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The Institute for Mathematics Applied to Geosciences
Theme for 2006: Emerging Mathematical Strategies for
Multi-Scale and Stochastic Modeling of the Atmosphere and Climate

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Workshop I. Multi-scale Interactions in the Tropics to Midlatitudes:
Mathematical Theory, Observations and Numerical Models


26-30 September 2005; Boulder, CO


Agenda

Tutorial/Research/Expository Lectures

Monday, 26 September 2005

8:30 University of Colorado (CU) bus will depart promptly to transport participants from the Golden Buff to NCAR
9:00-10:00 Lecture - Joe Tribbia, NCAR
Convection and Clouds: Multi-Scale Challenges for Weather and Climate
10:00-10:15 Break
10:15-11:15 Lecture - Andrew Majda, Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences
Introduction to Equatorial Waves and Multi-Scales
11:15-12:00 Open discussion on lecture
12:00-1:30 Lunch
1:30-2:30 Wojciech Grabowski, NCAR
Super-Parameterization: Climate Context for Cloud-Scale Processes
2:30-2:45 Break
2:45-3:45 Lecture - Michael Montgomery, Colorado State University
The Hurricane Engine's Afterburner, or More Power to Hurricanes and Typhoons
3:45-4:30 Open discussion
5:00 CU bus back to the Golden Buff

Tuesday, 27 September 2005

8:30 CU bus will depart promptly from the Golden Buff to NCAR
9:00-10:00 Lecture - George Kiladis, NOAA/CIRES
Self-Similarity Access Scales in Organized Tropical Convection
10:00-10:15 Break
10:15-11:15 Lecture - Andrew Majda, Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences
Nonlinear Effects in the Simplest Convective Adjustment Moisture Parameterizations
11:15-12:00 Open discussion on lecture
12:00-1:30 Lunch
1:30-2:30 Lecture - Wojciech Grabowski, NCAR
Madden-Julian Oscillations in the Idealized Aquaplanet Simulations
2:30-2:45 Break
2:45-3:45 Lecture - Michael Montgomery, Colorado State University
Vortex Evolution due to Straining: A Mechanism for Dominance of Stronger Interior Anticyclones
3:45-4:30 Open discussion
5:00 CU bus back to the Golden Buff

Contemporary Research Lectures:

Wednesday, 28 September 2005

8:30 CU bus will depart promptly from the Golden Buff to NCAR
9:00-10:00 Lecture - Mitchell Moncrieff, NCAR
Organized Precipitating Convection and Global Models
10:00-10:15 Break
10:15-11:15 Lecture - Jialin Lin, NOAA/CIRES
Convectively Coupled Equatorial Waves: GCMs vs Observation
11:15-12:15 Lecture - Chris Bretherton, University of Washington
Feedbacks Between Moisture, Cumulus Convection and Large-Scale Circulations over the Tropical Oceans
12:15-1:30 Lunch
1:30-2:30 Lecture - Boualem Khouider, University of Victoria
Multicloud Parameterizations for Convectively Coupled Tropical Waves
2:30-2:45 Break
2:45-3:45 Lecture - David Neelin, University of California, Los Angeles
Two topics in moist tropical interactions:
1. Convective quasi-equilibrium as a continuous phase transition
2. Tropical rainfall impacts under global warming
3:45-4:30 Open discussion
5:00 CU bus back to the Golden Buff

Thursday, 29 September 2005

8:30 CU bus will depart promptly from the Golden Buff to NCAR
9:00-10:00 Lecture - Andrew Majda, Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences
A New Multi-Scale Model for the Madden Julian Oscillation
10:00-10:15 Break
10:15-11:15 Lecture - Wojciech Grabowski, NCAR
Cloud Microphysics and Climate: Indirect Impact of Atmospheric Aerosols
11:15-12:15 Lecture - Michael Montgomery, Colorado State University
Incipient Hurrican Formation as a Problem in Rotating Moist Convection
12:15-1:30 Lunch
1:30-2:30 Lecture - George Kiladis, NOAA/CIRES
Observations of Scale Interactions Associated with Tropical Convection
2:30-2:45 Break
2:45-3:45 Lecture - Joseph Biello, University of California, Davis
THE IPESD MJO Models: Understanding the Effects of Meridional Momentum and Temperature Flux
3:45-4:30 Open discussion
5:00 CU bus back to the Golden Buff

Friday, 30 September 2005

8:30 CU bus will depart promptly from the Golden Buff to NCAR
9:00-10:00 Lecture - Patrick Haertel, University of North Dakota
Dynamics of Two-Day Equatorial Waves
10:00-10:15 Break
10:15-11:15 Lecture - David Randall, Colorado State University
Counting the Clouds
11:15-12:15 Lecture - Paul Roundy, NOAA
Multiple Regression Model Applied to the Relationship Between the MJO and Equatorial Rossby Waves
12:15- Workshop adjourns. There will be NO bus back to the Golden Buff