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
8:00 AM | Breakfast | |
8:30 AM | Welcome and Brief Introductions | Pamela Emch, Northrop Grumman |
8:40 AM | General Security Orientation | Detra Bodrick, NAS |
9:20 AM | In-brief | |
10:00 AM | Break | |
10:30 AM | Welcome, Introductions, and Purpose of the Workshop | Pamela Emch, Northrop Grumman |
11:00 AM | Perspective from the Sponsor | |
11:15 AM | Perspective from Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) Matt Heavner, OSTP | |
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 |
12:00 PM | Lunch | |
1:00 PM | Sponsor briefing #1 (Radar capabilities) + technical questions | |
2:00 PM | Sponsor briefing #2 (Electro-optical capabilities) + technical questions | |
3:00 PM | Break | |
3:30 PM | Sponsor briefing #3 (OPIR capabilities) + technical questions | |
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 | |
6:00 PM | Dinner for all participants (Members Room) | |
Tuesday, September 29, 2015 | ||
8:00 AM | Breakfast available in meeting room | |
8:30 AM | Sponsor briefing #4 (Capabilities and limitations of radiometric calibration) + technical questions | |
9:30 AM | Sponsor briefing #5 (In situ data) + technical questions | |
10:30 AM | Break | |
11:00 AM | Sponsor briefing #6 (Environmental Applications at the National Air and Space Intelligence Center) + technical questions | |
12:00 PM | Lunch | |
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 | |
3:00 PM | Break | |
3:30 PM | Sponsor briefing (GPS/BDYE Earth Background Scan Data: Potential Applications for Atmospheric Research) #8 + technical questions | |
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 | |
Wednesday, September 30, 2015 | ||
8:00 AM | Breakfast available in meeting room | |
SESSION ON LEVERAGING THE DATA | ||
8:30 AM | Observing challenges with respect to cloud and aerosol interactions | Michael Prather, University of California, Irvine |
9:30 AM | Ancillary data needs and metadata | Jeff Reid, NRL |
10:30 AM | Break | |
11:00 AM | Specific processes and relationships related to clouds and aerosols interactions | Sonia Kreidenweis, Colorado State University |
12:00 PM | Lunch | |
1:00 PM | Constraining models with observations | Steve Ghan, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory |
2:00 PM | What are the opportunities to merge the national collection system data with civilian data? | Pamela Emch, Northrop Grumman |
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 |
4:00 PM | Adjourn | |
