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ICTP Workshop on the Theory and Use of Regional Climate Models | (smr 1504)
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  • Monday, 26 May 2003
    • 08:30 - 09:45 Registration
      Location: Adriatico Guest House (Lower Level 1)
      • 08:30 Registration 1h15'
    • 09:45 - 10:00 Welcome and Introduction to the Workshop
      Location: Adriatico Guest House Giambiagi Lecture Hall
      • 09:45 Welcome and Introduction to the Workshop 15'
        Speaker: F. Giorgi (ICTP Trieste, Italy)
    • 10:00 - 11:00 Regional Climate Modeling: Status and Perspectives
      Location: Adriatico Guest House Giambiagi Lecture Hall
      • 10:00 Regional Climate Modeling: Status and Perspectives 1h0'
        Speaker: F. Giorgi (ICTP Trieste, Italy)
    • 11:00 - 11:20 Coffee Break
      Location: Adriatico Guest House Giambiagi Lecture Hall
      • 11:00 Coffee Break 20'
    • 11:20 - 12:00 A Brief History of the Regional Climate Model (RegCM)
      Location: Adriatico Guest House Giambiagi Lecture Hall
      • 11:20 A Brief History of the Regional Climate Model (RegCM) 40'
        Speaker: F. Giorgi (ICTP Trieste, Italy)
    • 12:00 - 14:00 Lunch Break
      Location: Adriatico Guest House Giambiagi Lecture Hall
      • 12:00 Lunch Break 2h0'
    • 14:00 - 15:00 Developments in the Latest Version of the RegCM
      Location: Adriatico Guest House Giambiagi Lecture Hall
      • 14:00 Developments in the Latest Version of the RegCM 1h0'
        Speaker: J. Pal (ICTP Trieste, Italy)
    • 15:00 - 15:20 Coffee Break
      Location: Adriatico Guest House Giambiagi Lecture Hall
      • 15:00 Coffee Break 20'
    • 15:20 - 16:40 Examples of Simulations with the Latest Version of the RegCM
      Location: Adriatico Guest House Giambiagi Lecture Hall
      • 15:20 Examples of Simulations with the Latest Version of the RegCM 1h20'
        Speaker: J. Pal (ICTP Trieste, Italy)
    • 16:40 - 17:00 Brief Tutorial on Computing Aspects for the Workshop
      Location: Adriatico Guest House Giambiagi Lecture Hall
      • 16:40 Brief Tutorial on Computing Aspects for the Workshop 20'
        Speaker: X. Bi (ICTP Trieste, Italy)
  • Tuesday, 27 May 2003
    • 09:00 - 10:30 Tutorial on the use of the RegCM
      Location: Adriatico Guest House Informatics Lab.
      • 09:00 Tutorial on the use of the RegCM 1h30'
        Speaker: N. Elguindi (ICTP Trieste, Italy)
    • 10:30 - 10:50 Coffee Break
      Location: Adriatico Guest House Informatics Lab.
      • 10:30 Coffee Break 20'
    • 10:50 - 12:20 Tutorial on the use of the RegCM
      Location: Adriatico Guest House Informatics Lab.
      • 10:50 Tutorial on the use of the RegCM 1h30'
        Speaker: N. Elguindi (ICTP Trieste, Italy)
    • 12:20 - 14:00 Lunch Break
      Location: Adriatico Guest House Informatics Lab.
      • 12:20 Lunch Break 1h40'
    • 14:00 - 15:30 Post-processing of RegCM Output
      Location: Adriatico Guest House Informatics Lab.
      • 14:00 Post-processing of RegCM Output 1h30'
        Speaker: X. Bi (ICTP Trieste, Italy)
    • 15:30 - 15:50 Coffee Break
      Location: Adriatico Guest House Informatics Lab.
      • 15:30 Coffee Break 20'
    • 15:50 - 17:10 Post-processing of RegCM Output
      Location: Adriatico Guest House Informatics Lab.
