CFSv2 Evaluation Workshop

August 30 - May 1, 2012

Raytheon Building
5700 Rivertech Court
Riverdale, Maryland 20737

Agenda (PDF)

Agenda (PDF)

Day 1 Morning

07:30-08:00   Set up posters and pick up badges

08:00-09:10   Session 1: Programmatic Overviews (Chair: Huang)

• Workshop Objectives (J. Huang)
• Workshop Objectives (J. Huang)
• Take CFS to the next level (Uccellini)
• Take CFS to the next level (Uccellini)
• CPO/MAPP Perspective (Mariotti)
• CPO/MAPP Perspective (Mariotti)
• CFSv2 Overview (Lapenta)
• CFSv2 Overview (Lapenta)

09:10-10:30   Session 2.1: Assessment of CFSv2 prediction skills (Chair: Halpert)

• CFSv2 vs. ECMWF (Dutton)
• CFSv2 vs. ECMWF (Dutton)
• CFSv2 in Context of MME (van den Dool)
• CFSv2 in Context of MME (van den Dool)
• CFSv2 Assessment over the US Affiliated Pacific Islands (Annamalai)
• CFSv2 Assessment over the US Affiliated Pacific Islands (Annamalai)
• CFSv2 decadal runs (Saha)
• CFSv2 decadal runs (Saha)

10:30-10:50   Break

10:50-12:10   Session 2.2: Evaluations over ocean (Chair: Rosati)

• Tropical Pacific SST in CFSv2 (Xue)
• Tropical Pacific SST in CFSv2 (Xue)
• Nino3.4 SST in CFSv2 vs. CFSv1 (Barnston)
• Nino3.4 SST in CFSv2 vs. CFSv1 (Barnston)
• Sea Ice (W. Wang)
• Sea Ice (W. Wang)
• Impact of Oceanic Initialization (Zhu)
• Impact of Oceanic Initialization (Zhu)

12:10-14:00   Lunch and Poster Viewing

Day 1 Afternoon

14:00-15:20   Session 2.4: Evaluations over land (Chair: Dickinson)

• MJO (Weaver)
• MJO (Weaver)
• SST-Precipitation Relation During the Asian Summer Monsoon (Roxy)
• SST-Precipitation Relation During the Asian Summer Monsoon (Roxy)
• N. Pacific Oscillation (NPO) and Association with Tropical SST (M-M Lu)
• N. Pacific Oscillation (NPO) and Association with Tropical SST (M-M Lu)
• Atlantic Multi-decadal Variability (Colfescu)
• Atlantic Multi-decadal Variability (Colfescu)

15:20-15:40   Break

15:40-17:40   Session 2.4: Evaluations over land (Chair: Dickinson)

• Monthly Tornado Outlook (Tippett)
• Monthly Tornado Outlook (Tippett)
• Hurricanes (Schemm)
• Hurricanes (Schemm)
• Land Surface Water and Energy Prediction (Yang)
• Land Surface Water and Energy Prediction (Yang)
• Land Hydrology (Wood)
• Land Hydrology (Wood)
• Agricultural Drought (Mo)
• Agricultural Drought (Mo)
• 2011 Texas Drought (Fernando)
• 2011 Texas Drought (Fernando)

Day 2 Morning

08:00-09:40   Session 3: Physical/climate processes and modeling (Chair: Bretherton)

• Stratocumulus to Cumulus Transition in CFS (Teixeira)
• Stratocumulus to Cumulus Transition in CFS (Teixeira)
• Diagnosis of Biases in Cloud (Yoo)
• Diagnosis of Biases in Cloud (Yoo)
• Evaluation of Cloud Physics Using Satellite Data (Bennartz)
• Evaluation of Cloud Physics Using Satellite Data (Bennartz)
• Troposphere-Stratosphere Coupling (Perlwitz)
• Troposphere-Stratosphere Coupling (Perlwitz)
• Model Biases in CFSv2 in Summer Monsoon Climate: Sensitivity Experiments (Rao)
• Model Biases in CFSv2 in Summer Monsoon Climate: Sensitivity Experiments (Rao)

09:40-10:00   Break

10:00-10:40   Session 3 (continued)

• AMOC (B. Huang)
• AMOC (B. Huang)
• Inclusion of the oceanic diurnal variability in NCEP CFS (Xu Li)
• Inclusion of the oceanic diurnal variability in NCEP CFS (Xu Li)
• Water Cycle and Land-Atmosphere Coupling (Dirmeyer)
• Water Cycle and Land-Atmosphere Coupling (Dirmeyer)

10:40-11:40   Session 4: Climate Modeling Strategies (Chair: Lapenta)

• NCEP's Role in a National Unified Weather-Climate Modeling Strategy (Bretherton)
• NCEP's Role in a National Unified Weather-Climate Modeling Strategy (Bretherton)
• NCEP Climate Process Team Experience (Pan)
• NMME as a Platform for US Modeling Collaboration (Kirtman)
• NMME as a Platform for US Modeling Collaboration (Kirtman)

Day 2 Afternoon

11:40-13:20   Lunch

13:20-14:20   Session 5: Synthesis reports

• Synthesis Report on i) CFSv2 vs. CFSv1 and ii) Biases in CFSv2 (Kumar)
• Synthesis Report on i) CFSv2 vs. CFSv1 and ii) Biases in CFSv2 (Kumar)
• EMC Model Upgrades Since CFSv2 Implementation (Moorthi)
• EMC Model Upgrades Since CFSv2 Implementation (Moorthi)

14:20-14:40   Break

14:00-17:00   Session 6: Discussions (Lead: Kinter)

• Summary of the responses to questionnaire
• Summary of the responses to questionnaire