January 2008 Team Meeting Presentations

Tuesday January 15

David Randall, Jay Fein, Cindy Carrick	Opening remarks/Agenda/Logistics, (3MB)
David Randall	Updates (see PDF above)
Tak Yamaguchi, Anna Harper, Rachel McCrary	What the Heck Are Cloud Feedbacks?, (6MB)
Rajul Pandya	Science in Service of Society: Realizing the Promise of Climate Research, (32MB)
Cindy Carrick	Reporting -- Your Favorite CMMAP Task, (2MB)
Scott Denning, Christine Aquilar	Summary of Progress in Education and Diversity , (2MB)
Bill Collins	CAM Diagnostics for the Super CAM, (4MB)
Bjorn Stevens	Microphysical Issues in the Representation of Shallow Cumulus Convection, (4MB)
Breakout Session I	MJO - Khairoutdinov, Moncrieff Evaluating the MMF using CloudSAT (and MISR), T Ackerman (2MB) Evaluate MMF deep convection using satellite data, Y Zhang (17MB) Moisture budgets and the MJO in the CAM and SP-CAM, K Thayer-Calder (14MB) US CLIVAR MJO working group Efforts to improve subseasonal simulations & establish preditions, D Waliser (16MB) Importance of aerosols in the initiaion of ice in clouds, T Eidhammer (4MB) KT to NWP and Climate Centers Update since August, B Collins (1MB) Action items from 11/28, B Collins (1MB)
V. Ramanathan	Global Dimming & Anomalous Solar Absorption: New Studies with Unmanned Aircraft Systems, (97MB)

Wednesday Januaary 16

Kelley Wittmeyer CMMAP Website Discussion
Breakout Session II

Undergraduate and graduate education, and teaching future teachers,
and increasing the diversity of climate scientists - Denning, Aquilar

Changing Climates @ Colorado State - Campbell, Calderazzo (50MB)
Notes from graduate colloquium discussion - Denning

Deep and shallow convection - Moeng, Krueger

Agenda - Krueger, Moeng
Development of a cumulus scheme with vertical variable entrainment rate - M Chikira (1MB)
Diurnal cycle over land:
What controls the transition from shallow to deep convection? - C-M Wu (4MB)
Sensitivity of MMF low cloud climatology to resolution - Blossey (1MB)
Grid-size dependence of shallow cumulus simulations - Krueger
High resolution turbulence resolving computations--
an example of a very-large simulation - Moeng (4MB)
Impact of cloud microphysics on stratiform precipitation associated with squall lines - Morrison (3MB)
Using CERES tropical convective cloud object observations
to evaluate the cloud physical/radiative properties of ERA-40 and
ECMWF operational analyses - K M Xu (1MB)

Wayne Schubert et al. Summary of Progress in Knowledge Transfer
Breakout Session III

Low-cloud feedbacks - Stevens, Bretherton

Agenda & Progress on aquaplanet forcing - Medeiros (2MB)
MMF low cloud feedbacks - roles of resolution and physics - Blossey (1MB)
Large eddy simulations of CTEI under idealized conditionsy - Yamaguchi (9MB)
Effects of resolution on simulation of boundary-layer clouds - Cheng (1MB)

Model Development (formerly Future Tools), Arakawa, Randall

Coupling the GCM and CRM components of MMF - Arakawa (3MB)
Progress in the implementation of IPHOC in VVCM - Cheng (1MB)
Konor progress report - Konor (1MB)
Heikes progress report - Heikes (13MB)
Verification of various formulations of coupling using a 3D MMF - Jung (7MB)
Impact of cloud microphysics on stratiform precipitation associated with squall lines - Morrison (3MB)

John Helly, Karen Schuchardt CyberInfrastructure Issues, (6MB)
A tsunami of data, (4MB)
Richard Somerville The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
and the Challenges of Climate Policy, Equity & Ethics, (20MB)
Podcast of Richard's talk

Thursday January 17

Connie Uliasz Ethics Discussion
Breakout Session IV

K-12 Education and outreach to the public
and policymakers - Denning, Aguilar

agenda.pdf

CyberInfrastructure working group - Helly

Reports from Break-outs:

Low-cloud Feedbacks
Deep and Shallow Convection (3MB)
Model Development (Future Tools) (4MB)
MJO, (1MB)
K-12 Education and Outreach to the Public and Policymakers, (1MB)
Undergraduate and Graduate Education and
Teaching Future Teachers (2MB)
Increasing the Diversity of Climate Scientists
Knowledge-transfer to climate modeling and NWP centers (4MB)
Book and Journal

David Randall Closing

Kelley Wittmeyer	CMMAP Website Discussion
Breakout Session II	Undergraduate and graduate education, and teaching future teachers, and increasing the diversity of climate scientists - Denning, Aquilar Changing Climates @ Colorado State - Campbell, Calderazzo (50MB) Notes from graduate colloquium discussion - Denning Deep and shallow convection - Moeng, Krueger Agenda - Krueger, Moeng Development of a cumulus scheme with vertical variable entrainment rate - M Chikira (1MB) Diurnal cycle over land: What controls the transition from shallow to deep convection? - C-M Wu (4MB) Sensitivity of MMF low cloud climatology to resolution - Blossey (1MB) Grid-size dependence of shallow cumulus simulations - Krueger High resolution turbulence resolving computations-- an example of a very-large simulation - Moeng (4MB) Impact of cloud microphysics on stratiform precipitation associated with squall lines - Morrison (3MB) Using CERES tropical convective cloud object observations to evaluate the cloud physical/radiative properties of ERA-40 and ECMWF operational analyses - K M Xu (1MB)
Wayne Schubert et al.	Summary of Progress in Knowledge Transfer
Breakout Session III	Low-cloud feedbacks - Stevens, Bretherton Agenda & Progress on aquaplanet forcing - Medeiros (2MB) MMF low cloud feedbacks - roles of resolution and physics - Blossey (1MB) Large eddy simulations of CTEI under idealized conditionsy - Yamaguchi (9MB) Effects of resolution on simulation of boundary-layer clouds - Cheng (1MB) Model Development (formerly Future Tools), Arakawa, Randall Coupling the GCM and CRM components of MMF - Arakawa (3MB) Progress in the implementation of IPHOC in VVCM - Cheng (1MB) Konor progress report - Konor (1MB) Heikes progress report - Heikes (13MB) Verification of various formulations of coupling using a 3D MMF - Jung (7MB) Impact of cloud microphysics on stratiform precipitation associated with squall lines - Morrison (3MB)
John Helly, Karen Schuchardt	CyberInfrastructure Issues, (6MB) A tsunami of data, (4MB)
Richard Somerville	The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change and the Challenges of Climate Policy, Equity & Ethics, (20MB) Podcast of Richard's talk

Connie Uliasz	Ethics Discussion
Breakout Session IV	K-12 Education and outreach to the public and policymakers - Denning, Aguilar agenda.pdf CyberInfrastructure working group - Helly
Reports from Break-outs:	Low-cloud Feedbacks Deep and Shallow Convection (3MB) Model Development (Future Tools) (4MB) MJO, (1MB) K-12 Education and Outreach to the Public and Policymakers, (1MB) Undergraduate and Graduate Education and Teaching Future Teachers (2MB) Increasing the Diversity of Climate Scientists Knowledge-transfer to climate modeling and NWP centers (4MB) Book and Journal
David Randall	Closing