      • 15:50 Post-processing of RegCM Output 1h20'
        Speaker: X. Bi (ICTP Trieste, Italy)
  • Wednesday, 28 May 2003
    • 09:00 - 10:30 Treatment of Tracers in the RegCM
      Location: Adriatico Guest House Giambiagi Lecture Hall
      • 09:00 Treatment of Tracers in the RegCM 1h30'
        Speaker: F. Solmon (ICTP Trieste, Italy)
    • 10:30 - 10:50 Coffee Break
      Location: Adriatico Guest House Giambiagi Lecture Hall
      • 10:30 Coffee Break 20'
    • 10:50 - 12:20 Treatment of Tracers in the RegCM
      Location: Adriatico Guest House Informatics Lab.
      • 10:50 Treatment of Tracers in the RegCM 1h30'
        Speaker: F. Solmon (ICTP Trieste, Italy)
    • 12:20 - 14:00 Lunch Break
      Location: Adriatico Guest House Giambiagi Lecture Hall
      • 12:20 Lunch Break 1h40'
    • 14:00 - 15:30 Discussion of Workshop Group Projects
      Location: Adriatico Guest House Giambiagi Lecture Hall
      • 14:00 Discussion of Workshop Group Projects 1h30'
    • 15:30 - 15:50 Coffee Break
      Location: Adriatico Guest House Giambiagi Lecture Hall
      • 15:30 Coffee Break 20'
    • 15:50 - 18:00 Group Project Working Session
      Location: Adriatico Guest House Informatics Lab.
      • 15:50 Group Project Working Session 2h10'
  • Thursday, 29 May 2003
    • 09:00 - 10:30 Group Project Working Session
      Location: Adriatico Guest House Informatics Lab.
      • 09:00 Group Project Working Session 1h30'
    • 10:30 - 10:50 Coffee Break
      Location: Adriatico Guest House Informatics Lab.
      • 10:30 Coffee Break 20'
    • 10:50 - 12:20 Group Project Working Session
      Location: Adriatico Guest House Informatics Lab.
      • 10:50 Group Project Working Session 1h30'
    • 12:20 - 14:00 Lunch Break
      Location: Adriatico Guest House Informatics Lab.
      • 12:20 Lunch Break 1h40'
    • 14:00 - 15:30 Group Project Working Session
      Location: Adriatico Guest House Informatics Lab.
      • 14:00 Group Project Working Session 1h30'
    • 15:30 - 15:50 Coffee Break
      Location: Adriatico Guest House Informatics Lab.
      • 15:30 Coffee Break 20'
    • 15:50 - 18:00 Group Project Working Session
      Location: Adriatico Guest House Informatics Lab.
      • 15:50 Group Project Working Session 2h10'
  • Friday, 30 May 2003
    • 09:00 - 10:30 Interim Reports/Discussions of Group Projects
      Location: Adriatico Guest House Giambiagi Lecture Hall
      • 09:00 Interim Reports/Discussions of Group Projects 1h30'
    • 10:30 - 10:50 Coffee Break
      Location: Adriatico Guest House Giambiagi Lecture Hall
      • 10:30 Coffee Break 20'
    • 10:50 - 12:20 Interim Reports/Discussion of Group Projects
      Location: Adriatico Guest House Giambiagi Lecture Hall
      • 10:50 Interim Reports/Discussion of Group Projects 1h30'
    • 12:20 - 14:00 Lunch Break
      Location: Adriatico Guest House Giambiagi Lecture Hall
      • 12:20 Lunch Break 1h40'
    • 14:00 - 15:30 Group Project Working Session
      Location: Adriatico Guest House Informatics Lab.
      • 14:00 Group Project Working Session 1h30'
    • 15:30 - 15:50 Coffee Break
      Location: Adriatico Guest House Giambiagi Lecture Hall
      • 15:30 Coffee Break 20'
    • 15:50 - 17:30 Group Project Working Session
      Location: Adriatico Guest House Informatics Lab.
      • 15:50 Group Project Working Session 1h40'
  • Monday, 2 June 2003
    • 09:00 - 09:30 IPCC Perspective on Regional Climate Change and the Role of Regional Climate Models
      Location: Adriatico Guest House Giambiagi Lecture Hall
      • 09:00 IPCC Perspective on Regional Climate Change and the Role of Regional Climate Models 30'
        Speaker: S. SOLOMON (NOAA, Aeronomy Lab., Boulder, CO, U.S.A.)
