AGENDA
FRONTIERS IN THE SCIENCE OF CLIMATE MODELING
A Symposium in Honor of Professor Robert D. Cess
October 19-21, 1999
Professor Robert D. Cess
Gardner Room, Robinson Building Complex
1. Opening Session (Chair: V. Ramanathan)
08:30-08:45 Opening Remarks – V. Ramanathan (SIO)
08:45-09:15 The Science of R.D. Cess – Harshvardhan (Purdue University)
09:15-10:00 Overview of the Climate System - J. Kiehl (NCAR)
10:00 BREAK
2. Climate Models & Climate Change (Chair: J. Coakley)
10:15-11:00 Climate Simulations of Past, Present and Future - J. Hansen (NASA/GISS)
11:00-11:45 Energy Balance Models - G. North (Texas A&M)
11:45-12:30 Coupled Ocean-Atmosphere Models - J. McWilliams (UCLA)
12:30-02:00 LUNCH
Robinson Auditorium, Robinson Building Complex
3. Climate Forcing (Chair: Harshvardhan)
02:00-02:45 Water Vapor and Cloud Radiative Forcing - V. Ramanathan (SIO)
02:45-03:30 Radiative Forcing by Tropospheric Aerosols - J. Coakley (OSU)
03:30-03:45 BREAK
03:45-04:30 Radiative Forcing by Stratospheric Aerosols - V. Ramaswamy (NOAA/GFDL)
04:30-05:15 Unresolved Issues in Atmospheric Solar Absorption - W. Collins (NCAR)
06:00- 07:30 Reception for Speakers and Invited Guests
The Sea Lodge, Acapulco Room
Robinson Auditorium, Robinson Building Complex
4. Climate Feedbacks (Chair: J. Hack)
09:00-09:45 Cloud Feedbacks - D. Randall (Colorado State University)
09:45-10:30 Parameterization of Clouds for Climate Models – R. Somerville (SIO)
10:30-10:45 BREAK
10:45-11:30 Water Vapor Feedbacks - D. Rind (NASA/GISS)
11:30-12:15 Transport Processes in the Atmosphere - P. Rasch (NCAR)
12:15-01:45 LUNCH
5. Role of Observations in Climate Forcing & Feedbacks (Chair: D. Rind)
01:45-02:30 Water Vapor Observations - B. Soden (NOAA/GFDL)
02:30-03:15 Measurements of Aerosols from Space - Y. Kaufman (NASA/GSFC)
03:15-3:30 BREAK
03:30-04:15 What have we learned from Radiation Budget Measurements?
a) The Earth Radiation Budget Experiment - B. Barkstrom (NASA/Langley)
b) The Cloud and the Earth’s Radiant Energy System (CERES) Experiment - B. Wielicki (NASA/Langley)
04:15-05:00 The TRIANA Experiment - F. Valero (SIO)
06:00-10:00 Dinner at the SIO Birch Aquarium
08:00-08:30 Address by Dr. Stephen Schneider (Stanford University)
Gardner Room, Robinson Building Complex
6. Natural Climate Change (Chair: G. North)
09:00-09:45 Change of Cloud Radiative Forcing Associated with El Nino - M. Zhang (SUNY/Stony Brook)
09:45-10:30 Abrupt Climate Change – Jeff Severinghaus (SIO)
10:30-10:45 BREAK
10:30-11:15 Runaway Greenhouses and Runaway Glaciation:
How Stable is Earth’s Climate? - J. Kasting (Penn State University)
11:15-12:30 The Climate of Mars - C. Leovy (University of Washington)
12:30 Adjourn