2019 US CLIVAR Summit Agenda

Tuesday, August 6, 2019
Time	Agenda/Abstracts	Presenter	Presentation
07:00	Registration and light breakfast
08:00	Welcome & meeting objectives	Mike Patterson US CLIVAR Director Tony Lee SSC Chair, NASA JPL	Download
08:30	International CLIVAR update	Annalisa Bracco CLIVAR SSG Co-chair, Georgia Tech	Download
09:00	Agency manager engagement	Eric Lindstrom NASA Sandy Lucas NOAA Xujing Jia Davis NSF Renu Joseph DOE	Download
09:30	Break
10:00 to 12:00	Special Science Session: Big data and machine learning for climate science Archived video	Co-chairs: Gudrun Magnisdottir (UC Irvine), Kevin Reed (Stony Brook U), and Aneesh Subramanian (CU Boulder)
10:00	Introducing a new WG about emerging data science tools relevant to CLIVAR	Michael Pritchard University of California - Irvine	Download
10:10	Earth System Modeling 2.0: Toward accurate and actionable climate predictions with quantified uncertainties	Tapio Schneider California Institute of Technology/NASA JPL	Download
10:35	Detecting climate signals with machine learning	Elizabeth Barnes Colorado State University
11:00	Deep learning for pattern recognition in weather and climate science: challenges, breakthroughs, lessons learned and opportunities	Karthik Kashinath Lawrence Berkeley National Lab	Download
11:25	Facilitated discussion
12:00	Lunch
13:15	Panel breakout sessions (see Panel agendas below)
15:15	Break
15:30	Panel breakout sessions (see Panel agendas below)
17:00	Break
17:30 to 19:45	Working Dinner/Special Science Session: Observing and understanding the Arctic Ocean: gaps and opportunities Archived video	Co-chairs: Tony Lee (NASA JPL) and Jamie Morison (U Washington)
17:30	Dinner
17:45	Overview of Arctic Ocean science	Jamie Morison University of Washington	Download
18:05	A developing strategy for supporting the Arctic Regional Component of the Global Ocean Observing System	Sandra Starkweather NOAA ESRL	Download
18:25	Arctic Ocean satellite observing system	Thomas Armitage NASA JPL	Download
18:45	Briefing of CLIVAR/CliC NORP activities	Amy Solomon NOAA ESRL	Download
18:55	The Arctic-Subpolar North Atlantic State Estimate (ASTE) - An Overview	Patrick Heimbach University of Texas - Austin	Download
19:05	Facilitated discussion
19:45	Adjourn

Wednesday, August 7, 2019
Time	Agenda/Abstracts	Presenter	Presentation
07:00	Light breakfast
08:00	Panel breakout session (see Panel agendas below)
09:45	Break
10:00	Panel breakout session (see Panel agendas below)
12:00	Lunch
13:15 to 15:15	Plenary Session: West Coast ecological forecasting	Co-chairs: Victoria Coles (PSMI, UMCES), Sam Stevenson (POS, UCSB), and John Nielsen-Gammon (PPAI, Texas A&M)
13:15	Introduction	Antonietta Capotondi University of Colorado/NOAA ESRL	Download
13:25	Overview of the U.S. West Coast Ecosystem Modeling Program: Trends, biogeochemistry, human pressure	Pierre Damien University of California - Los Angeles	View
13:45	Integrating plankton models and observations: implications for ecological forecasting	Jessica Luo NOAA GFDL	Download
14:05	Local governments in Santa Barbara County as end users of ecological forecasts for climate adaptation planning	Monique Myers University of California - San Diego/California Sea Grant	Download
14:20	Discussion
15:15	Break
15:30	Panel breakout session (see Panel agendas below)
17:30	Adjourn

