FINAL AGENDA
Joint GCSS-GPCI/BLCI-RICO Workshop
NASA/GISS New York USA
18-21 September 2006
The workshop is hosted by NASA/GISS in New York city at the corner of 112th street and Broadway.
Further information on the location can be found at http://www.gis.nasa.gov/about
Scientific organizers:
A. Pier Siebesma (KNMI), siebesma_at_knmi.nl, Chair of GCSS-BLCI
Margreet van Zanten (KNMI), zanten_at_knmi.nl,
Joao Teixeira (NURC), teixeira_at_nurc.nato.int, Chair of GCSS-GPCI
Local organizer:
George Tselioudis (GISS) , gtselioudis_at_giss.nasa.gov
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Monday 18 September
Morning: Opening and Introductory Presentations
9:00 - 9:10 Opening and welcome: NASA/GISS
9:10 - 9:20 Practical issues: George Tselioudis (NASA/GISS)
9:20 - 9:30 Objectives of the Workshop Siebesma/Teixeira
9:30 - 10:10 Convective intensities and lifecycles: Some questions for GCSS Anthony DelGenio (GISS)
10:10 - 10:40 Coffee break
10:40 - 11:20 Observing Clouds and Water Vapor with NASA’s A-train Eric Fetzer (JPL)
11:20 - 12:00 Overview of the RICO field Campaign Bob Rauber (U. of Illinois)
12:00 - 12:30 What happened with DYCOMS since the last GCSS-meeting Andy Ackermann(GISS)
12:30 - 14:15 Lunch break
Afternoon: Rico Observations and RICO LES intercomparison
14:15 - 14:45 Aircraft and Radar Observations of cloud and precipation structure of the trade wind cu during RICO
Bob Rauber (U. of Illinois)14:45 - 15:15 Cloud and precipitation properties of trade wind cu during RICO derived from radar and satellite observations
Larry Di Girolamo (U. of Illinois)15:15 - 15:45 Entrainment and Microphysics in RICO Cumulus Hermann Gerber
15:45 – 16:15 Coffee break
16:15 - 16:45 Atmospheric profile and precipitation properties derived from radar and radio sondes
during RICO Louise Nuijens (KNMI)
16:45 – 17:45 Set up of the RICO intercomparison case for LES and SCM Margreet van Zanten (KNMI)
18:00 Ice breaker
Tuesday 19 September
Morning: RICO LES intercomparisons
9:00 - 10:10 Overview of the LES results for the RICO case Margreet van Zanten (KNMI)
10:10 - 10:40 Coffee break
10:40 - 11:00 UCLA LES results Bjorn Stevens (UCLA)
11:00 - 11:20 Minimal super-parameterization configurations for the RICO case Marat Khairoutdinov (CSU)
11:20 - 11:40 UKMO LEM results Ben Shipway (UKMO)
11:40 - 12:00 U-Utah LES results Steve Krueger (U-Utah)
12:00 - 13:30 Lunch break
Afternoon: RICO Single Column Model intercomparisons
13:30 - 14:30 Overview RICO-SCM intercomparison results A. Pier Siebesma (KNMI)
14:30 - 14:50 ECMWF SCM results with a dual mass flux approach Roel Neggers (ECMW F)
14:50 - 15:10 Impact of new ARPEGE physics on RICO case P. Marquet (MeteoFrance)
15:10 - 15:30 UKMO SCM results Ben Devendish (UKMO)
15:30 - 15:50 Coffee Break
15:50 - 16:10 AROME SCM results Sylvie Malardel (Meteo-France)
16:10 - 16:30 Simple detrainment parameterization Wim de Rooy (KNMI)
16:30 - 16:50 SCM results with LaRC Anning Cheng
16:50 - 18:00+ Discussion on results and next steps for RICO, DYCOMS, other cases. Van Zanten/ Siebesma
Wednesday 20 September
Morning: GCSS Pacific Cross-section Intercomparison (GPCI)
09:00 - 10:30 Overview of GPCI results J. Teixeira (NURC)
10:30 - 11:00 Coffee break
11:00 - 11:20 GFDL AM2 cloud sensitivity to details of convection and cloud parameterizations,
a GPCI case study M. Zhao (GFDL)
11:20 - 11:40 The performance of the CRCM in the Pacific Ocean Y. Jiao (UQM)
11:40 - 12:00 On the use of the GPCI for the tuning and the validation of the new
ARPEGE GCM's physics P. Marquet (Meteo France)
12:00 - 14:00 Lunch break
Afternoon: GCSS Pacific Cross-section Intercomparison (GPCI)
14:00 - 14:20 A comparison of forecast and climate simulations with the Met Office GCM A. Lock (UKMO)
14:20 - 14:40 Sensitivity to the PBL and convective schemes in forecasts with CAM along the
GCSS cross-section C. Hannay (NCAR)
14:40 - 15:00 Spin-up in the UKMO, ECMWF and NCAR forecasts: What can be learned from
the first hours M. Koehler (ECMWF)
15:00 - 15:20 Satellite Estimated Cloud Properties along the GPCI Cross-Section (including first
looks from CloudSat) C. Mitrescu (NRL)
15:20 - 15:40 Attempts to improve distribution of boundary layer clouds in AFES A.Yoshida (JAMSTEC)
15:40 - 16:00 The diurnal cycle of cloudiness in the standard and MMF CAM simulations C. DeMott (CSU)
16:00 - 16:30 Coffee break
16:30 - 17:30 GPCI discussion and future plans
Thursday 21 September
Morning:
9:00 - 9:30 The Cloud Feedback Model Intercomparison Project (CFMIP): Progress
and Future plans Mark Webb
9:30 - 10:00 VOCALS Modeling Plans in the Southeast Tropical Pacific C.R.Mechoso
10:00 - 10:30 Evaluation of the cloud droplet size distribution under the effect of turbulence Charmaine Franklin
10:30 - 11:00 Coffee break
11:00 - 11:30 Effective radius in shallow convective clouds: observations and modelling W. Grabowski
11:30 -12:00 Radiative Fluxes and susceptibility of LES-simulated trade-wind cu Hongli Jiang/Zuidema
12:00 - 12:30 A comparison of CRM simulations of trade wind cu with aircraft observations
taken during RICO. Steve Abel
12:30 - 14:00 Lunch break
14:00 - 14:30 LES modelling of precipation in BL clouds and parameterizations for GCM’s Olivier Geoffrey
14:30 - 15:00 Ambiguous results of LES in marine stratocumulus clouds Irina Sandu (Meteo France)
15:00 - 15:30 Cloud holes in DYCOMS-II Scu LES simulations Steve Krueger (U.-Utah)
15:30 - 16:00 Coffee break
16:00 - 16:30 Shallow Cumulus properties: a closer look at individual clouds Fleur Couvreux (Meteo France)
16:30 - 17:00 Entrainment rates in Scu from computed from a 1D-TKE model Stephan de Roode (KNMI)
17:00 - 17:30 Designing unified convection parameterizations:
2 proposals related to equation sets and entrainment Jean-Marcel Piriou
17:30 - 18:00 New ECMWF shallow cu scheme Roel Neggers (ECMWF)
18:00 - Parting Thoughts, Adjourn