CHAPMAN CONFERENCE ON ABRUPT CLIMATE CHANGE CONVENERS • Harunur Rashid, Byrd Polar Research Center, The Ohio State University (United States) • Lonnie Thompson, Byrd Polar Research Center, The Ohio State University (United States) • Leonid Polyak, Byrd Polar Research Center, The Ohio State University (United States) PROGRAM COMMITTEE • Henning Bauch, IFM-GEOMAR (Germany) • Claire Waelbroeck, LSCE-CNRS (France) • Valerie Masson-Delmotte, IPSL/CEA-CNRS (France) • Larry Edwards, University of Minnesota (United States) • Ian Hall, School of Earth Sciences, Cardiff University (United Kingdom) • Ian Howat, Byrd Polar Research Center, Ohio State University (United States) • Konrad Hughen, Marine Chemistry and Geochemistry, WHOI (United States) • Tom Marchitto, INSTAAR, University of Colorado (United States) • Antje Voelker, LNEG (Portugal) COSPONSORS • National Science Foundation (NSF) • Consortium for Ocean Leadership • The Ohio State University (OSU) • Climate, Water and Carbon (CWC) Initiatives of the OSU Cover Images: The descriptions below begin with the image at the top left-hand side of the page and continue counter-clockwise. Image-01: X-radiograph of centimeter thick sediment slice of Heinrich layer 2 from the northwest Labrador Sea. This image shows the vertical stacking of mm-thick ice-rafted detritus (IRD) and fine-grained detrital carbonate with the floating IRD (courtesy: H. Rashid; ref: Rashid et al., 2003). Image-02: This figure shows, for the atmosphere, vectors depicting the winds in the lowest model layer, and the sea level pressure. The ocean model surface temperatures are shown in blue to red colors and the sea ice concentration is shown in white gray. This coupled model consists of the NCAR Community Climate Model (CCM) for the atmospheric component, the Los Alamos National Laboratory Parallel Ocean Program (POP) for the ocean component, and the Naval Postgraduate School sea ice model (courtesy: Gary Strand of NCAR). Image-03: The oxygen isotope data from the NGRIP (black) (Andersen et al., 2006) and Mount Kilimanjaro (blue) (Thompson et al., 2002) are plotted according to their independent time-scales. Seawater oxygen isotope data from the planktonic foraminifera Globigerinoides ruber (white variety) are also plotted which were derived from the sediment core RC12-344 from the Andaman Sea of the northern Indian Ocean (Rashid et al., 2007; 2009). Image-04: Scanning electron microscopic (SEM) image of the planktonic foraminifera Globigerinoides ruber (white variety) from the Andaman Sea sediments: WD42.1mm 15.0kV x200 200μm (courtesy: H. Rashid). Image-05: Photograph of the ice cores collected from the Guliya ice field of China. This image shows the distinct dry season dust layers while the white layers exhibit the clean wet season ice (courtesy: L. G. Thompson). Backdrop Image: The drilling site of Dasoupu ice field, China, showing Xixibangma in the background (courtesy: L. G. Thompson). 2 Meeting at a Glance Sunday, 14 June Wednesday, 17 June 5:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. ♦ Registration/Info Desk 8:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. ♦ Registration/Info Desk 6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. ♦ Ice Breaker Reception 9:00 a.m. – 10:20 a.m. ♦ Oral Presentations 10:20 a.m. – 10:35 a.m. ♦ Refreshment Break Monday, 15 June 10:35 a.m. – 11:35 a.m. ♦ Oral Presentations 8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. ♦ Registration/Info Desk 11:35 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. ♦ Discussion 8:30 a.m. – 8:45 a.m. ♦ Introduction/Welcome 12:30p.m. – 1:00 p.m. ♦ Lunch 8:45 a.m. – 10:05 a.m. ♦ Oral Presentations 1:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. ♦ Field Trip 10:05 a.m. – 10:20 a.m. ♦ Refreshment Break 10:20 a.m. – 11:20 a.m. ♦ Oral Presentations Thursday, 18 June 11:20 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. ♦ Discussion 8:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. ♦ Registration/Info Desk 12:30 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. ♦ Lunch 9:00 a.m. – 10:20 a.m. ♦ Oral Presentations 2:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. ♦ Poster Session 10:20 a.m. – 10:35 a.m. ♦ Refreshment Break 10:35 a.m. – 11:55 a.m. ♦ Oral Presentations Tuesday, 16 June 11:55 a.m. – 12:45 p.m. ♦ Discussion 8:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. ♦ Registration/Info Desk 12:45 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. ♦ Lunch 9:00 a.m. – 10:20 a.m. ♦ Oral Presentations 2:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. ♦ Poster Session 10:20 a.m. – 10:35 a.m. ♦ Refreshment Break 10:35 a.m. – 11:35 a.m. ♦ Oral Presentations Friday, 19 June 11:35 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. ♦ Discussion 8:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. ♦ Registration/Info Desk 12:30 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. ♦ Lunch 9:00 a.m. – 10:20 a.m. ♦ Oral Presentations 2:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. ♦ Poster Session 10:20 a.m. – 10:35 a.m. ♦ Refreshment Break 10:35 a.m. – 11:15 a.m. ♦ Oral Presentations 11:15 a.m. – 12:15 p.m. ♦ Discussion 12:15 p.m. ♦ Conference Conclusion Shuttle Service Schedule Shuttle service will be available during the following hours between the University Plaza Hotel & Conference Center and Mendenhall Laboratory: Monday, Tuesday and Thursday: 7:30 a.m. – 8:30 a.m. 5:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. Wednesday: 7:30 a.m. – 8:30 a.m. 12:30 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. Friday: 7:30 a.m. – 8:30 a.m. 12:30 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. 