Opportunities to Improve Representation of Clouds and Aerosols in Climate Models with Classified Observing Systems: Proceedings of a Workshop: Abbreviated Version (2016)
Chapter: Appendix B: June 24-25, 2015, Workshop Agenda
Appendix B
June 24-25, 2015, Workshop Agenda
Wednesday, June 24, 2015
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7:30 AM |
**Shuttle from Hotel Irvine to Beckman Center** |
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8:00 AM |
Sackler Colloquium |
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3:00 PM |
Sackler Adjourns |
Workshop on Opportunities to Improve the Representation of Clouds and Aerosols in Climate Models with National Collection Systems
The impact of aerosols on the atmosphere is widely acknowledged as one of the most significant and uncertain aspects of climate change projections. Although scientists know much about the general nature of the interactions between aerosols and clouds, the simulation of clouds and how they will respond to aerosol changes is a central challenge in climate modeling. At the request of the Intelligence Community, the National Academies is organizing a series of two workshops on this topic:
Unclassified workshop: June 24-25, 2015, to engage with Sackler and other uncleared participants to identify gaps in our capabilities, significant barriers and challenges, and potential opportunities for improvements.
Classified workshop: September 28-30, 2015, to discuss the usefulness of classified observing systems in advancing understanding of aerosol-cloud-precipitation interactions.
Such an improved understanding could lead to a more accurate representation of cloud and aerosols in climate models, reducing the uncertainty of climate projections. Unclassified and classified summaries of the workshops will be prepared by a designated rapporteur.
Premise: The current satellite systems and their available data streams do not provide adequate observations of aerosols, clouds, and precipitation to constrain our modeling of the relative impact of aerosols and their precursors on the climate and hydrologic systems on a global or regional scale.
- Review current and planned, non-proprietary and unclassified, satellite observations capable of measuring the relationships between aerosols, clouds and precipitation.
- Hear from invited experts on specific instrument-related topics, including
- attributes, measurements, tolerances and calibration
- current observing system capabilities (multiple instruments), and gaps in that system
- next-generation instruments and systems
- Identify opportunities available in the current and planned Global Earth Observing System of Systems (GEOSS), including the civilian space sector, for building a coherent system to address aerosol-cloud interactions and related questions. Identify also the limitations.
Remote Observations of Aerosol-Cloud-Precipitation Properties: The Current Systems
Chair: Pamela Emch
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3:30 PM |
Welcome, Introductions, and Purpose of Workshop |
Pamela Emch, Northrop Grumman |
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4:15 PM |
Gaps in Active Remote Sensing |
Graeme Stephens, JPL(Jet Propulsion Laboratory) |
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4:45 PM |
Breakout group discussion: Initial brainstorming |
Pamela Emch |
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5:30 PM |
Breakout group rapporteurs report back |
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6:00 PM |
Adjourn |
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6:05 PM |
Working dinner with participants (Executive Dining Room) |
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7:45 PM |
**Shuttle from Beckman Center to Hotel Irvine** |
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Thursday, June 25, 2015 |
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7:30 AM |
**Shuttle from Hotel Irvine to Beckman Center** |
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8:00 AM |
Breakfast available in meeting room |
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8:30 AM |
Review and summarize Post-Sackler discussion Goals for today’s meeting |
Pamela Emch |
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8:40 AM |
Motivations of the NRC Activity |
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Challenges and Opportunities in Future Remote Observations of Aerosol/Cloud/Precipitation Properties: Next Generation Systems |
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9:00 AM |
What are future opportunities and challenges related to moving to very high resolution Electro-optical/Infrared (EO/IR) instruments? |
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[Hi res MODIS, MASTER, ASTER, EO-1] |
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Chair: Jeffrey Reid, Naval Research Laboratory |
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Speaker: Michael King, University of Colorado |
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9:20 AM |
Brief perspective from Chair and general discussion |
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9:45 AM |
What are future opportunities and challenges related to better utilizing multi-angle views and obtaining better time coverage for EO/IR instruments? |
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[Hi res MISR; Air MSPI] |
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Chair: Sonia Kreidenweis, Colorado State University |
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Speaker: Michael Garay, JPL |
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10:05 AM |
Brief perspective from Chair and general discussion |
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10:30 AM |
Break |
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10:45 AM |
What are future opportunities and challenges related to innovative use of the electromagnetic spectrum for EO/IR instruments? |
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[RSP (Research Scanning Polarimeter), hyperspectral and polarization] |
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Chair: Michael Prather, University of California, Irvine |
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Speaker: Jacek Chowdhary, NASA GISS (Goddard Institute for Space Studies) |
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11:05 AM |
Brief perspective from Chair and general discussion |
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11:30 AM |
What are future directions for improving 3D Radiative Transfer? |
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Chair: Everett Joseph, State University of New York at Albany |
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Speaker: Howard Barker, Environment Canada |
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11:50 AM |
Brief perspective from Chair and general discussion |
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12:15 PM |
Working lunch |
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1:15 PM |
What are future opportunities to use radar and passive microwave to observe precipitation and clouds? |
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[Global Precipitation Mission] |
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Chair: Rob Wood, University of Washington |
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Speaker: Jay Mace, University of Utah |
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1:35 PM |
Brief perspective from Chair and general discussion |
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2:00 PM |
What are future opportunities to use lidar and polarimetry? |
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Chair: Steven Ghan, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory |
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Speaker: Rich Ferrare, NASA Langley |
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2:20 PM |
Brief perspective from Chair and general discussion |
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2:45 PM |
Break |
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3:00 PM |
Panel discussion focusing on derived products/separating constituents |
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Chair: Steve Ghan |
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4:00 PM |
General Discussion |
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4:30 PM |
Breakout group discussions: Optimizing the current satellite systems, defining the future systems |
Pamela Emch |
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5:15 PM |
Breakout group rapporteurs report back |
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5:50 PM |
Wrap up: What did we learn and where do we go from here? |
Pamela Emch |
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6:00 PM |
Adjourn |
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Participant List
June 24-25, 2015
- Howard Barker / Environment Canada
- Jacek Chowdhary / National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
- Adarsh Deepak / Science and Technology Corporation
- Pamela Emch / Northrop Grumman Corporation
- Graham Feingold / National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
- Richard Ferrare / NASA Langley
- Michael Garay / NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)
- Andrew Gettelman / National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR)
- Steven Ghan / Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL)
- Mike Griffin / Massachusetts Institute of Technology Lincoln Library
- Jeffrey D. Hawkins / Naval Research Laboratory
- Darrell Herd / United States Geographical Survey (USGS)
- Everette Joseph / State University of New York
- Ralph Kahn / NASA
- Michael King / University of Colorado Boulder
- Ian Kraucunas / PNNL
- Sonia Kreidenweis / Colorado State University
- Jay Mace / University of Utah
- Jerry Miller / National Academy of Sciences
- Daniel Murphy / NOAA
- David Noone / Oregon State University
- Joyce Penner / University of Michigan
- Michael Prather / University of California, Irvine
- Phil Rasch / PNNL
- Jeffrey Reid / Naval Research Laboratory
- Lorraine Remer / University of Maryland, Baltimore County
- Daniel Rosenfeld / The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel
- Graeme Stephens / NASA JPL
- Susan Van Den Heever / Colorado State University
- Wenshan Wang / University of California, Irvine
- Zhien Wang / University of Wyoming
