Agenda
Monday, July 20
07:30 - 09:00 AM Continental Breakfast, WELCOME & INTRODUCTIONS: Gary Geernaert (IAS) and Bill Michener (NM EPSCoR), WORKSHOP OBJECTIVES, OVERVIEW & CONTEXT: Todd Ringler (LANL)
09:00 - 09:30 AM Phill Duffy (LLNL) Climate Science for Decision Making
09:30 - 10:00 AM Ruby Leung (PNNL) Review of RCM Approaches, Current Status and Future Priorities
10:00 - 10:30 AM BREAK
10:30 - 11:00 AM Don Estep (Colorado State University) The Use of Adjoints in the Analysis of Multiscale, Multiphysics Systems
11:00 - 11:30 AM Greg Holland (NCAR) A Nested Approach to Regional Climate Modeling
11:30 - 01:30 PM LUNCH
01:30 - 02:00 PM Sara Rauscher (LANL) Is Higher Model Resolution Worth the Price? Examining the Added Value of Horizontal Resolution on RCM Simulations of Precipitation Using a Multi-Model Ensemble
02:00 - 02:30 PM Charles S. Jackson (University of Texas at Austin) Use of Bayesian Inference and Data to Improve Simulations of Multi-Physics Climate Phenomena
02:30 - 03:00 PM BREAK
03:00 - 03:30 PM Peter Caldwell (LLNL) California Wintertime Preciptiation in Regional and Global Climate Models
03:30 - 04:00 PM Ray Arritt (Iowa State University) Cooperative Projects in Dynamical Downscaling
04:00 - 04:30 PM Dave Higdon and Jim Gattiker (LANL) A Framework for Uncertainty Quantification Combining Detailed Computer Simulations and Physical Observations
05:00 - 06:00 PM Wrap-up discussions. Refreshments, no-host bar
Tuesday, July 21
07:30 - 08:30 AM Continental Breakfast with recap and break-out discusions
08:30 - 09:00 AM Linda Mearns (NCAR) Do We Need High Resolution Information About Future Climate to Cope With Climate Change?
09:00 - 09:30 AM
Noah Diffenbaugh (Purdue University) Dynamics and Impacts of Fine-Scale Climate Change: Lessons Learned and Future Challenges
09:30 - 10:00 AM Joe Klemp (NCAR) Challenges in Addressing Local/Regional Impacts Using Selective Grid Refinement in Global Climate Models
10:00 - 10:30 AM BREAK
10:30 - 11:00 AM Mark Taylor (Sandia National Laboratories) Achieving Regional Resolution with the NCAR Community Climate System Model
11:00 - 11:30 AM Gabriel Huerta (University of New Mexico) The Uncertainty of Extremes
11:30 - 01:30 PM LUNCH
01:30 - 02:00 PM John Abatzoglou (University of Idaho) Six Million Ways to Statistically Downscale: Decisions, Merits and Limitations
02:00 - 02:30 PM Darko Koracin (Desert Research Institute) Statistical and Dynamical Downscaling of Global Climate Parameters for Nevada and the U.S. Southwest
02:30 - 03:00 PM BREAK
03:00 - 03:30 PM Joe Galewsky (University of New Mexico) Impacts of Earch Surface Processes on Regional Climate Simulation
03:30 - 04:00 PM Allison Steiner (University of Michgan) Chemistry-Climate Coupling in Regional Climate Models
04:00 - 05:30 PM BREAK-OUT SESSION
Wednesday, July 22
07:30 - 08:30 AM Continental Breakfast with recap and break-out discussions
08:30 - 09:00 AM BREAK-OUT SESSION Continued
09:00 - 09:30 AM REPORT OUT, Limited Area Dynamic Downscaling Group
09:30 - 10:00 AM REPORT OUT, Global Modeling with Regional Refinement Group
10:00 - 10:30 AM REPORT OUT, Uncertainty Quantification, Sensitivity Analysis and Statistical Downscaling Group
10:30 - 11:00 AM BREAK
11:00 - 12:00 PM WHITE PAPER OUTLINE, NEXT STEPS & CLOSING
Valles Caldera image by Jared Tarbell