    • 09:30 - 10:00 Use of RegCM Output for Impact Studies
      Location: Adriatico Guest House Giambiagi Lecture Hall
      • 09:30 Use of RegCM Output for Impact Studies 30'
        Speaker: L. MEARNS (NCAR, U.S.A. / ICTP, Trieste, Italy)
    • 10:00 - 10:30 Regional Climate Modeling and Climate Impacts for California and the Western United States
      Location: Adriatico Guest House Giambiagi Lecture Hall
      • 10:00 Regional Climate Modeling and Climate Impacts for California and the Western United States 30'
        Speaker: L. SLOAN (Univ. of California Santa Cruz, U.S.A.)
    • 10:30 - 10:50 Coffee Break
      Location: Adriatico Guest House Giambiagi Lecture Hall
      • 10:30 Coffee Break 20'
    • 10:50 - 11:20 Investigating the Impact of Global Warming on Mid-Latitude Summer Climate using the RegCM
      Location: Adriatico Guest House Giambiagi Lecture Hall
      • 10:50 Investigating the Impact of Global Warming on Mid-Latitude Summer Climate using the RegCM 30'
        Speaker: S. SENEVIRATNE (ETHZ, Zurich, Switzerland)
    • 11:20 - 11:30 The local response to North Atlantic Oscillation in RegCM 30-year run
      Location: Adriatico Guest House Giambiagi Lecture Hall
      • 11:20 The local response to North Atlantic Oscillation in RegCM 30-year run 10'
        Speaker: R. Bojariu (National Institute of Meteorology & Hydrology, Bucharest, Romania)
    • 11:30 - 11:40 Supercell storm simulation in Cuba using model ARPS
      Location: Adriatico Guest House Giambiagi Lecture Hall
      • 11:30 Supercell storm simulation in Cuba using model ARPS 10'
        Speaker: D. Martinez-Castro (Istituto de Meteorologia, Havana, Cuba)
    • 11:40 - 11:50 Regional climate change scenarios over East Asia
      Location: Adriatico Guest House Giambiagi Lecture Hall
      • 11:40 Regional climate change scenarios over East Asia 10'
        Speaker: W.-T. Kwon (Meteorological Research Institute, Seoul, Rep. of Korea)
    • 11:50 - 12:00 Regional climate modeling in Belgium
      Location: Adriatico Guest House Giambiagi Lecture Hall
      • 11:50 Regional climate modeling in Belgium 10'
        Speaker: E. Vanvyve (Inst. d'Astronomie et de Geophysique G. Lemaitre, Louvain la Neuve, Belgium)
    • 12:00 - 12:10 RegCM simulations over Vietnam
      Location: Adriatico Guest House Giambiagi Lecture Hall
      • 12:00 RegCM simulations over Vietnam 10'
        Speaker: Q.D. Nguyen (Vietnam National University, Hanoi)
    • 12:10 - 14:00 Lunch Break
      Location: Adriatico Guest House Giambiagi Lecture Hall
      • 12:10 Lunch Break 1h50'
    • 14:00 - 15:40 Panel Discussion: Building of a RegCM User Network and Collaborative Projects
      Location: Adriatico Guest House Giambiagi Lecture Hall
      • 14:00 Panel Discussion: Building of a RegCM User Network and Collaborative Projects 1h40'
    • 15:40 - 16:00 Coffee Break
      Location: Adriatico Guest House Giambiagi Lecture Hall
      • 15:40 Coffee Break 20'
    • 16:00 - 18:00 Group Project Working Session
      Location: Adriatico Guest House Informatics Lab.
