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Bridging Sustained Observations & Data Assimilation for TPOS 2020 Workshop Agenda

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Tuesday, May 1, 2018
Time Agenda Presenter Presentation
08:00

Registration and continental breakfast

   
08:30 Welcoming remarks

Michael Patterson, US CLIVAR & Tony Busalacchi, UCAR

 
08:40 US CLIVAR perspective

Kris Karnauskas, U. Colorado–Boulder

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09:00 TPOS 2020 perspective

Billy Kessler, NOAA PMEL

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09:20 Workshop goals

Kris Karnauskas, U. Colorado-Boulder

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09:30

Morning Plenary

   
09:30 Model biases in the tropical Pacific Ocean

Gokhan Danabasoglu, NCAR

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09:50 Tropical Pacific ocean model parameterizations

Bill Large, NCAR

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10:10

Break

   
10:30 Challenges in Coupled Data Assimilation for state estimation and prediction of the tropical Pacific

Steve Penny, NOAA NCEP/U. Maryland

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10:50 Discussion

Moderator: Antonietta Capotondi, NOAA ESRL

 
12:00

Lunch

   
13:00

Afternoon Plenary

   
13:00 Asymmetries in the predictability of El Nino and La Nina: Implications for TPOS2020

Pedro DiNezio, U. Texas-Austin

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13:20 Ocean-atmosphere coupled scale interactions in the Madden Julian Oscillation

Charlotte DeMott, Colorado State U.

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13:40 Coupled air-sea interactions in the western and central Pacific Ocean

Kyla Drushka, U. Washington

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14:00 Equatorial upwelling

Billy Kessler, NOAA PMEL

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14:20 Discussion

Moderator: Carol Anne Clayson, WHOI

 
15:30

Poster session and Networking Opportunity

   
18:00

Adjourn

   
Wednesday, May 2, 2018
Time Agenda Presenter Presentation
07:00

Group hike (optional)

   
08:30

Registration and continental breakfast

   
09:00

Morning Breakout Sessions

   
09:00 Welcome and charge for breakouts

Kris Karnauskas, U. Colorado-Boulder

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09:30 Breakout 1: The design and conduct of OSSEs

Facilitators: Sue Chen & Bruce Cornuelle

 
09:30 Breakout 2: Process studies for model improvements

Facilitators: Maria Flatau & LuAnne Thompson

 
09:30 Breakout 3: Phenomena ripe for adaptive ocean observing technologies

Facilitators: Meghan Cronin & Steve Penny

 
10:30

Break

   
11:00 Breakout 1: The design and conduct of OSSEs    
11:00 Breakout 2: Process studies for model improvements    
11:00 Breakout 3: Phenomena ripe for adaptive ocean observing technologies    
12:00

Lunch

   
13:00

Afternoon Breakout Sessions

   
13:00 Breakout 4: Key observations to obtain the Essential Ocean Variables necessary to constrain models

Facilitators: Neville Smith & Janet Sprintall

 
13:00 Breakout 5: Initial modeling and data assimilation studies needed to refine the observational goals as defined by TPOS 2020

Facilitators: Sam Stevenson & Aneesh Subramanian

 
13:00 Breakout 6: Building observations for process-oriented climate model diagnostics and intercomparison

Facilitators: Samson Hagos & Yassir Eddebbar

 
14:30

Break

   
15:00 Breakout 4: Key observations to obtain the Essential Ocean Variables necessary to constrain models    
15:00 Breakout 5: Initial modeling and data assimilation studies needed to refine the observational goals as defined by TPOS 2020    
15:00 Breakout 6: Building observations for process-oriented climate model diagnostics and intercomparison    
16:30 Breakout session recap and discussion    
17:00

Adjourn

   
Thursday, May 3, 2018
Time Agenda Presenter Presentation
08:00

Registration and continental breakfast

   
08:30

Discussions & next steps

   
08:30 Discussion on breakout sessions 2, 3, & 4 (observing centric)    
10:00

Break

   
10:30 Discussion on breakout sessions 1, 5, & 6 (modeling centric)    
12:00

Workshop adjourns

Scientific Organizing Committee meets

   

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