Seventh Annual CCSM Workshop

The Village at Breckenridge
25-27 June 2002 


AGENDA

Tuesday, 25 June 2002
Plenary Session Chair - Jeff Kiehl

7:00 a.m. - 9:00 a.m. Registration and Continental Breakfast (Liftside Inn, Atrium)
8:00 a.m. Welcome (Ten Mile Room)
Jeff Kiehl, NCAR, and Jay Fein, NSF
8:05 a.m. Presentation of the 2002 CCSM Distinguished Achievement Award
Richard Moritz
  Sea Ice Dynamics Modeling: Past, Present, and Future
Elizabeth Hunke, Los Alamos National Laboratory
  Sea Ice, Climate Sensitivity, and Polar Amplification
Cecilia Bitz, University of Washington
9:35 a.m. Status of CCSM2, Jeff Kiehl, NCAR
10:35 a.m. Break (Liftside Inn, Atrium)
11:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. Climate Variability Working Group Meeting (Ten Mile Room)
Mike Alexander and Jim Hurrell, co-chairs
11:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. Paleoclimate Working Group Meeting (Aspen/Bighorn Rooms)
Lisa Sloan and Bette Otto-Bliesner, co-chairs

11:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. Software Engineering Working Group Meeting (Tarn Room)
Ricky Rood, Cecelia DeLuca, and Tony Craig, co-chairs
3:00 p.m. Break
3:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. Session on Simulating the Coupled Tropical Climate System (Ten Mile Room)
Plenary Session Chair: Ping Chang (Each speaker: 15 min.)
Tropical Atmospheric Simulations of CAM2: James Hack
Aspects of the Uncoupled Tropical Ocean Relevant to Full Coupling: William Large
Coupled Tropical Simulation of CCSM2: Peter Gent
Performance of CCM3.6 in the ARCs Coupled Model Prediction Project: Ed Schneider
Discussion (1 hour)
5:30 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. Poster Session and Reception (beer and snacks provided) (Forest Room and Atrium)

Wednesday, 26 June 2002
Plenary Session Chair - Peter Gent

7:30 a.m. - 9:30 a.m. Continental Breakfast (Ten Mile Room)
8:00 a.m. Poster Session (Forest Room)
8:30 a.m. Seasonal and Monthly Forecasting at ECMWF Using Coupled Models
David Anderson, ECMWF
9:30 a.m. The Ocean Biology Response to Global Warming in Coupled Climate Models
Jorge L. Sarmiento, Princeton University
10:30 a.m. Break (Atrium)
11:00 a.m. - 3:30 p.m. Atmosphere Model Working Group Meeting (Ten Mile Room)
Dave Randall and William Collins, co-chairs
11:00 a.m. - 3:30 p.m. Ocean Model Working Group Meeting (Aspen/Bighorn Rooms)
Rick Smith and Peter Gent, co-chairs
11:00 a.m. - 3:30 p.m. Land Model Working Group Meeting (Tarn Room)
Paul Houser and Gordon Bonan, co-chairs
3:30 p.m. Break
4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. Forum Session Chair (Jeff Kiehl)
Open Forum on Status and Process of CCSM (Ten Mile Room)
5:00 p.m. Adjourn

Thursday, 27 June 2002
Plenary Session Chair - Jim Hack

7:30 a.m. - 9:30 a.m.
Continental Breakfast (Atrium)
8:00 a.m.
Poster Session (Forest Room until 3:00 p.m.)
8:30 a.m.

Satellite Measurements of the Earth's Radiation Budget: What Have We Learned About Climate Models?
Robert D. Cess, SUNY, Stony Brook

9:30 a.m.
Break (Atrium)
10:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Polar Climate Working Group Meeting (Tarn Room)
Dick Moritz and Elizabeth Hunke, co-chairs
10:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Biogeochemistry Working Group Meeting (Aspen/Bighorn Rooms)
Inez Fung and Scott Doney, co-chairs
10:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Climate Change and Assessment Working Group Meeting (Ten Mile Room)
Warren Washington, Karl Taylor, and Jerry Meehl, co-chairs
3:00 p.m.
Break
3:15 p.m.
Working Group Wrap-Up Reports and Future Plans (Ten Mile Room)
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3:15 p.m.- Climate Variability
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3:25 p.m. - Paleoclimate
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3:35 p.m. - Software Engineering
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3:45 p.m. - Atmosphere Model
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3:55 p.m.- Ocean Model
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4:05 p.m.- Land Model
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4:15 p.m.- Polar Climate
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4:25 p.m.- Biogeochemistry
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4:35 p.m. - Climate Change and Assessment
4:45 p.m.
Discussion
5:00 p.m.
Adjourn

 Friday, 28 June 2002

9:00 a.m. CCSM Script Tutorial, NCAR, Boulder, Colorado (Main Seminar Room)