WCRP Open Science Conference 24-28 October 2011 Denver, Colorado, USA Climate Research in Service to Society

WCRP Open Science Conference24-28 October 2011

Denver, Colorado, USAhttp://conference2011.wcrp-climate.org

Climate Research in Service to Society

WCRP Open Science Conference

• Assembly of WCRP affiliated researchers and partners (~1500 participants)

• Exclusive opportunity for exchange and collaboration across diverse research communities (e.g., WCRP, WWRP, IGBP, IHDP, …) working to advance understanding and prediction of climate variability and change across scalesThe Conference will:

• Appraise current state of climate science ( IPCC AR5)

• Identify most urgent scientific issues and research challenges

• Ascertain how WCRP can best facilitate research and develop partnerships critical for progress

• Facilitate growth of future, diverse workforce

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International Scientific Committee

• Jim Hurrell, Chair, NCAR, USA• Ghassem Asrar, WCRP, Switzerland• Sandrine Bony, LMD/IPSL, France• Tony Busalacchi, ESSIC/U. Md, USA• Christian Jakob, Monash U., Australia• Rik Leemans, ESSP Chair, Netherlands• Jerry Meehl, NCAR, USA• Terry Nakajima, U. Tokyo, Japan• Carlos Nobre, IGBP Chair, Brazil• Ted Shepherd, Univ. Toronto, Canada• Julia Slingo, MetOffice, UK• Koni Steffen, Univ. Colorado, USA• Kevin Trenberth, NCAR, USA• Carolina Vera, Univ. Buenos Aires, Argentina• Martin Visbeck, IFM-GEOMAR, Germany



Daily Conference Themes – Integrative aspect of WCRP

Monday (early AM): Climate Research in Service to Society

Monday (late AM): The Climate System Components and their

Interactions

Tuesday: Observation and Analysis of the Climate System

Wednesday: Assessing and Improving Model and Predictive

Capabilities

Thursday: Climate Synthesis and Assessments

Friday (early AM): Translating Scientific Understanding of Climate

System into Climate Information for Decision Makers

Friday (late AM): The Future of WCRP



Parallel Science Sessions:MONDAY

Predictability, Initialization and Prediction: Seasonal to Multi-Decadal

Detecting, Understanding and Predicting Extreme Climate Events

Oceans and Sea Level: Dynamics, Variability and Change

TUESDAY

Climate System Observations, Reprocessing and Reanalysis

Variability and Predictability of Regional Climate and Monsoons

Understanding Processes, Clouds, and Dynamics in Climate

WEDNESDAY

Assessing the Reliability of Climate Models and CMIP5

Variability and Change: Diagnostic and Empirical Studies

Radiative Forcing and Chemistry-Climate Coupling

THURSDAY

Land, Water, Hydrology and Climate

Cryosphere and Climate

Anthropogenic Climate Change


Poster Sessions:MONDAY: Climate System Components and Their Interactions

Atmospheric Composition and Forcings (SPARC, IGBP/IGAC)

Atmosphere Dynamics and Climate (SPARC, GEWEX, WWRP/THORPEX)

Oceans and Climate (CLIVAR, IOC)

Land and Water and Climate (GEWEX, IGBP/ILeaPS)

Cryosphere and Climate (CliC)

Cloud Processes and Climate (WGCM-CFMIP, GEWEX)

Humans, Ecosystem and Climate (ESSP, IHDP, DIVERSITAS)


Poster Sessions:TUESDAY: Observations and Analysis of the Climate System

Design and Improvement of the Integrated Observing System (WOAP, GCOS, GEOSS, CEOS, CGMS etc…)

Maintaining and Enhancing Ocean Observations, Including Sea Ice (CLIVAR, CliC, OOPC, GOOS, JCOMM)

Atmospheric Observations (GEWEX, SPARC, AOPC, WWRP/AREP)

Land Surface Processes and Observations (GEWEX/CEOP, TOPC, IGBP)

Hydrological Cycle in Cold Regions, Including Permafrost, Ice Sheets and Glaciers (CliC, CLIVAR, ESSP/GWSP)

Paleoclimate observations and analysis (PAGES/CLIVAR)

Earth system data assimilation, analysis and synthesis (CLIVAR (GSOP), WOAP, WGNE)

Integrating regional data sets into global products (CLIVAR, GEWEX, SPARC)

Data management, archive, access from global to local scales (GEWEX (CEOP), WMO/WIS, ICSU/WDC)

Re-analyses and syntheses of observations (WOAP, ECMWF, NOAA, NASA, JMA)

Reprocessed datasets and climate data records (GEWEX (GRP), SPARC, GCOS, WMO/WIGOS)

Satellite observations and their assimilation: prospects for the future (WGNE, CEOS)


Poster Sessions:WEDNESDAY: Assessing and Improving Predictive Capabilities

Predictability and predictions on seasonal to decadal time scales, initializing models (CLIVAR/WGSIP)

Interactions of weather and climate; use of cloud resolving models (CLIVAR (WGSIP), WGNE, WWRP/THORPEX)

Modeling and predictability of regional climate; downscaling (WGCM/TFRCD, WGNE)

Improving climate models, including their components and parameterizations (GMPP, SPARC, CLIVAR, CliC)

Quantifying and characterizing uncertainty, including use of multi-model ensembles (WGCM, ETCCDI, WWRP/THORPEX)

Improving ice sheet and glacier mass balance and ice sheet dynamics (CliC)

Improving energy and water cycle representation in models (GEWEX, WGNE, ESSP/GWSP)

Evaluating models with observations and reanalyses, including transpose AMIP, quantitative performance metrics (WGNE, WOAP, WGCM, SPARC)

Development of Earth System Models (WGCM, CliC, IGBP/AIMES)

Understanding climate sensitivity and radiative feedbacks (WGCM incl CFMIP, PMIP, GEWEX)

Global and Regional projections: CMIP-5 and CORDEX (WGCM)


Poster Sessions:THURSDAY: Climate Synthesis and Assessments, and Future Challenges

Stratospheric ozone and other trace gases (SPARC, AREP)

Large-scale Climate Variability and Change (CLIVAR, SPARC, CliC, PAGES)

Ocean circulation and ventilation (CLIVAR)

Sea Level variability and change (WCRP crosscuts)

Understanding and characterizing climate extremes (WCRP crosscuts)

Cryospheric climate change, including polar regions (CliC)

Attribution of causes of climate events and climate change (WGSIP, WGCM, IGBP)

Air quality and effects of aerosols and pollution (SPARC, AC&C)

Water resources and the hydrological cycle over land (CEOP, GWSP)

Carbon cycle, ocean uptake (CLIVAR, CliC, IGBP/IMBER,SOLAS…, ESSP/GCP)

Linking Climate Research to Adaptation Measures (ESSP, WMO/CCL)

Research for mitigation including climate engineering options (SPARC)


Agency Support

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Strong Local Expertise, Interest and Support!


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WCRP Open Science Conference 24-28 October 2011 Denver, Colorado, USA Climate Research in Service to Society