Conveners
General Description
Conference Objectives
Preliminary Topics
Program Committee
Abstract Submission Information
NAO Registration Form (pdf format)
NAO Hotel Reservation Form (pdf format)
Travel Funds
Additional Information
     NAO Website

Conveners

James W. Hurrell, NCAR, Boulder, Colorado
tele: +1-303-497-1383; e-mail: jhurrell@ucar.edu

Yochanan Kushnir, LDGO, Columbia University, Palisades, New York
tele: +1-914-365-8669; e-mail: kushnir@ldeo.columbia.edu

Martin Visbeck, LDEO, Columbia University, Palisades, New York
tele: +1-914-365-8531; e-mail: visbeck@ldeo.columbia.edu
 

General Description 
This conference will bring together atmospheric scientists, oceanographers and paleoclimatologists with interests in interannual to multidecadal climate variability and its predictability and scientists who study the socio-economic impacts of climate variability. The focus will be on the North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO), which is a poorly understood yet dominant pattern of atmospheric circulation variability.
 

Conference Objectives

• the seasonal to decadal variability in the North Atlantic atmosphere, especially the NAO, and the response of the ocean to this variability; 

• the sensitivity of the atmosphere to changes in the underlying sea surface temperature and sea ice distribution in the middle and high latitudes; 

• the pathways by which the climate variability in the tropical Atlantic affects the climate variability in the North Atlantic, and vice versa; 

• the extent to which climate variability in the stratosphere is linked to tropospheric variations over the North Atlantic and Arctic; 

• the relationship between anthropogenic climate change and decadal climate variations such as those associated with the NAO; 
• the degree to which paleoclimate data can extend the instrumental records over the Atlantic basin; and

• the extent to which seasonal-to-decadal NAO fluctuations are predictable. 
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• Ocean, land, sea-ice response to the NAO 

• Global Climate Change and the NAO
• Atmospheric processes 

• Coupled ocean-land-sea ice-atmosphere processes 

• Pre-instrumental Records of the NAO

• Impacts of the NAO 

• Predictability 

Program Committee

Christof Appenzeller, University of Bern, Bern Switzerland

Mark P. Baldwin, Northwest Research Associates, Bellevue, Washington

Thomas L. Delworth, GFDL/NOAA, Princeton, New Jersey

Clara Deser, NCAR, Boulder, Colorado

Ken F. Drinkwater, Bedford Institute of Oceanography, Nova Scotia, Canada

Hans-F. Graf, Max Planck Institute for Meteorology, Hamburg, Germany

Peter J. Lamb, The University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma

John Marshall, MIT, Cambridge, Massachusetts

Michael McCartney, WHOI, Woods Hole Massachusetts

Lorenzo Polvani, Columbia University, New York, New York

David B. Stephenson, University of Reading, Reading, United Kingdom

Rowan Sutton, University of Reading, Reading, United Kingdom
 

Abstract Submission Information

ABSTRACT DEADLINE: September 15, 2000

ABSTRACT SUBMISSIONS BY E-MAIL:

I) TITLE - The title of the abstract should be composed in a standard title format, capitalizing the first letter of all words of four
or more letters. Insert one blank line after title.

II)AUTHOR BLOCK- The author block should contain the name of a presenting author that should be enclosed in brackets
and asterisks, like so: [*I M First*]. If there is no presenting author, then input [*!*] at the beginning of the author block. Input
your author block by typing the author's name, then putting their address, phone, fax, and e-mail information in parentheses, ( ).
Do not put each author on a separate line, but rather, separate each author's information with a semi-colon (;). Leave one blank
line after the author block.

III)ABSTRACT TEXT - Special symbols or graphics should not be used in composing the abstract. Leave one blank line
between paragraphs and after the body.

IV)SUBMITTAL INFORMATION - This section is to record information about which meeting the abstract is being submitted
to and to obtain contact information. Please provide the following:

1. Title of meeting (Chapman Conference on The North Atlantic Oscillation) (VERY
IMPORTANT!)
2. Indicate INVITED, CONTRIBUTED, or POSTER.
3a. Corresponding address: Give name, affiliation,
and mailing address of the author to whom all correspondence regarding this abstract should be sent.
3b. Corresponding author's telephone number.
3c. Corresponding author's fax number
3d. Corresponding author's E-mail address.
4. Indicate whether the first author is a student.

