2016 Winter WG Meeting Presentations | AMWG Introduction and overview of recent and proposed developments Rich Neale The path to CESM2: Coupled-climate experiments Cecile Hannay Current state of cloud microphysics, forcing and feedbacks in CAM6 and CESM2 Andrew Gettelman Recent developments and experiments with CAM-CLUBB Pete Bogenschutz An updated variant of CAM with unified clouds and unified microphysics Eric Raut Direct comparisons of ice cloud macro- and microphysical properties simulated by the Community Atmosphere Model CAM5.4 with HIPPO aircraft observations Xiaohong Liu Progress on CAM5 microphysics using self-consistent ice particle mass- and area-dimension expressions Ehsan Erfani A novel cirrus cloud retrieval method for GCM high cloud validations David Mitchell Further development of orographic drag parameterizations for CAM Julio Bacmeister Recent development in HOMME dynamical core Ram Nair Current status of CAM-MPAS Sang-Hun Park Dissipation of angular momentum in CAM FV Thomas Toniazzo Development and scientific simulations of the CAM aqua-planet configuration Jim Benedict Improving throughput of CAM-SE by parallel splitting atmospheric physics and dynamics Peter Caldwell A new CAM5 ensemble assimilation for forcing other CESM components and for model evaluation Kevin Raeder Preliminary changes in high-resolution tropical cyclone climatology in CAM5.5 Colin Zarzycki Understanding hydroclimatic changes in western USA mountain ranges using the variable-resolution CESM (VR-CESM) multiscale method Alan Rhoades A multi-year hindcast experiment for cloud and precipitation studies Hsi-Yen Ma Options for NorESM2 for CMIP6 Trond Iversen Tuesday discussion Discussion Joint Atmosphere Model, Chemistry-Climate, and Whole Atmosphere Working Groups CAM dynamics update Peter Lauritzen Joint Atmosphere Model, Chemistry-Climate, and Whole Atmosphere Working Groups New CAM-chem developments, prognostic fire injection and SOA schemes Louisa Emmons / Simone Tilmes Joint Atmosphere Model, Chemistry-Climate, and Whole Atmosphere Working Groups New prescribed and prognostic volcanic and stratospheric aerosol options in CESM Mike Mills Joint Atmosphere Model, Chemistry-Climate, and Whole Atmosphere Working Groups Comparing QBO and ENSO impacts on stratospheric transport in WACCM-SD and -FR Sasha Glanville Joint Atmosphere Model, Chemistry-Climate, and Whole Atmosphere Working Groups Discussion Analyses of CAPT simulations with CAM5.3 and CLUBB-MG2 based on observations from the Azores Xue Zheng Continued efforts in reduced complexity modeling with CAM Kevin Reed Moist idealized CAM assessments with simplified physics Christiane Jablonowski Joint Atmosphere Model, Chemistry-Climate, and Whole Atmosphere Working Groups Nudging timescales and vertical transport in CAMChem-SD and WACCM-SD Jessica Neu