3 Program Overview All scientific sessions will be held at Ohio State University’s Mendenhall Laboratory. Oral sessions are in Room 100. Poster sessions, as well as the Registration/Information Desk, will be located in the Foyer. SUNDAY, 14 JUNE 6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. ♦ Ice Breaker ♦ Baxter’s Restaurant ♦ University Plaza Hotel All meeting attendees are invited to attend this kick-off event. Enjoy a relaxing evening with friends and colleagues. Complimentary hors d’oeuvres will be provided and drinks will be available for purchase. MONDAY, 15 JUNE 6:30 a.m. – 8:30 a.m. ♦ Complimentary breakfast buffet at the University Plaza Hotel for all hotel guests. 8:30 a.m. – 8:35 a.m. ♦ Introductory Remarks ♦ Dr. Lonnie G Thompson 8:35 a.m. – 8:45 a.m. ♦ Conference Welcome ♦ Dr. Harunur Rashid POLAR CLIMATE VARIABILITY CHAIR: L POLYAK (OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY, USA): CO-CHAIR: A VOELKER (LNEG, PORTUGAL) 8:45 a.m. – 9:05 a.m. ♦ R B Alley (Invited), Ice-Core Records of North-Atlantic-Linked Abrupt Climate Changes 9:05 a.m. – 9:25 a.m. ♦ H A Bauch, A Massive Cold Event in the Polar North During the Last Interglacial Warm Period 9:25 a.m. – 9:45 a.m. ♦ B L Otto-Bliesner (Invited), Transient Simulation of Climate over the Last 21,000 Years (TraCE-21,000): Deglacial Evolution and Abrupt Changes 9:45 a.m. – 10:05 a.m. ♦ L Polyak, Evidence for Abrupt Climate Changes in Sedimentary Records From the Arctic Ocean 10:05 a.m. – 10:20 a.m. ♦ Refreshment Break ♦ Foyer 10:20 a.m. – 10:40 a.m. ♦ K Kawamura (Invited), Millennial-scale Southern Hemisphere Climatic Variability During the Last Seven Glacial Periods and its Relation to Northern Hemisphere Climate 10:40 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. ♦ S Marshall, Modelling Isotopic Discharge From the Laurentide Ice Sheet During D-O Cycles and the Last Deglaciation 11:00 a.m. – 11:20 a.m. ♦ O Timm, On the Origin of Antarctic Warming Events: A Modeling Study of Causes and Effects 11:20 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. ♦ Discussion 12:30 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. ♦ Lunch ♦ Attendees are on their own for lunch. 2:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. ♦ Poster Session ♦ Soft drinks and snacks will be provided. 3 TUESDAY, 16 JUNE 6:30 a.m. – 8:30 a.m. ♦ Complimentary breakfast buffet at the University Plaza Hotel for all hotel guests. HIGH LATITUDE ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN DYNAMICS AND THE MERIDIONAL OVERTURNING CIRCULATION CHAIR: T MARCHITTO (INSTAAR, UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO, USA): CO-CHAIR: A TRIPATI (UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE, UNITED KINGDOM) 9:00 a.m. – 9:20 a.m. ♦ K Pahnke (Invited), Increased Northward Incursion of Antarctic Intermediate Water During Heinrich Event 1 and the Younger Dryas 9:20 a.m. – 9:40 a.m. ♦ R Francois (Invited), Abrupt Changes in the Strength and Geometry of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation During the Last Deglaciation Recorded by 231Pa/230Th in North Atlantic Sediment 9:40 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. ♦ T L Delworth (Invited), CCSP Synthesis Report on Abrupt Climate Change - Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation 10:00 a.m. – 10:20 a.m. ♦ J P Severinghaus (Invited), Abrupt Increases in Atmospheric O-18 of O2 (a Proxy for Monsoon Failure), Kr & Xe (Proxies for Deep Ocean Temperature), and CO2 Recorded on the Same Time Scale by Gases in Ice Cores 10:20 a.m. – 10:35 a.m. ♦ Refreshment Break ♦ Foyer 10:35 a.m. – 10:55 a.m. ♦ A H L Voelker (Invited), See-Saw Patterns in Intermediate and Deep Waters of the North Atlantic Ocean Linked to Millennial-Scale Climate Variability 10:55 a.m. – 11:15 a.m. ♦ H Rashid, New Assessment for the Last Four Glacial Cycles’ Northern Hemispheric Ice-Sheet Variability From the IODP Site U1313 of the North Atlantic 11:15 a.m. – 11:35 a.m. ♦ J Lynch-Stieglitz (Invited), Density Structure and Transport in the Florida Straits during the Younger Dryas and Heinrich Events 1-3 11:35 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. ♦ Discussion 12:30 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. ♦ Lunch ♦ Attendees are on their own for lunch.