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Data Assimilation Research Section Turbulence Numerics Team Geophysical Statistics Project

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 II. Multi-Scale Interactions in a GCM grid box:
Mathematical Theory, Numerics, and Parameterization


31 October - 4 November 2005; Boulder, CO

Agenda

Tutorial/Research/Expository Lectures

Monday, 31 October 2005

8:20 University of Colorado (CU) bus will depart promptly to
transport participants from the Best Western Golden Buff to NCAR
9:00-10:00 James Hack, NCAR
What's So Hard About Simulating Earth's Climate System?
10:00-10:15 Break
10:15-11:15 Rupert Klein, Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research
A Systematic Multi-Scale Framework for Meteorological Modelling I: Dry Basics
11:15-12:00 Open Discussion
12:00-1:30 Lunch
1:30-2:30 Bjorn Stevens, University of California at Los Angeles
Thermodynamic Concepts for Moist Convection Atmospheres
2:30-2:45 Break
2:45-3:45 Piotr Smolarkiewicz, NCAR
Numerical Simulation of Geophysical Turbulence
3:45-4:30 Open Discussion
4:30 CU Bus back to the Golden Buff

Tuesday, 1 November 2005

8:20 CU Bus departs promptly from the Golden Buff to NCAR
9:00-10:00 Rupert Klein, Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research
A Systematic Multi-Scale Framework for Meteorological Modelling II: Moist Flows
10:00-10:15 Break
10:15-11:15 Richard Rotunno, NCAR
Orographic Precipitation I: Observations and Theory Overview
11:15-12:00 Open Discussion
12:00-1:30 Lunch
1:30-2:30 Bjorn Stevens, University of California at Los Angeles
Bulk Concepts and Integral Constraints as Applied to Atmospheric Boundary Layers
2:30-2:45 Break
2:45-3:45 Richard Rotunno, NCAR
Orographic Precipitation II: Effects of Phase Change on Local Orographic Flow Modification
3:45-4:30 Open Discussion
4:30 CU Bus back to the Golden Buff

Contemporary Research Lectures

Wednesday, 2 November 2005

8:20 CU Bus departs promptly from the Golden Buff to NCAR
9:00-10:00 Mitchell Moncrieff, NCAR
Representing Precipitating Convection in the 10-km-grid Gray Zone
10:00-10:15 Break
10:15-11:15 Robert Fovell, University of California at Los Angeles
Gravity Waves Near Convection
11:15-12:15 Dargan Frierson, University of Chicago/UCAR
The Importance of Convection from a Large Scale Dynamical Perspective
12:15-1:30 Lunch
1:30-2:30 Glenn Shutts, Met Office
Statistical Fluctuations in Convective Forcing Computed from Big-Domain Cloud-Resolving Model Simulations
2:30-2:45 Break
2:45-3:45 Sungsu Park, University of Washington
Stratocumulus - SST Feedback: Estimations from LES, GCM Parameterization, Bulk Model, and Observations
3:45-4:30 Open Discussion
4:30 CU Bus back to the Golden Buff

Thursday, 3 November 2005

8:20 CU Bus departs promptly from the Golden Buff to NCAR
9:00-10:00 Wojciech Grabowski, NCAR
Moist Processes in the Atmosphere: From Simple Concepts to Sophisticated Parameterizations
10:00-10:15 Break
10:15-11:15 Olivier Pauluis, Courant Institute for Mathematical Sciences
Toward the End of Cumulus Parameterization
Sensitivity of radiative-convective equilibrium simulations to horizontal resolution.
11:15-12:15 Rupert Klein, Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research
Conservative Finite Volume Schemes for Meteorological Applications
12:15-1:30 Lunch
1:30-2:30 Adam Sobel, Columbia University
Parameterizing Large Scale Dynamics Using the Weak Temperature Gradient Approximation
2:30-2:45 Break
2:45-3:45 Oliver Buhler, Courant Institute for Mathematical Sciences
Gravity-Wave Refraction by Three-Dimensional Winds: New Effects and a New Parametrization Scheme
3:45-4:30 Open Discussion
4:30 CU Bus back to the Golden Buff

Friday, 4 November 2005

8:20 CU Bus departs promptly from the Golden Buff to NCAR
9:00-10:00 Bjorn Stevens, University of California at Los Angeles
LES and Parameter Estimation for Subgrid-Scale Closures
10:00-10:15 Break
10:15-11:15 Zhiming Kuang, Harvard University
Using Cloud Resolving Models to Improve the Representation of Cumulus Convection in Large-Scale Models
11:15-12:15 Piotr Smolarkiewicz, NCAR Flow Past the Pentagon: Building Resolving Large-Eddy Simulations and Comparison with Wind Tunnel Experiments
12:15 Workshop adjourns