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ICTP Workshop on the Theory and Use of Regional Climate Models
Starts on: 26 May 2003 at 08:30
Ends on: 06 June 2003
Location: Trieste - Italy
Organizer(s): F. Giorgi, J. Pal, E. Eltahir
Session 1 OVERVIEW OF THE REGIONAL CLIMATE MODEL  
Session 2 RegCM TUTORIALS  
Session 3 RegCM TUTORIALS / GROUP PROJECTS  
Session 4 GROUP PROJECT WORK  
Session 5 GROUP PROJECTS - REPORTS  
Session 6 MONDAY, 2 JUNE  
Session 7 TUESDAY, 3 JUNE  
Session 8 WEDNESDAY, 4 JUNE  
Session 9 THURSDAY, 5 JUNE  
Session 10 FRIDAY, 6 JUNE  


Session 1: OVERVIEW OF THE REGIONAL CLIMATE MODEL, ,,MONDAY, 26 MAY
Welcome and Introduction to the Workshop    F. Giorgi
ICTP Trieste, Italy
Regional Climate Modeling: Status and Perspectives    F. Giorgi
ICTP Trieste, Italy
A Brief History of the Regional Climate Model (RegCM)    F. Giorgi
ICTP Trieste, Italy
Developments in the Latest Version of the RegCM - (ppt)    J. Pal
ICTP Trieste, Italy
Examples of Simulations with the Latest Version of the RegCM - (ppt)    J. Pal
ICTP Trieste, Italy
Brief Tutorial on Computing Aspects for the Workshop (html)    X. Bi
ICTP Trieste, Italy

Session 2: RegCM TUTORIALS , ,,TUESDAY, 27 MAY
Tutorial on the use of the RegCM - (ppt)    N. Elguindi
ICTP Trieste, Italy
 
Post-processing of RegCM Output - (html)    X. Bi
ICTP Trieste, Italy


Session 3: RegCM TUTORIALS / GROUP PROJECTS , ,,WEDNESDAY, 28 MAY
 
Treatment of Tracers in the RegCM - (ppt)    F. Solmon
ICTP Trieste, Italy
 

Session 4: GROUP PROJECT WORK , ,,THURSDAY, 29 MAY
 
Session 5: GROUP PROJECTS - REPORTS , ,,FRIDAY, 30 MAY
 
Interim Reports/Discussions of Group Projects
 
Group Project Working Session
 

Session 6: MONDAY, 2 JUNE
 
IPCC Perspective on Regional Climate Change and the Role of Regional Climate Models - (ppt)    S. SOLOMON
NOAA, Aeronomy Lab., Boulder, CO, U.S.A.
Use of RegCM Output for Impact Studies - (ppt)    L. MEARNS
NCAR, U.S.A. / ICTP, Trieste, Italy
Regional Climate Modeling and Climate Impacts for California and the Western United States    L. SLOAN
Univ. of California Santa Cruz, U.S.A.
Investigating the Impact of Global Warming on Mid-Latitude Summer Climate using the RegCM - (pdf)    S. SENEVIRATNE
ETHZ, Zurich, Switzerland
The local response to North Atlantic Oscillation in RegCM 30-year run - (ppt)    R. Bojariu
National Institute of Meteorology & Hydrology, Bucharest, Romania
Supercell storm simulation in Cuba using model ARPS - (ppt)    D. Martinez-Castro
Istituto de Meteorologia, Havana, Cuba
Regional climate change scenarios over East Asia - (ppt)    W.-T. Kwon
Meteorological Research Institute, Seoul, Rep. of Korea
Regional climate modeling in Belgium - (ppt)    E. Vanvyve
Inst. d'Astronomie et de Geophysique G. Lemaitre, Louvain la Neuve, Belgium
RegCM simulations over Vietnam - (ppt)    Q.D. Nguyen
Vietnam National University, Hanoi
Panel Discussion: Building of a RegCM User Network and Collaborative Projects - (ppt)
Group Project Working Session




