[Aqualist] Chapman Conference

[James Shulmeister]

Hi all,

Apologies for cross-listing.
 
Chapman Conference on Tropical-Extratropical Climatic Teleconnections, A
Long-Term Perspective University of Hawaii, Honlulu, Hawaii, USA, 8 - 11
February 2005 

This conference was specifically developed with Southern Hemisphere
paleoclimate linkages in mind. It should be very relevant to
Australasian paleoclimate people.  Invited speakers include some of the
top climate dynamicists and climate modellers that we don't usually run
into in our Quaternary meetings as well as top paleoclimate people.


Conference Objective
Conference Overview
Proposed Schedule
Abstract Submissions - 15 Nov. 2004 Deadline Travel Support - 15 Nov.
2004 Deadline Hotel Accommodations Further Information


Conference Objective
The design of this conference is to be a "multidisciplinary" conference
with the aim of promoting communication between paleoclimatologists,
paleooceanographers, and climate dynamicists on questions of climate
change processes at different latitudes and time scales. The main
questions that the conference will be designed to address are:

What are the atmospheric, oceanic, and biogeochemical pathways that can
translate local changes into global ones? 
How do these processes explain synchronous, asynchronous, and rapid
climate change? 
How are the modes of variability in the climate system (frequency and
intensity) and their teleconnections altered by changes in the mean
climate system conditions? What are the thresholds and nonlinearities
that affect these connections? 
Conference Overview
For each topic, there will be oral presentations and posters on both
climate dynamics and paleoclimatology, as well as on oceanography, where
appropriate. We hope that this juxtaposition will help to generate
scenarios that can explain synchronous and asynchronous climate change
at low and high latitudes at short and long time scales. The general
topics for the sessions will be: 
Ocean Dynamics
Mid-latitude circulation
Tropical climate
Monsoon dynamics
Proposed Schedule (tentative)
The conference will run for four days with a morning and afternoon
session each day. There will be morning and afternoon keynote
presentations (30 minutes), each followed by 20-minute contributed talks
with ample time for discussion. Each day will conclude with poster
sessions on the relevant themes. 

Abstract Submission Information:
The deadline to submit your abstract will be 15 November 2004. 

For further information including support for students and early career
scientists please visit the Chapman conference web site

http://www.agu.org/meetings/cc05ecall.html

Conveners
Geoffrey Seltzer, Department of Earth Sciences, 204 Heroy, Syracuse
University, Syracuse, NY 13244-1070; Tel: +1-315-443-9726 (Rachel May,
conference administrator) or +1-315-443-2672 (direct); fax:
+1-315-443-3363; E-mail: goseltze at syr.edu and enspire at syr.edu Raymond
Bradley, Department of Geosciences, 233 Morrill Science Center,
University of Massachusetts, 611 North Pleasant Street, Amherst, MA
01003-9297; Tel: +1-413-545-2120; Fax: +1-413- 545-1200; E-mail:
rbradley at geo.umass.edu Henry Diaz, NOAA/OAR Climate Diagnostics Center,
325 Broadway, Boulder, CO 80305; Tel: +1-303-497-6649; Fax
+1-303-497-7013; E-mail: henry.f.diaz at noaa.gov Bette Otto-Bliesner,
Climate Change Research, National Center for Atmospheric Research, 1850
Table Mesa Drive, P.O. Box 3000, Boulder, Colorado 80307; Tel:
+1-303-497-1723; fax: 303-497-1348; E-mail: ottobli at ucar.edu Jamie
Shulmeister, Department of Geological Sciences, University of
Canterbury, Private Bag 4800, Christchurch, New Zealand; Tel:
+64-3-364-2762; fax: +64-3-364-2769; E-mail:
james.shulmeister at canterbury.ac.nz
Niklas Schneider, Department of Oceanography and International Pacific
Research Center, University of Hawai`i at Manoa, 1000 Pope Road, Marine
Sciences Building, Honolulu, HI 96822; Tel: +1-808-956-8383; Fax:
+1-808-956-9425; E-mail: nschneid at hawaii.edu

Jamie Shulmeister
Associate Professor (Quaternary Geology)
University of Canterbury
Te Whare Wananga o Waitaha
Private Bag 4800
Christchurch, New Zealand

James.Shulmeister at canterbury.ac.nz
fax: +64-3-364 2769
ph: +64-3-364 2762