APE Workshop,   20-22 April 2005 Agenda / Presentations

Workshop presentations may be downloaded by clicking on the relevant icon:       for PDF       for powerpoint

Intercomparison diagnostics shown at the workshop are also linked below.

Wednesday 20 April
Introduction
09.00				(arrival & preparation)
09.15	Mike Blackburn	CGAM, Reading		APE background and context
09.25	Group Introductions
	Wataru Ohfuchi	AGU for APE
	Mike Blackburn	CGAM, Reading
	John McGregor	CSIRO
	Hartmut Borth	DWD / Mainz
	Masaki Satoh	FRCGC		animation (avi format)
	Myong-in Lee	GSFC
	Masahiro Watanabe	K1-Japan
	Zaizhi Wang	LASG
	Andrea Molod	MIT
	David Williamson	NCAR
	Rachel Stratton	Met Office
11.00	Coffee/tea
Tropical Convection
11.30	John McGregor	CSIRO		Aqua-planet simulations using CCAM
12.00	Rachel Stratton	Met Office		Sensitivity of the Met Office Aqua-planet results to convection
12.30				Discussion
12.45	Lunch
Tropical Variability
14.00	Zaizhi Wang	Guangzhou Institute		Wavenumber-frequency characteristics of the LASG model
14.30	Yukiko Yamada	Hokkaido University		A resolution dependence of equatorial precipitation activities represented in a general circulation model
15.00	Hirofumi Tomita	FRCGC		A cloud-resolving aqua planet experiment
15.30	Tea/coffee
16.00	Yoshi-Yuki Hayashi	Hokkaido University		On the varieties of forced and spontaneously generated tropical precipitation patterns: some expectations and comparison
16.30				Intercomparison
17.00	Finish

Thursday 21 April
Diurnal Cycle
09.00	Myong-In Lee	NASA/GSFC		Diurnal and semi-diurnal cycles of convection in an aqua-planet GCM
09.30	Steve Woolnough	CGAM, Reading		The diurnal cycle of convection and atmospheric tides in an aquaplanet GCM
10.00				Intercomparison
10.45	Coffee/tea
Tropical & sub-tropical Circulation
11.15	Hartmut Borth	University of Mainz		Tropical precipitation and Hadley circulation on the DWD-Aqua-Planet for the APE sea surface temperature distributions
11.45	Wataru Ohfuchi	Earth Simulator		Sensitivity of intensities of subtropical jet and Hadley circulation on cumulus parameterizations and resolutions
12.15	Masahiro Watanabe	Hokkaido University		10min: 3KW1 zonal mean / plans
12.30				Intercomparison
13.00	Lunch
Extra-tropical Variability
14.00	Masahiro Watanabe	Hokkaido University		On the extratropical low-frequency variability in aqua-planet simulations
14.30	David Williamson	NCAR		Low-frequency mid-latitude variability in the APE simulations
15.00	Xiaoyun Liang	LASG		The mid-latitude wave activity of the LASG model
15.30	Tea/coffee
16.00	Kevin Hodges	ESSC, Reading		On the varieties of forced and spontaneously generated tropical precipitation patterns: some expectations and comparison
16.30				Intercomparison
17.00	Finish

Friday 22 April
Dynamical Aspects; Remaining topics
09.00	Andrea Molod	MIT		Aquaplanet Simulations using Different Vertical Grids for Dynamics and Physics in the MIT GCM
09.30	David Williamson	NCAR		10min: resolution & dynamical core sensitivities
09.45				Intercomparison
10.00				What have we learnt so far?
10.45	Coffee/tea
Future Directions
11.15	Myong-In Lee	NASA/GSFC		Coupled "swamp" aqua-planet experiments
11.30	Steve Woolnough	CGAM, Reading		Coupled aqua-planet modelling with a mixed-layer ocean
11.45	Robin Smith	MPIM		A low-resolution coupled OAGCM Aquaplanet simulation
12.00				Discussion
13.00	Lunch
14.00	End of Workshop

Intercomparison Diagnostics
Documention of file contents.
Creator		Description
Williamson		Global Averages (SH: single level)
Williamson		Tropical precipitation Hovmoellers (TR)
Williamson		Precipation probabilities (TR)
Williamson		Tropical KE/omega spectra (TR)
Williamson		Zonal Averages: single level (SH)
Williamson		Zonal Averages: multi-level (ML)
Williamson		Zonal Averages: upper-air slices (ML)
Blackburn		Qobs minus Control: zonal averages (ML)
Blackburn		3kw1 minus Control: zonal averages (ML)