V) SUBMIT YOUR ABSTRACT - Send the abstract to the following Internet address: asinger@agu.org
VI) CONFIRMATIONS - Confirmations of received abstracts will be sent via electronic mail within one business day of
submission. If you have not received confirmation, please call the AGU at +1-202-777-7332 or fax:
+1-202-328-0566, or e-mail: meetinginfo@agu.org.

SAMPLE E-MAIL ABSTRACT SUBMISSION:

[*J S Smith*] (Department of Geology, University
of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93106-3060; ph.
805-893-2308; fax 805-893-2578; e-mail:
imfirst@eos.ucsb.edu); A C Cohen (Hydrology
Department, Watertown University, Watertown,
MA 02172; ph. 413-789-1234; fax 413-789-1256;
e-mail: ursecond@ocean.hydro.edu)

Topography causes wide variations in the
properties of alpine snow within small areas, and
a knowledge of the spatial variation of many
properties is essential for the application of
distributed hydrologic models and for establishing
the surface boundary condition for regional
climate models. However, the topography affects
the electromagnetic remote sensing signal by
shadowing some terrain and by modifying the
angles of incidence, emission, and reflection of
the signal, and our knowledge of the elevation
model is usually not precise enough to allow
a priori calculation of the geometric relationships
between the surface, sensor, and the Sun. Hence
remote sensing algorithms must be robust to such
uncertainties, except in areas where topographic
knowledge is especially good.

The most elementary snow property is the
presence or absence of a snow cover, and snow
mapping -- discrimination of snow from other
types of surfaces and from clouds -- is best
accomplished with a combination of visible and
near-infrared wavelengths.

1. Chapman Conference on The North Atlantic Oscillation
2. Invited
3. (a) J S Smith
Department of Geology
University of California
Santa Barbara, CA 93106-3060
(b) 805-893-2309
(c) 805-893-2578
(d) imfirst@crseo.ucsb.edu
4. No

If you have questions, please contact Ann Singer at:

Phone: +1-202-777-7340
E-mail: asinger@agu.org
 

ABSTRACT SUBMISSIONS BY MAIL:

PREPARATION OF ABSTRACT COPY:

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letters or more. Indent second line of title two spaces if it runs over. Leave one blank line after title.

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telephone and fax numbers and e-mail addresses. Underline the name of the author who will present the paper. Indent the
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block.

ABSTRACT: Leave one blank line between paragraphs.

Do not exceed the maximum abstract dimensions: standard, 11.8 cm wide x 18 cm long; extended, 11.8 cm wide x 28 cm long.
Abstract length is measured from the top line of the title to the last line of the abstract text. An extended abstract must be
submitted on legal-size paper (8.5" x 14"). Abstracts exceeding the 11.8 cm width requirement will be returned to you.
Abstracts exceeding the 28 cm length limit will be cut off to conform to the appropriate size.

Abstracts are photocopied exactly as they are received, with approximately a 40% reduction in size, for printing in the meeting
program that contains all abstracts accepted for the meeting. Therefore copy must be of letter-quality type, and you must use at
least 12-pitch type or 11-point font size, or your abstract may not be readable.

SUBMITTAL INFORMATION:

1. Title of Meeting (Chapman Conference on The North Atlantic Oscillation)
2. Indicate INVITED, CONTRIBUTED, or POSTER.
3. a) Corresponding address: Give name, affiliation, and mailing address of the author to whom all correspondence regarding
this abstract should be sent.
b) Corresponding author's telephone number.
c) Corresponding author's fax number
d) Corresponding author's E-mail address.
4. Indicate whether the first author is a student.
 

SUBMITTING YOUR ABSTRACT:

                                        Chapman Conference on The North Atlantic Oscillation
                                        Attn: Ann Singer
                                        American Geophysical Union
                                        2000 Florida Avenue, N.W.
                                        Washington, DC 20009 USA

 

Travel Funds
 

Applications have been made to several agencies to support travel for a limited number of meeting attendees. Graduate students and young scientists will receive priority, however support has also been requested for other conference participants.

To apply for travel funds, please print and complete the application form, and return it to the AGU Meetings Department by September 15, 2000.
 

Additional Information
 

For information on the scientific program contact one of the meeting conveners listed above. Contact the AGU meetings department at +1202-777-7332 or e-mail mailto:meetinginfo@agu.org to be placed on a mailing list to receive general information.
 

NAO Website

Here is the North Atlantic Oscillation website maintained by one of the Chapman Conference conveners at LDEO.

Click http://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/NAO. Once at the website, click on the left column's red button for updated Chapman conference program and related information.
 

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