Workshop on Storm Tracks, Jets, and their Modes of Variability in Switzerland; August 24-28, 2015

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项目编号	1519169
	Workshop on Storm Tracks, Jets, and their Modes of Variability in Switzerland; August 24-28, 2015
	Tiffany Shaw
主持机构	University of Chicago
项目开始年	2015
	2015-08-01
项目结束日期	2016-07-31
资助机构	US-NSF
项目类别	Standard Grant
项目经费	15000(USD)
国家	美国
语种	英语
英文摘要	This workshop will review recent advances on the dynamics of storm tracks, jets and their modes of variability and to address key questions related to the regional response to climate change. The conference will focus on areas of research in which recent progress has been notable, along with emerging themes: characterization of storm track response to climate change, model hierarchies of the storm tracks, model biases, low-frequency variability, coupling to the cryosphere, ocean, stratosphere and tropics, coupling with moisture and clouds and connection to extreme events. Storm tracks and jets, together with their modes of variability, affect the regional distribution of precipitation, temperature, and wind in the midlatitudes of both hemispheres. One of the most pressing questions regarding the impacts of climate change concerns how storm tracks will change. While comprehensive climate models predict a poleward shift of the zonal-mean midlatitude westerlies in response to global warming, observational evidence is mixed, and such a shift does not necessarily occur regionally, particularly in the Northern Hemisphere. The importance of understanding the dynamics and robustness of the regional response cannot be understated. It requires a better understanding of the conditions setting the time-mean structure of the storm tracks and jets, their low-frequency variability, and the role of boundary conditions (cryosphere, ocean, stratosphere, and tropics). The resulting changes to climate and weather (e.g., likelihood of extreme events) are also affected by coupling with moisture and clouds. The workshop will be held in Grindelwald, Switzerland 24-28 August 2015. NSF funds will support travel costs for approximately 6 early career scientists from the U.S.
来源学科分类	Geosciences - Atmospheric and Geospace Sciences
文献类型	项目
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.173/C666/handle/2XK7JSWQ/68307
专题	环境与发展全球科技态势
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Tiffany Shaw.Workshop on Storm Tracks, Jets, and their Modes of Variability in Switzerland; August 24-28, 2015.2015.