Workshop on Evaluation of Reanalyses – Developing an Integrated Earth
System Analysis (IESA) Capability
November 1-3, 2010 Baltimore, MD
October 1, 2010
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Monday, November 1, 2010 Assessment of the strengths and limitations of the latest reanalyses |
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0800 - 0830 |
Continental Breakfast and registration |
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0830 |
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Introductions, workshop objectives |
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Session 1: Overview and assessment of existing and ongoing reanalysis |
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0850 - 0915 |
Kevin Trenberth, NCAR |
An overview of atmospheric reanalyses efforts |
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0915 - 0940 |
Michele Rienecker, NASA GSFC |
An overview of ocean reanalyses efforts |
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Session 2: Overview of Recent U.S. Reanalysis Efforts |
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0940 - 1005 |
Mike Bosilovich, NASA GSFC |
An overview of MERRA |
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1005 - 1030 |
Coffee Break |
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| 1030 - 1055 | Bob Kistler , NOAA NCEP | An overview of the CFSR |
| 1055 - 1120 | Gil Compo, NOAA ESRL | An overview of the ESRL Historical Reanalysis |
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1120 - 1200 |
Discussion |
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1200 - 1330 |
Lunch (on your own) |
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1330 - 1355 |
Ben Giese, Texas A&M |
An overview of Historical Ocean Reanalysis efforts |
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1355 - 1420 |
David Bromwich, Ohio State University |
Arctic Reanalysis |
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Session 3: Observational Data Recovery and Bias Correction Efforts |
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1420 - 1445 |
Russ Vose, NOAA NCDC |
Atmosphere data recovery and/or Bias in atmosphere observations |
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1445 - 1510 |
Jim Carton, University of Maryland
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Ocean Observations (e.g. XBT bias, Argo etc.) |
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1510 - 1535 |
Contributed talk |
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1535 – 1600 |
Coffee Break |
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1600 – 1700 |
Guided Discussion |
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1730 - 1900 |
Reception, Posters related to Sessions 1-3 |
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Tuesday, November 2, 2010 |
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Session 4: Towards Integrated Earth System Analysis |
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0800-0830 |
Continental Breakfast |
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0830 - 0915 |
Randy Dole - NOAA CDC; David Legler - US CLIVAR |
Overview of Integrated Earth System Analysis and Draft IESA “plan”. Todays objectives… |
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0915 - 0945 |
Shaoqing Zhang, NOAA GFDL |
Current capabilities of Ocean-atmosphere assimilations |
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0945 - 1015 |
Mike Ek, NOAA NCEP |
Current capabilities of Atmosphere-land assimilations |
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1015 - 1045 |
Coffee break |
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1045 - 1115 |
Ian Fenty, MIT |
Current capabilities of Ocean-sea ice assimilations |
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1115 - 1145 |
Arlindo DaSilva, NASA GSFC |
Current capabilities of Atmosphere-chemistry assimilations |
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1145 - 1300 |
Lunch (on your own) |
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1300 - 1330 |
Eugenia Kalnay |
N. American carbon data assimilation |
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1330 - 1400 |
Dick Dee, ECMWF |
Requirements and readiness of observational datasets for IESA |
| 1400 - 1420 | Ichiro Fukumori | Strategy for assimilations: forecasting versus attribution |
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1420 - 1545 |
Poster Session and Coffee Break
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1545 - 1700 |
Panel/Discussion |
· What is IESA, and what observational data/platforms and modeling components are required? · What should be the output, and the user community, of IESA? (realtime monitoring, climate diagnostics, initializing prediction, etc.) · How well does “loosely coupled” assimilation improve upon stand-alone reanalysis? Are off line assimilation a viable option or feedbacks during assimilation cycle matter, and are essential? · What are the major obstacles for IESA?(working across disciplines, coupled model bias, error covariance of coupled models, observational data issues, etc.) · Resources issues (computational, intellectual, etc.) · How can different communities work closer towards IESA? · How can different agencies work closer towards IESA? |
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Wednesday, November 3, 2010 Applications of the latest reanalysis products - Emphasis on what have we learned, what do we need to know? Joint with Atmospheric Circulation Reconstructions over the Earth (ACRE)
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0800-0830 |
Continental Breakfast |
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Session 5: Variability and Extremes |
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0830 - 0850 |
Rob Allan, UK Met Office |
Overview of Atmospheric Circulation Reconstruction over the Earth (ACRE) |
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0850 - 0910 |
Ben Schenkel, FSU |
Tropical cyclones |
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0910 - 0930 |
Chidong Zhang, University of Miami |
Madden Julian Oscillation and other tropical variability |
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0930 - 0950 |
Floods and Droughts |
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0950 - 1010 |
Carol Anne Clayson, FSU |
Ocean surface fluxes |
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1010 - 1110 |
Coffee break and Poster Viewing |
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1110 - 1130 |
Prashant Sardeshmukh, NOAA CIRES |
Probability of extremes |
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1130 - 1150 |
Dan Vimont, University of Wisconsin |
Decadal Variability |
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1150 - 1210 |
Tong Lee, NASA JPL |
Meridional Overturning Circulation |
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1210 - 1230 |
Contributed talk |
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1230 – 1400 |
Lunch (on your own) |
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1400 - 1420 |
Contributed talk |
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1420 - 1450 |
Dennis Lettenmaier, University of Washington |
Hydrology |
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1450 - 1515 |
Coffee Break |
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1515 - 1535 |
Stephanie Dutkiewicz, MIT |
Ocean biogeochemistry |
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1535 - 1555 |
Paul Stackhouse, NASA Langley |
Renewable Energy |
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1555 - 1615 |
TBD |
Atmospheric constituents |
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1615 - 1645 |
Discussion on Session 5 and 6 |
Are current products good enough or where are they lacking? What do we need to know for IESA? |
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1645-1700 |
Wrapup –workshop conclusions |
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