[Aqualist] Paleoclimate session at AMOS/MSNZ Conference 7-10 February 2017, ANU, Canberra

[Helen McGregor]

Dear AQUAlisters,

We are pleased to announce the 'C4 - Past climate reconstruction and modelling' session at the AMOS/MSNZ Conference 2017 and invite you to participate. The abstract deadline is 4 September 2016.

The AMOS/MSNZ Conference 2017 includes the ANZ Climate Forum, and runs from 7-10 February 2017, Australian National University, Canberra. Abstract submission and more information is available here: http://www.amos.org.au/Main/Upcoming_Events/amos2017.aspx

Session description: Palaeoclimate research reveals processes and interactions that are not necessarily apparent in climate records of the modern era. In addition, palaeoclimate records provide constraints on climate sensitivity and natural climate patterns, which are critical for evaluating the models used to project future climate variability and change. Past climate research gives novel insights into climate over many time scales-from the seasonal through to millions of years-and as such will be of broad interest to the climatological and meteorological community. Furthermore, this session will provide an important forum for active researchers in Australia and New Zealand, involved with paleoclimate reconstructions and modelling, to engage with each other and the broader climate research community.
We anticipate a lively session that includes presentations related to all aspects and time scales of past climate, including those that bridge the gap between past and future changes in the climate system. The topics covered are likely to include palaeoclimate reconstruction, climate modelling, data-model comparison, as well as work from international palaeoclimate synthesis efforts e.g. the PAGES 2k Network and INQUA SHAPE research from Australia and New Zealand. Presentations that combine multiple datasets or methods, with a focus on understanding the underlying dynamical processes, are likely to feature. Abstracts spanning any time period up to and including the last 100 years are welcome and will make an important contribution to placing present-day climate in the context of past climate variability.

Conveners: Duncan Ackerley (Monash University), Helen McGregor (University of Wollongong), Kathryn Allen (University of Melbourne), Joelle Gergis (University of Melbourne), Drew Lorrey (NIWA, NZ), Steven Phipps (University of Tasmania).

We would be delighted to receive your contribution, and we would appreciate it if you could share this information with your students, postdocs and other colleagues that might be interested in this session.


Cheers,

Duncan, Helen, Kathryn, Joelle, Drew and Steven

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