panelists: Norman Miller, Marc Marcella, Paul Block

3:30-4:00: Coffee Break

4:00-5:30: Paleoclimate

Keynote: Bette Otto-Bliesner (NCAR)

Moderator: Naomi Levin; Panelists: Sarah Feakins, Isla Castañeda, Alexey Fedorov

November 16, 2012

8:30-9:00: Coffee and breakfast

9:00-10:30: Future climate

Keynote: Chris Funk (UC Santa Barbara)

Moderator: Darryn Waugh; Panelists: Justin Sheffield, Richard Anyah, Molly Brown

10:30-11:00: Coffee Break

11:00-12:30: Observation Networks Panel and Closing/Next Steps

Keynote: Tufa Dinku (IRI)

Moderator: Zelalem Bedaso; Panelists: Andy Nyblade, Martha Anderson, Kelly Caylor, Charles Ichoku

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