2016 CVCWG Workshop Presentations Tropical climate variability and model error estimation with DART / CESM Jonathan Eliashiv Future changes of precipitation extremes over western U. S. using variable-resolution CESM Xingying Huang Understanding changing temperature distributions Karen McKinnon Exploring the possible climatic effect of anthropogenic heat release due to energy consumption on global climate Bing Chen Impact of solar panels on global climate Aixu Hu Spread in CMIP5 snow cover trends is controlled by temperature response and in general agreement with observational estimates Lawrence Mudryk Decadal change in the correlation pattern between the Tibetan Plateau winter snow and the East Asian summer precipitation during 1979-2011 Dong Si Model diversity in future predicted circulation change in wintertime North Pacific Isla Simpson Causes of extreme ridges that induce California droughts Haiyan Teng Extreme event attribution using the CAM Michael Wehner Challenges in earth's energy imbalance Kevin Trenberth Origin of inter-model uncertainty in ENSO amplitude change Shang-Ping Xie CVCWG Plans Susan Bates