[Aqualist] AGU 2015 session: Climate variability in the Southern Hemisphere since the LGM

[Barrows, Tim]

>From Jessica Hinojosa:

Dear colleagues,

We invite you to submit an abstract to our AGU 2015 Fall Meeting entitled "Climate variability in the mid-to-high-latitude Southern Hemisphere since the Last Glacial Maximum," listed as session PP009.

Abstract:

In contrast to the Northern Hemisphere, the climate of the ocean-dominated Southern Hemisphere (SH) is regulated by strongly zonal atmospheric and oceanic circulation patterns. Proxy records suggest that the strength and position of these zonal features, particularly the SH westerly winds, have changed significantly since the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM) at ~21,000 years BP. Such changes have climatic influence beyond the SH, due to interactions between the westerlies, the Southern Ocean, and the global carbon cycle.  However, records of climate variability from this region are spatially limited by a relatively small landmass area and by the difficulty of obtaining records. This session aims to bring together recent investigations of post-LGM, mid-to-high latitude SH climate variability. We encourage submissions that present new proxy-based reconstructions of climate change from marine and terrestrial archives. We also invite submissions of modeling studies that examine climate forcing mechanisms and regional responses.

The deadline for the abstract submission is August 5th, 11:59 P.M. EDT. For abstract submission and more information, please go to: https://agu.confex.com/agu/fm15/preliminaryview.cgi/Session8595.

Cheers from the session conveners,

Jessica Hinojosa, Bess Koffman, and Heidi Roop