Thursday, August 8, 2019
Time	Agenda/Abstracts	Presenter	Presentation
07:00	Light breakfast
08:00	Panel breakout session (see Panel agendas below)
10:00	Break
10:30	Panel Breakout Reports	Panel Co-chairs	Download
11:30	Conclusions and next steps	Tony Lee SSC Chair, NASA JPL	Download
12:00	Summit adjourns
12:15 to 13:30	SSC Meeting

POS Panel Breakout

Tuesday, August 6, 2019
Time	Agenda/Abstracts	Presenter	Presentation
13:15 to 15:15	East Coast sea level rise	Co-chairs: Chris Piecuch (WHOI) and Shane Elipot (U Miami)
13:15	East Coast sea level in the context of the climate system	Ben Hamlington NASA	Download
13:35	High tide flooding along the U.S. East Coast	William Sweet NOAA	Download
13:55	Panel discussion
15:15	Break
15:30 to 17:00	Uncertainty quantification	Co-chairs: Kyla Drushka (U Washington), Shane Elipot (U Miami), Aneesh Subramanian (CU Boulder), and Sergey Frolov (NRL)
15:30	Quantifying uncertainty in coupled forecasts	Sergey Frolov Naval Research Laboratory	Download
15:45	Community whitepaper on uncertainty quantification	David Moroni NASA JPL	Download
16:00	The JPL Verification, Validation, and Uncertainty Quantification (VVUQ) effort	Kerry Cawse-Nicholson NASA JPL	Download
16:15	Panel discussion
17:00	Break and return to plenary

Wednesday, August 7, 2019
Time	Agenda/Abstracts	Presenter	Presentation
08:00 to 09:45	Arctic observing systems	Co-chairs: Jamie Morison (U Washington), Alison Macdonald (WHOI), and Sergey Frolov (NRL)
08:20	Optimal Experimental Design in support of Arctic Ocean observing system design and assessment	Patrick Heimbach University of Texas - Austin	Download
08:40	Panel discussion
09:45	Break
10:00 to 12:00	Observing systems	Co-chairs: Kyla Drushka (U Washingron), Alison Macdonald (WHOI), and Yolande Serra (U Washington)
10:00	US GOSHIP Review Report	Fred Bingham University of North Carolina - Wilmington (Alison Macdonald - available to answer GO-SHIP specific questions)	Download
10:40	Southern Ocean/SOCCOM Overview and status	Lynne Talley University of California - San Diego	Download
11:00	Coupled ocean-atmosphere boundary layer measurements	Carol Anne Clayson WHOI	Download
11:20	Panel discussion
12:00	Lunch
13:15 to 15:15	Plenary Session: West Coast ecological forecasting Joint PSMI, POS, and PPAI Session (see agenda above)	Co-chairs: Victoria Coles (PSMI, UMCES), Sam Stevenson (POS, UCSB), and John Nielsen-Gammon (PPAI, Texas A&M)
15:15	Break
15:30 to 17:30	Biogeochemistry	Co-chairs: Michelle Gierach (Cal Tech/NASA JPL) and Cécile Rousseaux (USRA/NASA Goddard)
15:30	Integration of biology into observing systems: why, how, and when	Frank Muller-Karger University of South Florida	Download
15:50	Observation of biogeochemical cycles: Current state, recent advances and remaining challenges	Dave Schimel NASA JPL Michelle Gierach presented on behalf of Dave	Download
16:10	Modeling of biogeochemical cycles: current state, recent advances and remaining challenges	Cécile Rousseaux Universities Space Research Association/NASA Goddard	Download
16:30	Panel discussion
17:30	Adjourn

Thursday, August 8, 2019
Time	Agenda/Abstracts	Presenter
08:00 to 10:00	Panel business	Co-chairs: Kyla Drushka (U Washington) and Aneesh Subramanian (CU Boulder)
08:00	Summary/status of last year's action items
08:20	Upcoming year's action items
08:40	POS Panel priorities and directions
09:00	Panel discussion
10:00	Break and return to plenary

