Community Land Model (CLM) Tutorial 2016

Tutorial
Sep. 12 to Sep. 16, 2016

8:00 am – 5:00 pm MDT

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The National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) is offering a week-long CLM tutorial 12-16 September 2016. This tutorial will use a combination of lectures and practical sessions to provide an introduction to the Community Land Model.

Learning objectives include:

  • Understanding ecological, biogeochemical, and biogeophysical theory underpinning the CLM
  • Running and modifying components of the CLM
  • Analyzing CLM output

The tutorial will be taught primarily by the staff of the Terrestrial Sciences Section at NCAR and is intended for graduate students in ecology, hydrology, environmental sciences, climate or related fields. Early career research scientists and faculty are also encouraged to apply, though if space is limited, preference will be given to graduate students and postdocs.

The tutorial will be held at NCAR's Mesa Lab in Boulder, CO. Participants should plan to be in Boulder during the entire tutorial and devote their full time to this tutorial. Participants will need to be able to secure their own funding for transportation (airfare & shuttles), lodging, and meals, but there will not be any additional registration fees.

For inquiries about the content and format of the tutorial, please contact Danica Lombardozzi (dll@ucar.edu). For further logistical information about the tutorial, contact Barbara Ballard (bballard@ucar.edu).

Application process is now closed.

Practical 1: Running CLM

Speaker: Danica Lombardozzi

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Practical 2: Single point CLM

Speaker: Will Wieder

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Practical 3: Analyzing output

Speaker: Keith Oleson

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Practical 4: Best practices and modifying CLM

Speaker: Danica Lombardozzi

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Lecture 1: Terrestrial Science Overview

Speaker: Gordon Bonan - NCAR

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Lecture 2: Introduction to CLM and CESM

Speaker: Dave Lawrence - NCAR

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Lecture 3: Biogeophysics and plant canopies

Speaker: Gordon Bonan - NCAR

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Lecture 4: Land model benchmarking

Speaker: Dave Lawrence - NCAR

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Lecture 5: Hydrology

Speaker: Sean Swenson - NCAR

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Lecture 6: Plant hydraulics

Speaker: Daniel Kennedy - Columbia University

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Lecture 7: Permafrost in the Earth System

Speaker: Dave Lawrence - NCAR

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Lecture 8: Urban model

Speaker: Keith Oleson - NCAR

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Lecture 9: Land-atmosphere interactions

Speaker: Ahmed Tawfik - NCAR

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Lecture 10: Global carbon and nitrogen cycling

Speaker: Charlie Koven - Lawerence Berkeley National Laboratory

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Lecture 11: Allocation

Speaker: Quinn Thomas - Virginia Tech University

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Lecture 12: Vegetation nitrogen processes

Speaker: Rosie Fisher - NCAR

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Lecture 13: Soil carbon and nitrogen

Speaker: Will Wieder - NCAR/CU

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Lecture 14: Land cover and land use change

Speaker: Peter Lawrence - NCAR

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Lecture 15: Crop model

Speaker: Yaqiong Lu - NCAR

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Lecture 16: Fire

Speaker: Fang Li - Chinese Academy of Sciences

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Lecture 17: Ozone

Speaker: Danica Lombardozzi - NCAR

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Lecture 18: The construction of land models/a>

Lecture 19: Parameter Estimation

Speaker: Rosie Fisher - NCAR

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Lecture 20: Hillslope hydrology

Speaker: Justin Perket - Rutgers University

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Lecture 21: Using Flux Tower data to assess CLM

Speaker: Sean Burns - University of Colorado

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Lecture 22: Ecosystem Demography

Speaker: Rosie Fisher - NCAR

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