NARCCAP User Meeting 2009

North American Regional Climate Change Assessment Program

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RESULTS
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	General Results
	NCEP-Driven RCM Runs
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	CRCM+CCSM CRCM+CGCM3 ECP2+GFDL ECP2+HadCM3 NEW! HRM3+GFDL HRM3+HadCM3 MM5I+CCSM MM5I+HadCM3 NEW! RCM3+CGCM3 RCM3+GFDL WRFG+CCSM WRFG+CGCM3

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AGENDA NARCCAP USER MEETING NCAR, Foothills Lab, EOL Atrium
*THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 2009*
08:30 - 09:00	Pick up registration materials, badges, and t-shirts
09:00 - 09:30	Welcome and Overview of NARCCAP - Linda Mearns
09:30 - 10:30	Introductions by attendees (3-5 minutes each)
	Attendees give brief summaries of their research interests and plans for using NARCCAP data
10:30 - 10:45	Break
10:45 - 12:30	Introductions by attendees continue
12:30 - 13:30	Lunch
13:30 - 14:30	Data overview and tutorial - Seth McGinnis
14:30 - 16:45	About the RCMs
	Representatives from each RCM group will talk for 20 minutes about the important features of their RCM and what users ought to know about it HRM3 - Richard Jones or TBD CRCM - Sebasitien Biner MM5I - Bill Gutowski WRFP - Ruby Leung ECPC - Ana Nunes RCM3 - Lisa Sloan
16:45 - 17:30	Panel discussion with regional climate modelers
17:30 -18:00	Meeting adjourns - transportation to Mesa Lab
18:00 - 18:30	Poster session and drinks at Mesa Lab
18:30 - 20:15	Dinner and poster session(cont'd)
20:15	Shuttles return to Golden Buff and Marriott Residence Inn

*FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 2009*
09:00 - 09:30	Overview of results or NCEP-driven RCM simulations - Bill Gutowski
09:30 - 10:00	Evaluation of additional RCM results and some AOGCM-driven results - Melissa Bukovsky
10:00 - 10:30	Climate change results - Linda Mearns
10:30 - 10:45	Break - collect suggestions for small group discussion topics
10:45 - 11:15	Quantifying uncertainty - Steve Sain
11:15 - 12:30	Participant talks (15 minutes each)
	Comparison of NARCCAP GFDL timeslice and CRCM results with GHCN and GOES satellite observations - Randy Alliss Preliminary intercomparison results for NARCCAP, other RCMs, and statistical downscaling over souther Quebec - Philippe Gachon Regional climate decision aids based on NARCCAP data - Glenn Higgins NCEP-driven NARCCAP results vs. versus observations for British Columbia - Trevor Murdock Regional climate model reproduction of atmospheric teleconnections ove North America - Philippe Roy
12:30 - 13:30	Lunch
13:30 - 14:30	Small group discussions
14:30 - 14:55	Report-outs from small groups
14:55 - 15:00	Final wrap-up
15:00	Meeting adjourns

Also presented: Summary of Downscaling Methods - Linda Mearns

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