PSMI Panel Breakout

Tuesday, August 6, 2019
Time	Agenda/Abstracts	Presenter	Presentation
13:15 to 15:15	Air-sea interaction	Co-chairs: Hyodae Seo (WHOI), Janet Sprintall (UCSD), and Samson Hagos (PNNL)
13:15	Mesoscale and frontal-scale air-sea interactions, physics, diagnostics, and impacts	Hyodae Seo WHOI	Download
13:35	Tropical convection and air-sea interactions	Samson Hagos Pacific Northwest National Laboratory	Download
13:55	Air-sea flux of heat, momentum, and gases: parameterizations and BCG implications	Rachel Stanley Wellesley College	Download
14:15	Panel discussion
15:15	Break
15:30 to 17:00	Opportunities and challenges of machine learning for model improvement	Co-chairs: Kevin Reed (Stony Brook U) and Samson Hagos (PNNL)
15:30	Machine learning for Ocean Modelling: parametrizations, numerical algorithms and model error revisited	Laure Zanna New York University	Download
15:50	The Cloud Brain v2: Beyond aquaplanets, achieving energy conservation, and probing interprebability using a refined neural network emulator of global cloud superparameterization	Michael Pritchard University of California - Irvine	Download
16:10	Panel discussion
17:00	Break and return to plenary

Wednesday, August 7, 2019
Time	Agenda/Abstracts	Presenter	Presentation
08:00 to 09:45	Subseasonal-to-Seasonal prediction First two talks joint PSMI and PPAI	Co-chairs: Amy Butler (CU Boulder/NOAA ESRL), Charlotte DeMott (CSU), and Janet Sprintall (UCSD)
08:00	Role of the stratosphere in S2S prediction	Amy Butler University of Colorado/NOAA ESRL	Download
08:20	The development of the unified prediction system for S2S prediction at GFDL	Baoqiang Xiang NOAA GFDL	Download
08:40	Overview on current and emerging developments and needs in S2D prediction (summary from the US CLIVAR international workshop last year)	Bill Merryfield Canadian Centre for Climate Modelling and Analysis	Download
09:00	Panel discussion
09:45	Break
10:00 to 12:00	Seasonal-to-Decadal prediction Joint PSMI and PPAI session	Co-chairs: Liping Zhang (Princeton U/NOAA GFDL) and Antonietta Capotondi (CU Boulder/NOAA ESRL)
10:00	Review of Tropical Pacific Decadal Variability: Mechanisms and predictability	Antonietta Capotondi University of Colorado/NOAA ESRL	Download
10:17	Decadal variability and predictability over the Southern Ocean and implications for interpreting recent observed trends	Liping Zhang Princeton University/NOAA GFDL	Download
10:34	Interannual to decadal Earth System Prediction at NCAR	Haiyan Teng NCAR	Download
10:50	Planning for US CLIVAR Multi-year prediction workshop	Matt Newman University of Colorado/NOAA ESRL	Download
11:00	Panel discussion
12:00	Lunch
13:15 to 15:15	Plenary Session: West Coast ecological forecasting Joint PSMI, POS, and PPAI Session (see agenda above)	Co-chairs: Victoria Coles (PSMI, UMCES), Sam Stevenson (POS, UCSB), and John Nielsen-Gammon (PPAI, Texas A&M)
15:15	Break
15:30 to 17:30	CMIP6 – progress and improvements	Co-chairs: Amy Butler (CU Boulder/NOAA ESRL), Antonietta Capotondi (CU Boulder/NOAA ESRL), and Charlotte DeMott (CSU)
15:30	Rainfall characteristics in CMIP models	Angie Pendergrass NCAR	Download
15:50	ENSO simulation in the CESM2	Antonietta Capotondi University of Colorado/NOAA ESRL	Download
16:10	The representation of the large scale atmospheric circulation in CESM2 and other CMIP models	Isla Simpson NCAR	Download
16:30	Panel discussion
17:30	Adjourn

