CCSM Ocean Model Working Group Meeting

5 - 6 December 2007

Walter Orr Roberts Board Room (12/5/07)

 Damon Room (12/6/07),  NCAR Mesa Lab

 

 

Wednesday, 5 December:

Walter Orr Roberts Board Room

 

8:15 – 8:40          Coffee, pastries

 

8:40 – 8:50          Welcome, Meeting Overview, Finalize Agenda                    Co-chairs

 

SESSION A      FINE RESOLUTION CCSM

8:50 – 8:55          Introduction                                                                        J. McClean

8:55 – 9:15          Plenary / Vision Statement                                                  F. Bryan

9:15 – 9:35          Climate End Station                                                            M. Maltrud

9:35 – 9:55          LLNL                                                                                J. McClean

 

9:55 – 10:20        Break

 

10:20 – 11:00      INCITE                                                                             J. Dennis/M. Vertenstein

11:00 – 11:25      Discussion

11:25 – 11:45      Atmospheric Modeling                                                        R. Neale

11:45 – 12:05      SSC Update and CCSM4 / AR5 Context                           P. Gent

12:05 – 12:30      Discussion                                                                         

 

12:30 – 14:00      Lunch

 

14:00 – 14:30      Science Talk: Coordinated Ocean-ice Reference                 B. Large

                           Experiments (COREs)


 

SESSION B      BEYOND CCSM4

14:30 – 14:50      Software Engineering                                                          M. Vertenstein

14:50 – 15:10      Gravity Current CPT                                                          B. Briegleb

 

15:10 – 15:35      Break

 

15:35 – 15:50      Implicit Ocean Modeling with POP                                     W. Weijer

15:50 – 16:20      Towards Earth System Modeling                                        F. Bryan / M. Holland

16:20 – 16:45      Discussion

 

16:45 – 17:00      Science Talk: Role of Ocean Thermostat in                         J. Kleypas / G. Danabasoglu

                           Coral Bleaching Events

 

17:00 – 19:00      RECEPTION – Damon Room, Mesa Lab (beer, wine, and snacks provided)

 

 

Thursday, 6 December

Damon Room

 

8:15 – 8:40          Coffee, pastries

 

8:40 – 9:00          Science Talk: Results from Laboratory                                M. Hecht

                           Overflow Experiments

 

SESSION C      OCEAN MODEL DEVELOPMENTS TOWARDS CCSM4

9:00 – 9:20          Submesoscale Parameterization                                           B. Fox-Kemper

9:20 – 9:40          Mesoscale and Sub-mesoscale Parameterizations                G. Danabasoglu

9:40 – 10:00        Spatially Variable Vertical Diffusivity                                   M. Jochum

10:00 – 10:20      Discussion

 

10:20 – 10:50      Break

 

10:50 – 11:10      Ocean BGC and Spin-ups                                                  K. Lindsay

11:10 – 11:30      ENSO                                                                                R. Neale

11:30 – 11:50      Vertical Resolution                                                              S. Yeager

11:50 – 12:30      General Discussion

 

12:30 – 1:30        Lunch

 

13:30 – 14:30      SPECIAL POST WORKSHOP SEMINAR                      Sarah Zedler

                           The Ocean’s Response to Hurricane Frances and its          

                           Implications for Drag Coefficient Parameterization at High Winds

 

14:30                  Adjourn