Workshop Agenda

       
       
Tuesday, 7 November 2006
       NCAR Mesa Lab
       1850 Table Mesa Drive, Boulder, CO 80303
       
8:20 Registration and Continental Breakfast
8:25 Opening Remarks
8:40 Overview Address A. Kasahara
9:00   Tropical cyclone natural variability
K. Emanuel
9:30   Climate change signature on tropical cyclones
T. Knutson
10:00   Break  
10:30   The role of tropical cyclones in the general circulation
P. Webster/G. Holland
11:00   Seasonal forecasting of tropical cyclones
F. Vitart
11:30   Tropical cyclone modeling as two-way interaction processes
C. Davis
12:00   Lunch  
1:00   Modeling tropical cyclones in a T106 model
A. Navarra
1:30   Modeling tropical cyclone changes with a high-resolution global model
K. Oouchi
2:00   Hurricane type vortices in ECHAM5. How will they change in a warmer climate?
M. Giorgetta
2:30   Resolving hurricane scales in coarse-resolution GCMs
P. Lorenz
3:00   Break  
3:30   Modeling tropical cyclones with a nested regional climate model
R. Leung/G. Holland
4:00   Air-sea interaction for tropical cyclone modeling on climate time scales
S. Chen/B. Large
4:30   Modeling of hurricanes using the finite volume/Geneneral circulation model
B. Atlas
5:00   Poster Session and Reception
5:45   Dinner
       
Wednesday, 8 November 2006
       NCAR Foothills Lab
       3450 Mitchell Lane, Boulder, CO 80301
       
8:30   Continental Breakfast  
9:00   Session 1: Modeling natural variability and climate trend
10:00   Session 2: Modeling scale-interactions: Impact of climate on cyclones, and impact of cyclones on global circulation and climate
11:00   Break  
11:30   Session 3: Model Physics: Cloud, radiation, aerosols
12:30   Lunch  
2:00   Session 4: Modeling air-sea interaction
3:00   Break  
3:30   Plenary session: Summary of Working Session and Final Assessments