Summit 2009

The U.S. Climate Variability and Predictability Research Program (CLIVAR)

Sunday, March 14, 2010

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U.S. CLIVAR Summit

15-17 July 2009 Annapolis, Maryland

The U.S. CLIVAR Summit was held at the Loews Hotel in Annapolis, Maryland (a short ride from the Baltimore Washington International Airport). Meeting Reports and logistical details are available below. This will be an opportunity for the U.S. CLIVAR panels and committee to meet in plenary and separately.

		Wednesday, July 15
Time	Agenda			Speaker	Room
0730 – 0815	Refreshments
0815 – 0830	Welcome and introductions		15 min
0830 - 0845	U.S. CLIVAR Report		30 min
0845 - 1015	WG Reports Western Boundary Current (Mike Alexander) High-latitude Fluxes (Sarah Gille) Drought (Siegfried Schubert) Decadal Predictability (Lisa Goddard) AMOC (Jim Carton)		15 min talks, 15 mins disc
1015 - 1030	Morning Break
1030 - 1115	International CLIVAR update - Anna Pirani (10 min) VAMOS – Hugo Berbery (20 min / 10 min discussion)		45 min
1115 – 1215	Strategic Themes for US CLIVAR Structure of discussion TBD (e.g. where do we go from here on our drought theme? What additional theme should US CLIVAR focus on in addition to Drought and Decadal?)		60 min
1220 - 1230	Charge to the panels		10 min
1230 - 1400	Lunch (on your own)
1400 - 1730	Panel Breakouts (break from 1545-1600)		195 min
1730 - 1830		US CLIVAR SSC Meets with program managers
1830 - 2000	Reception

Thurs 16 July (Day 2)
0800 - 0830	Refreshments
0815 - 0915	DYNAMO – a proposed MJO field campaign	30 min presentation, 30 min discussion	Chidong Zhang
0915 – 0945	IASCLIP (20 min talk / 10 min discuss)	30 min	Dave Enfield
0945 – 1015	Morning Break
1015 – 1230	Panel Breakouts	120 min
1230 – 1400	Lunch (on your own) Dynamo Meeting & Climate and Ecosystems Meeting			Breakout rooms
1400 - 1530	Panel Breakouts	90 min
1530 - 1600	Afternoon break
1600 - 1730	Panel Breakouts	90 min
1730 – 1830	Plenary - panels report on new themes	60 min
1830 - 2030	Joint breakouts as needed	120 min

Fri 17 July (Day 3)
0800 – 0815	Refreshments
0815 - 0900	Panel reporting – 15 min per Panel	45 min
0900 - 1030	Breakouts of the new themes developed	90 min
1030 - 1100	Reporting on new themes Extremes; high latitude; climate and ecosystems	30 min
1100 - 1130	Wrap up, review action items	30 min
1130	END of SUMMIT
1130-1200	Executive Session	30 min