Thursday, August 8, 2019
Time	Agenda/Abstracts	Presenter	Presentation
08:00 to 10:00	Panel Business	Co-chairs: Victoria Coles (UMCES) and Kevin Reed (Stony Brook U)
10:00	Break and return to plenary

PPAI Panel Breakout

Tuesday, August 6, 2019
Time	Agenda/Abstracts	Presenter	Presentation
13:15 to 15:15	Big data/Artificial intelligence/Machine learning	Co-chairs: Naresh Devineni (CCNY) and Andy Wood (NCAR)
13:15	Applications of machine learning in global precipitation estimation	Soroosh Sorooshian University of California - Irvine	Download
13:35	Machine learning models to improve parameterization of climate models	Pierre Gentine Columbia University	Download
13:55	Empirical models based on tropical activity for predicting atmospheric rivers and precipitation	Elizabeth Barnes Colorado State University
14:15	Panel discussion
15:15	Break
15:30 to 17:00	Arctic prediction	Co-chairs: Qinghua Ding (UCSB) and Zhuo Wang (U Illinois)
15:30	Interactions between sea ice and atmosphere: known and unknown	Qinghua Ding University of California - Santa Barbara	Download
15:50	Status of Arctic sea ice forecasting: challenges and opportunities	Ed Blanchard University of Washington	Download
16:20	Panel discussion
17:00	Break and return to plenary

Wednesday, August 7, 2019
Time	Agenda/Abstracts	Presenter	Presentation
08:00 to 09:45	Subseasonal-to-Seasonal prediction First two talks joint PSMI and PPAI	Co-chairs: Zhuo Wang (U Illinois) and Hailan Wang (NASA LaRC/SSAI)
08:00	Role of the stratosphere in S2S prediction	Amy Butler University of Colorado/NOAA ESRL	Download
08:20	The development of the unified prediction system for S2S prediction at GFDL	Baoqiang Xiang NOAA GFDL	Download
08:40	Overview of the WWRP/WCRP S2S Prediction Project and phase II plans	Andy Robertson Columbia University	Download
09:00	Panel discussion
09:45	Break
10:00 to 12:00	Seasonal-to-Decadal prediction Joint PSMI and PPAI session	Co-chairs: Matt Newman (CU Boulder/NOAA ESRL) and Haiyan Teng (NCAR)
10:00	Review of Tropical Pacific Decadal Variability: Mechanisms and predictability	Antonietta Capotondi University of Colorado/NOAA ESRL	Download
10:17	Decadal variability and predictability over the Southern Ocean and implications for interpreting recent observed trends	Liping Zhang Princeton University/NOAA GFDL	Download
10:34	Interannual to decadal Earth System Prediction at NCAR	Haiyan Teng NCAR	Download
10:50	Planning for US CLIVAR Multi-year prediction workshop	Matt Newman University of Colorado/NOAA ESRL	Download
11:00	Panel discussion
12:00	Lunch
13:15 to 15:15	Plenary Session: West Coast ecological forecasting Joint PSMI, POS, and PPAI Session (see agenda above)	Co-chairs: Victoria Coles (PSMI, UMCES), Sam Stevenson (POS, UCSB), and John Nielsen-Gammon (PPAI, Texas A&M)
15:15	Break
15:30 to 17:30	Climate and Health	Chair: Mona Behl (U Georgia)
15:30	Improving understanding and prediction of vector- and water-borne diseases	Hunter Jones NOAA	Download
15:50	A next-generation monitoring and forecasting system for environmental suitability of Aedes-borne disease transmission	Ángel Muñoz Columbia University	Download
16:10	Climate extremes and your health	Jesse Bell University of Nebraska	Download
16:30	Climate variability and change and health	Kristie Ebi University of Washington	Download
16:50	Panel discussion
17:30	Adjourn

Thursday, August 8, 2019
Time	Agenda/Abstracts	Presenter	Presentation
08:00 to 10:00	Panel business	Co-chairs: Andy Wood (NCAR) and Zhuo Wang (U Illinois)
10:00	Break and return to plenary

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