Oral Session 3: Physical Drivers and Projections

Extreme Heat Workshop July 10-12, 2024 - Day 2 Opening Remarks, Somini Sengupta, New York Times Session Chair: James Doss-Gollin, Rice University

Compound threats from humid heat and storm systems: Assessment and process understanding – Colin Raymond, UCLA
Convective Constraints on Heat Extremes – Yi Zhang, New York University
From atmospheric waves to heatwaves - connecting atmospheric waviness to surface heat extremes - Rachel White, University of British Columbia
Identifying and disentangling causal drivers of heat extremes - Yinglin Tian, Potsdam Institute of Climate Impact
The Role of Moisture Transport in the Development of North American Summertime Heatwaves in High-resolution Climate Model Simulations – Mingyu Park, Princeton University
Contribution of land–atmosphere coupling in 2022 CONUS compound drought–heatwave events and implications for forecasting - Donghyuck Yoon, Princeton University
The Future of Persistent High Impact Blocks - Eylon Vakrat, University of Toronto
Measuring and Modeling Physiologically Relevant Urban Heat - TC Chakraborty, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

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