2010 MMIV Workshop | Agenda & Abstracts

CLIVAR AAMP and YOTC MJO Task Force Monsoon Intraseasonal Variability Modelling Workshop

APCC, Busan, Korea, 15-18th June 2010 [Agenda PDF]

Tuesday June 15

8:15 - 8:40am    Gather, Get Name Badges, Be Seated
8:40 - 8:45am    APCC Director’s Welcome
8:45 - 8:50am    Logistics Information
8:50 - 8:55am    YOTC MJO Task Force Introduction: D. Waliser
8:55 - 9:00am    CLIVAR AAMP Introduction: H. Hendon
Session 1. MJO/ISO Modelling
(Session Moderators & Discussion leaders: Chidong Zhang and Eric Maloney)
  9:00-10:30am    (30 minutes each, including questions)
a. Daehyun Kim – Progress and Issues in Simulating the MJO in GCMs
b. Tomoe Nasuno - MJO Simulations/Hindcasts with NICAM
c. Jim Benedict - The MJO in Uncoupled and Coupled Versions of the Superparameterized CAM/CCSM
10:30-11:30am    Posters and morning break
11:30-12:30pm    Discussion: Transferring successes across models. Critical aspects of ocean coupling. Biggest
                          challenges remaining.
12:30 - 2:00pm    Lunch
Session 2. Process-Oriented Diagnostics/Metrics Relevant to the MJO
(Session Moderators & Discussion leaders: Harry Hendon and Duane Waliser)
  2:00 - 3:30pm    (30 minutes each, including questions)
a. In-Sik Kang - Progress with Convective Parameterization for Improved Simulation of the MJO
b. Peter Bechtold - Progress with Convective Parameterization for Improved Simulation of the MJO at ECMWF
c. Xianan Jiang - Vertical Structure of the Intraseasonal Variability from Contemporary Satellite Data: TRMM, AIRS, and CloudSat
  3:30 - 4:30pm    Posters and afternoon break
  4:30 - 4:40pm    Student/postdoc introductions
  4:40 - 5:40pm    Discussion: Design of process-oriented diagnostics for the improvement of MJO/ISV simulation. What
                           next with convective parameterization?
  6:00pm              Welcome Reception courtesy of APCC

Wednesday June 16

Session 3. Simplified Models and Theory
(Session Moderators & Discussion leaders: Bin Wang and Peter Webster)
  9:00-10:30am    (30 minutes each, including questions)
a. Dave Raymond - Theory-Based MJO Diagnostics
b. Sam Stechmann - Models for the Skeleton and Muscle of the MJO
c. Adam Sobel - Northward and Eastward WISHE Modes in Mean Westerlies
10:30-11:30am    Posters and morning break
11:30-12:30pm    Discussion: Applying insights from theory and simple models to GCMs.
12:30 - 2:00pm    Lunch
Session 4. Diagnostics/Metrics for Boreal Summer ISV
(Session Moderators & Discussion leaders: Xiouhua (Joshua) Fu and Andy Turner)
  2:00 - 3:30pm    (30 minutes each, including questions
a. Ken Sperber – Progress and Issues in Simulating Boreal Summer ISV
b. Charlotte DeMott - Evaluating the Asian Summer Monsoon System in the Super-Parameterized CCSM
c. Xubin Zeng - The Role of Land Surface Processes in the Boreal Summer Intraseasonal Variability
  3:30 - 4:30pm    Posters and afternoon break
  4:30 - 5:30pm    Discussion: Design of diagnostics for boreal summer ISV. What elements and characteristics need to
                           be captured? Simplicity versus comprehensiveness.

Thursday June 17

Session 5. MJO/ISV Forecasting
(Session Moderators & Discussion leaders: Emilia Jin and Hai Lin)
  9:00-10:30am    (30 minutes each, including questions)
a. Jon Gottschalck - MJO Forecasting Activities at NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center
b. Matthew Wheeler - Forecasting Local Impacts of the MJO with the POAMA Seasonal Prediction System
c. Peter Webster - Exploring the Genesis and Predictability of Intraseasonal Variability
10:30-11:30am    Posters and morning break
11:30-12:30am    Discussion: Connecting planetary-scale metrics/diagnostics to regional climate forecasts: How to
                          develop products from metrics? Next steps of the CLIVAR/WGNE forecast metric activity. How best
                          to utilise the ISV hindcast experiments?
12:30 - 2:00pm    Lunch
Session 6. MJO/ISV Interactions and Impacts
(Session Moderators & Discussion leaders: Gabriel Vecchi and Holger Meinke)
  2:00 - 3:30pm    (30 minutes each, including questions
a. Adrian Matthews - The Long Arm of the Madden-Julian Oscillation: You Can Run But You Can't Hide
b. Frederic Vitart - Impact of the MJO on Tropical Cyclones and Northern Extratropical Weather in the ECMWF Forecast System
c. Eric Maloney - Modeling MJO Interactions and Impacts in the America’s Warm Pool During Boreal Summer
  3:30 - 4:30pm    Posters and afternoon break
  4:30 - 5:30pm    Discussion: Predictability of regional impacts. How can we apply our MJO/ISV forecast/simulation
                           success to MJO/ISV impacts?
** END OF WORKSHOP**