HOLIVAR2006 Open Science Meeting
Natural Climate Variability and Global Warming
The HOLIVAR2006 Open Science Meeting will consist of 12 keynote talks, a panel discussion and 4 poster sessions organised into the following four themes:
Theme 1 Millennial Time Scales (Chair: Bernd Zolitschka)
In this theme we focus on our current understanding of the degree of temporal variability and spatial structure of climate change on millennial time scales on land and in the oceans during the Holocene, and the extent to which millennial scale change is well-simulated by models.
Keynote Talks in this theme:
Eystein Jansen - North Atlantic climate and ocean variability during the Holocene on multi-decadal and longer time scales
Michel Crucifix - Modelling of the evolution of climate during the Holocene
Theme 2 Decadal to Centennial Time Scales (Chair: Jonathan Holmes)
This theme is concerned with Holocene climate variability on decadal to century time scales, including evidence for the spatial pattern and magnitude of past changes. A key question is the cause of climate change on these time-scales, especially with respect to the influence of solar activity.
Keynote Talks in this theme:
Bas van Geel - Holocene climate change on decadal to centennial time scales and the potential role of solar variability and other forcing factors
Jürg Beer - Holocene climate change: evidence for solar and other forcings
Theme 3 Climate Variability in the Last 2000 Years (Chair: Heinz Wanner)
This theme is concerned with the assembly and integration of many types of continuous palaeoclimate records covering the last 2000 years that are absolutely dated and can be calibrated against instrumental climate records and compared directly with models.
Keynote Talks in this theme:
Michael E. Mann - Reconstructions of climate over the past two millennia
Hugues Goosse - Simulating the climate of the last two millennia: the role of internal and forced variability
Theme 4 Rapid Hydrological Change (Chair: Ingemar Renberg)
In this theme we focus on evidence for major changes in hydrology during the latter half of the Holocene, with respect especially to the magnitude of floods and droughts, and the extent to which models can accurately simulate hydrological change.
Keynote Talks in this theme:
Dirk Verschuren - Droughts and floods: proxy records of rapid hydrological change during the Holocene
Martin Claussen - Rapid land cover changes - theory and potential implications
Registration
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