|   | AGENDANCAR, Mesa Laboratory Damon Room
 Saturday, August 9, 2008
            
      | 8:30-9:00 | Welcome and Overview |  | 9:00 - 10:30 | A Framework for Fitting Curves and Functions Doug Nychka, IMAGe Director, NCAR
 
 |  | 10:30 - 10:45 | Break |  | 10:45 - 12:00 | Examples in R and Fields Doug Nychka
 
 |  | 12:00p - 1:30 | Lunch, Questions and Examples |  | 1:30 - 3:00 | Multivariate Spatial Models Stephan Sain, Institute for Mathematics Applied to Geosciences,NCAR
 
 |  | 3:00 - 3:15 | Break |  | 3:15 - 5:00 | Sparse Matrix Methods and Fields Reinhard Furrer, Institute for Mathematics Applied to Geosciences, NCAR
 
 |  | 5:00 - | MIXER, Location TBD |  
 Sunday, August 10
 
    
      | 8:00 - 8:30 | Meet at Golden Buff Lobby |  | 8:30-12:00 | Hike/Walk in Boulder Mountain Park of at the CU Mountain Research Station |  | 12:00 - 2:00 | Lunch on Pearl Street or Nederland and Ride Back to Mesa Laboratory |  | 2:00 - 3:30 Damon Room
 | Formats and Manipulation of Geophysical Datasets Timothy Hoar, Institute for Mathematics Applied to Geosciences, NCAR
 
 |  | 3:30 - 3:45 | Break |  | 3:45 - 4:15 | Some Examples and Projects with Climate Data |  | 4:15 - 5:00 | R/ Fields Open Session 
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 Monday, August 11
 
   
      | 8:00 - 8:30 | Coffee |  | 8:30 - 10:00 | The Climate System and Climate Models Gerald Meehl, NCAR
 
 |  | 10:00 - 10:30 | Break |  | 10:30 - 12:00 | Statistics for Climate Model Experiments Claudia Tebaldi, Climate Central
 
 |  | 12:00p - 1:15 Cafeteria
 | Lunch |  | 1:15 - 2:00 | Statistics for Climate Model Experiments (cont.) Claudia Tebaldi
 
 |  | 2:00 - 3:00 | Spatial Models for AOGCM Experiments 
 |  | 3:00 - 3:30 | Break |  | 3:30 - 5:00 | Examples, Projects and Open Questions |  
 Tuesday, August 12
 
   
      | 8:00 - 8:30 | Coffee |  | 8:30 - 10:00 | Regional Climate Modeling Raymond Arritt, Iowa State University
 
 |  | 10:00 - 10:20 | Break |  | 10:30 - 10:50 | NCAR Supercomputer Tour of the Machine Room (Group A) and Vislab Demo (Group B)
 Tour of the Machine Room (Group B) and Vislab Demo (Group A)
 |  | 10:50 - 11:10 | NCAR Supercomputer Tour of the Machine Room (Group B) and Vislab Demo (Group A
 |  | 11:10 - 12:00 | Moving and Cooling Big Iron Gary New, NCAR
 
 |  | 12:00p - 1:15 | Lunch |  | 1:15 - 3:45 | Statistical Modeling Regional Climate: 
             Spatial Lattice Models Stephan Sain
 |  | 3:45 - 4:00 | Break |  | 4:00 - 5:00 Vislab????
 | VAPOR Descriptiona and Demo Alan Norton, NCAR
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 Wednesday, August 13
 
   
      | 8:00 - 8:30 | Coffee |  | 8:30 - 10:00 | Paleoclimate Caspar Ammann, NCAR
 
 |  | 10:00 - 10:30 | Break |  | 10:30 - 12:00 | Reconstructing Past Climate Doug Nychka for Bo Li
 |  | 12:00p - 1:15 | Lunch |  | 1:15 - 5:00 | Open |  | 5:00 | Workshop Adjourn??? |  
 
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