Opportunities to Improve Representation of Clouds and Aerosols in Climate Models with Classified Observing Systems: Proceedings of a Workshop: Abbreviated Version (2016)
Chapter: Appendix D: September 28-30, 2015, Classified Workshop Agenda
Appendix D
September 28-30, 2015, Classified Workshop Agenda
National Academy of Sciences (NAS) Building
2101 Constitution Ave., NW
Washington, DC
Room: NAS SCIF
Goals for Activity
- Discuss the usefulness of national collection systems to advance understanding of aerosol-cloud-precipitation interactions.
- Specifically address the following questions:
- How could the national collection systems be utilized to advance understanding of aerosol-cloud-precipitation interactions?
- What are the potential contributions to climate modeling?
- What follow-on scientific research could render such improvements using national collection systems?
- Consider the following sponsor interest areas:
- Gaps, barriers, what modelers want, information for future planning
Monday, September 28, 2015
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8:00 AM |
Breakfast |
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8:30 AM |
Welcome and Brief Introductions |
Pamela Emch, Northrop Grumman |
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8:40 AM |
General Security Orientation |
Detra Bodrick, NAS |
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9:20 AM |
In-brief |
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10:00 AM |
Break |
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10:30 AM |
Welcome, Introductions, and Purpose of the Workshop |
Pamela Emch, Northrop Grumman |
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11:00 AM |
Perspective from the Sponsor |
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11:15 AM |
Perspective from Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) Matt Heavner, OSTP |
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11:30 AM |
Scientific context for project: What variables need to be measured and where? What variables can we currently measure with civilian systems, and what are the limitations? |
Michael Prather, University of California, Irvine |
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12:00 PM |
Lunch |
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1:00 PM |
Sponsor briefing #1 (Radar capabilities) + technical questions |
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2:00 PM |
Sponsor briefing #2 (Electro-optical capabilities) + technical questions |
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3:00 PM |
Break |
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3:30 PM |
Sponsor briefing #3 (OPIR capabilities) + technical questions |
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4:30 PM |
Review and Discussion Session for Briefings 1, 2, 3 |
Andrew Gettelman, National Center for Atmospheric Research |
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5:30 PM |
Adjourn |
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6:00 PM |
Dinner for all participants (Members Room) |
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Tuesday, September 29, 2015 |
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8:00 AM |
Breakfast available in meeting room |
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8:30 AM |
Sponsor briefing #4 (Capabilities and limitations of radiometric calibration) + technical questions |
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9:30 AM |
Sponsor briefing #5 (In situ data) + technical questions |
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10:30 AM |
Break |
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11:00 AM |
Sponsor briefing #6 (Environmental Applications at the National Air and Space Intelligence Center) + technical questions |
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12:00 PM |
Lunch |
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1:00 PM |
Review and Discussion Session for Briefings 4, 5, 6 |
Jeffrey Hawkins, Naval Research Laboratory |
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2:00 PM |
Sponsor briefing (OPIR Environmental Intelligence) #7 + technical questions |
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3:00 PM |
Break |
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3:30 PM |
Sponsor briefing (GPS/BDYE Earth Background Scan Data: Potential Applications for Atmospheric Research) #8 + technical questions |
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4:30 PM |
Review and Discussion Session for Briefings 7 and 8 |
Anthony Davis, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory |
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5:30 PM |
Adjourn |
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Wednesday, September 30, 2015 |
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8:00 AM |
Breakfast available in meeting room |
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SESSION ON LEVERAGING THE DATA |
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8:30 AM |
Observing challenges with respect to cloud and aerosol interactions |
Michael Prather, University of California, Irvine |
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9:30 AM |
Ancillary data needs and metadata |
Jeff Reid, NRL |
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10:30 AM |
Break |
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11:00 AM |
Specific processes and relationships related to clouds and aerosols interactions |
Sonia Kreidenweis, Colorado State University |
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12:00 PM |
Lunch |
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1:00 PM |
Constraining models with observations |
Steve Ghan, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory |
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2:00 PM |
What are the opportunities to merge the national collection system data with civilian data? |
Pamela Emch, Northrop Grumman |
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3:00 PM |
Plan for report; what more needed from this workshop? What key points should be included in the report? What is a possible outline for the report? |
Pamela Emch, Northrop Grumman |
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4:00 PM |
Adjourn |
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