Modeling clouds and climate

MOC2 Agenda

 
   Version: 2003/12/10
 
 Friday December 13  (McLennan Room 137)
 
   8:45 -- 9am  Phil Austin (UBC) -- Welcome/Introduction
 
   9am -- 10:30am GCM13/15
      Knut von Salzen (CCCma) -- Parameterization of cloud-nonhomogeneity effects 
                             on radiation in GCM15
      Faisal Boudala (Dalhousie) -- experiments with cloud optical property changes in GCM15
      Norm McFarlane (CCCma) -- experiments ... continued
      Jiangnan Li (CCCma) -- Climate response to ocean surface albedo
 
   10:30-10:45 -- break
 
   10:45 -- 11:30  McICA/Superparam/CAM
     Petri Raisanen (Dalhousie) -- tests of McICA with the NCAR CAM2
     Jason Cole (Penn State) -- results from CAM2 superparameterization runs
 
   11:30 -- 12:20  -- GCSS - Dycoms
     Phil Austin (UBC) -- Dycoms case introduction
     Quanzhen Geng (UBC) -- SCM15 results
     Adrian Lock (UKMO/RPN) -- MC2 results
 
   12:20 -- 12:40  -- GCSS - BOMEX
     Ming Zhao (CCCma) -- LES results
      
   12:40-2pm -- lunch
 
   2:00 -- 2:20pm Microphysics - radiation
 
    Wayne Evans (Trent) -- near-ir absorption
 
   2:20-3:30 Microphysics -- Parameterization of Cloud Microphysics I
                     
    Ismael Gultepe (MSC) -- Parameterizations
    Yongsheng Chen (McGill) -- Multi-moment microphysics schemes and slant-wise convection in CGCM
    Junhua  Zhang (Dalhousie) -- Implementation of a microphysical parameterization for 
                           convective clouds in ECHAM GCM
 
   3:30-3:45pm -- break
 
   3:45- 4:40 Microphysics -- Parameterization of Cloud Microphysics II
 
    Yanjie Cheng (Dalhousie) -- The effects of increasing SST and aerosol 
                                loading on clouds and
                                precipitation in Southern China
 
    Rebekka Posselt (Dalhousie) -- Numerical investigations on collision 
                                   and coalescence of cloud particles
 
 
 
   5:40 - 5:30 -- Discussion/Saturday planning
 
   6:00 Dinner, U of T Faculty Club Pub
 
 
 Saturday December 13  (McLennan Room 134)
 
    9am-9:40 Earthcare simulator/LES
      Jean-Pierre Blanchet (UQAM)
      Alaine Beaulne (UQAM)
 
 
    9:40-10:15  Brief presentations of year 4/5 plans by PIs
 
    10:15-10:30 Break
 
    10:30 - 12:30:
 
      Year 4-5 planning:  Discussion topics:
 
      What GCM studies are desirable/possible?
 
         Status of GCM15 on P690
         roles for GCM15/ECHAM/CAM
         continue with SCM intercomparison work (DYCOMS drizzle case)
 
 
      ibid for LES
 
 
      ibid for GEM
 
 
    1:30 - 3:30  PI meeting