[Aqualist] Call for abstracts: High-resolution records of past climate: Insights into past and future climate variability (AMOS 2013)

[Steven J Phipps]

We invite submissions to the following session at the Australian 
Meteorological and Oceanographic Society National Conference 2013, to be 
held in Melbourne, Australia from 11 to 13 February 2013.

Special Session 09: High-resolution records of past climate: Insights into 
past and future climate variability

Reconstructions of past climate with a high temporal resolution provide 
valuable insights into natural climate variability, including modes such 
as El Niño-Southern Oscillation and the Southern Annular Mode. They also 
enable us to study the teleconnections between these modes and the climate 
of Australia and, in particular, to study the stability of these 
teleconnections over time.

The information provided by high-resolution palaeoclimate records is 
essential to detect and attribute anthropogenic influences on variability 
within the climate system, as well as to constrain and evaluate the models 
that are used to project future climate variability and change. 
High-resolution palaeoclimate research is therefore a critical component 
of climate system science, and is directly relevant to questions of 
climate change adaptation and mitigation.

This session welcomes presentations related to all aspects of past climate 
variability. Any time period may be considered, including the last 2,000 
years, the Holocene and the Last Glacial Maximum. Presentations are 
encouraged on high-resolution palaeoclimate records, climate modelling, 
data-model integration and the use of palaeoclimate reconstructions to 
constrain projections of future climate variability.

Convenors:

Steven Phipps (University of New South Wales)
Joelle Gergis (University of Melbourne)
Helen McGregor (University of Wollongong)
Josephine Brown (Centre for Australian Weather and Climate Research)
Duncan Ackerley (Monash University)

The closing date is 5 October 2012. To submit an abstract, please visit 
the conference website here:

http://wired.ivvy.com/event/WXOCCX/