DynVar Workshop 2 (November 2010)

The SPARC DynVar Activity will hold its 2nd workshop in Boulder, Colorado, USA, 3-5 November 2010. The 3-day workshop will consist of presentations (oral and posters) and open discussions. NOAA Earth Research Laboratory’s Physical Sciences Division will host the workshop.

The aim of the SPARC DynVar Workshop 2 is to provide a forum for discussing the scientific advancements in the key areas central to the Activity and for planning on how best the Activity can continue to advance the inclusion of a well-resolved dynamical stratosphere in Climate Models (coupled atmosphere ocean-seaice models) and Earth System Models (including also atmospheric chemistry and/or biogeochemical cycles).

Presentations are called for (but not restricted to) the following highlighted key areas:

  • Influence of the stratosphere on the tropospheric circulation, on the ocean circulation via air-sea interactions, and on the cryosphere (in particular the sea ice field);
  • Role of the stratosphere in the tropospheric circulation response to climate change, and the implications of this for oceanic and cryospheric climate change responses;
  • Mechanisms of two-way stratosphere-troposphere coupling in climate models, to understand why the behaviors of models differ between each other.

Participation from modeling groups is called for:

  • Presentation of the status of the CMIP5 runs with models with a well-resolved stratosphere;
  • Discussion on how to best analyze, make full use, and exchange knowledge from the ensembles of CMIP5 runs, with the role of the stratosphere in focus;
  • Discussion how to best analyze CLIVAR’s SHFP runs;
  • New results and reports on experience gained from the analysis of the SPARC Chemistry-Climate Model Validation Activity (CCMVal)-2 simulations.

Expected achievements of the DynVar Workshop 2 are the revision of the DynVar simulation set previously planned in light of the mentioned recent developments, the fostering of standard diagnostics focused on stratosphere-troposphere connections among international projects, and a preliminary plan to establish a SPARC-CLIVAR connection focused on the role of the stratosphere on weather and climate predictability.

The First Announcement for the DynVar workshop 2 can be found here. The document contains an overview of the meeting.

A Second Announcement will follow, including details on Registration and Accommodation.

 

 

DynVar Workshop 1 (March 2008)

Synthesis from Workshop 1

This document summarizes the results from the survey that was distributed prior to the DynVar planning workshop. The outcome of the Workshop is reported in the SPARC Newsletter 32 (Kushner  et al., SPARC Dynamics and Variability Project (DynVar): Plans and Status, SPARC Newsletter 32, 13-16, 2009).

Draft Project Plan and Survey

In preparation for the DynVar workshop 1, we ask all project participants to read and respond to the following documents:

Please return the survey and send any comments on the plan to Paul Kushner, paul.kushner@utoronto.ca, as soon as you can.

Workshop Announcements

The second announcement for the DynVar workshop 1, March 27-28 2008 in Toronto, can be found here. The document contains an overview of the meeting and organizational details regarding registration and accomodation.

Accomodation will be primarily the responsibility of the participants. Hotel information for the workshop can be found here.

(The previous announcement can be found here.)