Session 7: TUESDAY, 3 JUNE
 
Simulations of East Asia Summer Monsoon Climate in 1997 and 1998 using Two Regional Climate Models: MRI-JSM-BAIM and RegCM    Y. SATO
Meteorological Research Institute, Tsukuba, Japan
Coupling of the Common Land Model (CLM) to RegCM in a Simulation over East Asia - (ppt)    A. STEINER
Georgia Inst. of Technology, Atlanta, GA, U.S.A.
Direct and Indirect Radiative Forcing of Sulfate Aerosols over East Asia and Climate Response over the Region    F. GIORGI
ICTP, Trieste, Italy
Challenges and Limitations of Regional Climate Model Simulations in West Africa for Present and Future Climate Conditions - (ppt)    G. JENKINS
PennState, Dept. of Meteorology, University Park PA, U.S.A.
West African monsoon experiment using the RegCM2+ - (ppt)    E. Afiesimama
WMO Regional Meteorological Institute, Oshodi, Nigeria
Simulations of tropical convective system over complex terrain - (ppt)    B.J. Abiodun
ISP Uppsala Univ., Sweden / Fed. Univ. Tech., Akure, Nigeria
Regional climate modeling over southern Africa - (ppt)    M.-J. M. Kgatuke
South African Weather Service, Pretoria
Panel Discussion: Future Model Developments in the RegCM - (ppt)
Group Project Working Session

Session 8: WEDNESDAY, 4 JUNE
 
Simulating Seasonal Rainfall Extremes in South America: Sensitivity to Remote and Local Forcings - (ppt)    A. SETH
Int'l. Research Institute for Climate Prediction, Columbia U., Palisades NY, U.S.A.
Analysis of Daily Rainfall from a Nested Modeling System for South America - (ppt)    A. SETH
Int'l. Research Institute for Climate Prediction, Columbia U., Palisades NY, U.S.A.
Reinitialized Versus Continuous Simulations for Regional Climate Downscaling    J. QIAN
Int'l. Research Institute for Climate Prediction, Columbia U., Palisades NY, U.S.A.
Application of a Regional Stretched Grid to the RegCM    J. QIAN
Int'l. Research Institute for Climate Prediction, Columbia U., Palisades NY, U.S.A.
Assessing the relative importance of regional processes and remote influences for the variability of the summer monsoon in Brazil during El Niño events - (ppt)    A. Grimm
Federal University of Paraná, Curitiba, Brazil
CPTEC's climate simulations over South America: A preliminary comparison between the Regional Model ETA and RegCM - (ppt)    J.P. Reyes Fernandez
Centro de Previsao de Tempo e Estudos Climaticos, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Regional climate simulations over southern South America and sensitivity experiments - (ppt)    S.A. Solman
Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Cientificas y Tecnicas, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Weather forecasting using MM5 in Peru and new perspecive for climate modeling - (ppt)    F.Y. Silva Vidal
Istituto Geofisico del Peru, Lima, Peru
Arial programme on regional climate variability and change modeling over the Nigerian zone of West Africa - (ppt)    I.B. Obioh
Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria
Panel Discussion: Needs of Model Users from Developing Countries - (ppt)
Group Project Working Session

Session 9: THURSDAY, 5 JUNE
High-resolution RCM simulation of Kansas convective storms: Preliminary results - (ppt and gif)    W. Gutowski
Iowa State University, Ames, U.S.A.
Sensitivities to Details of Convective Parameterization in the RegCM - (ppt)    R. ARRITT
Iowa State Univ., Dept. of Agronomy, U.S.A.
Implementation of a Sub-Grid Topography/Land Use Scheme within the RegCM - (ppt)    J. PAL
ICTP, Trieste, Italy
Validation of a Multi-Decadal Nested Climate Simulation over Europe    F. GIORGI
ICTP, Trieste, Italy
Regional climate modeling: The Philippine Experience - (ppt)    R. Francisco
Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration, Quezon City, Philippin
Climate variability in Bangladesh - (ppt)    A.U. Ahmed
Water & Environment Div., Bangladesh Unnayan Parishad, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Effect of Tibetan snow on Indian summer monsoon circulation and rainfall using RegCM3 - (ppt)    M.S. Shekhar
Centre for Atmospheric Sciences, IIT Delhi, India
Regional spectral modeling at NCMRWF, India - (ppt)    S. Mohandas
National Centre for Medium Range Weather Forecasting, New Delhi, India
Predictability in atmosphere modeling - (ppt)    A.C. Pandey
University of Allahabad, India
 

Plans for Future Activities
    Africa; East Asia; Southeast Asia; South Asia; Europe; South America


Session 10: FRIDAY, 6 JUNE
 

Presentation of Projects by the Groups

    Asia: Group1, Group4, Group9, Group11 (gif), Group14, Group16;
    Africa: Group7, Group8, Group10, Group12, Group18;
    America: Group2, Group3;
    Europe: Group5, Group13, Group13b, Group15, Group17.

 
Summary, Concluding Discussion