      • 16:00 Group Project Working Session 2h0'
  • Tuesday, 3 June 2003
    • 09:00 - 09:30 Simulations of East Asia Summer Monsoon Climate in 1997 and 1998 using Two Regional Climate Models: MRI-JSM-BAIM and RegCM
      Location: Adriatico Guest House Giambiagi Lecture Hall
      • 09:00 Simulations of East Asia Summer Monsoon Climate in 1997 and 1998 using Two Regional Climate Models: MRI-JSM-BAIM and RegCM 30'
        Speaker: Y. SATO (Meteorological Research Institute, Tsukuba, Japan)
    • 09:30 - 10:00 Coupling of the Common Land Model (CLM) to RegCM in a Simulation over East Asia
      Location: Adriatico Guest House Giambiagi Lecture Hall
      • 09:30 Coupling of the Common Land Model (CLM) to RegCM in a Simulation over East Asia 30'
        Speaker: A. STEINER (Georgia Inst. of Technology, Atlanta, GA, U.S.A.)
    • 10:00 - 10:30 Direct and Indirect Radiative Forcing of Sulfate Aerosols over East Asia and Climate Response over the Region
      Location: Adriatico Guest House Giambiagi Lecture Hall
      • 10:00 Direct and Indirect Radiative Forcing of Sulfate Aerosols over East Asia and Climate Response over the Region 30'
        Speaker: F. GIORGI (ICTP, Trieste, Italy)
    • 10:30 - 11:00 Coffee Break
      Location: Adriatico Guest House Giambiagi Lecture Hall
      • 10:30 Coffee Break 30'
    • 11:00 - 11:30 Challenges and Limitations of Regional Climate Model Simulations in West Africa for Present and Future Climate Conditions
      Location: Adriatico Guest House Giambiagi Lecture Hall
      • 11:00 Challenges and Limitations of Regional Climate Model Simulations in West Africa for Present and Future Climate Conditions 30'
        Speaker: G. JENKINS (PennState, Dept. of Meteorology, University Park PA, U.S.A.)
    • 11:30 - 11:40 West African monsoon experiment using the RegCM2+
      Location: Adriatico Guest House Giambiagi Lecture Hall
      • 11:30 West African monsoon experiment using the RegCM2+ 10'
        Speaker: E. Afiesimama (WMO Regional Meteorological Institute, Oshodi, Nigeria)
    • 11:40 - 11:50 Simulations of tropical convective system over complex terrain
      Location: Adriatico Guest House Giambiagi Lecture Hall
      • 11:40 Simulations of tropical convective system over complex terrain 10'
        Speaker: B.J. Abiodun (ISP Uppsala Univ., Sweden / Fed. Univ. Tech., Akure, Nigeria)
    • 11:50 - 12:00 Regional climate modeling over southern Africa
      Location: Adriatico Guest House Giambiagi Lecture Hall
      • 11:50 Regional climate modeling over southern Africa 10'
        Speaker: M.-J. M. Kgatuke (South African Weather Service, Pretoria)
    • 12:00 - 14:00 Lunch Break
      Location: Adriatico Guest House Giambiagi Lecture Hall
      • 12:00 Lunch Break 2h0'
    • 14:00 - 15:40 Panel Discussion: Future Model Developments in the RegCM
      Location: Adriatico Guest House Giambiagi Lecture Hall
      • 14:00 Panel Discussion: Future Model Developments in the RegCM 1h40'
    • 15:40 - 16:00 Coffee Break
      Location: Adriatico Guest House Giambiagi Lecture Hall
      • 15:40 Coffee Break 20'
    • 16:00 - 18:00 Group Project Working Session
      Location: Adriatico Guest House Informatics Lab.
      • 16:00 Group Project Working Session 2h0'
  • Wednesday, 4 June 2003
    • 09:00 - 09:30 Simulating Seasonal Rainfall Extremes in South America: Sensitivity to Remote and Local Forcings
      Location: Adriatico Guest House Giambiagi Lecture Hall
      • 09:00 Simulating Seasonal Rainfall Extremes in South America: Sensitivity to Remote and Local Forcings 30'
        Speaker: A. SETH (Int'l. Research Institute for Climate Prediction, Columbia U., Palisades NY, U.S.A.)
    • 09:30 - 10:00 Analysis of Daily Rainfall from a Nested Modeling System for South America
      Location: Adriatico Guest House Giambiagi Lecture Hall
      • 09:30 Analysis of Daily Rainfall from a Nested Modeling System for South America 30'
        Speaker: A. SETH (Int'l. Research Institute for Climate Prediction, Columbia U., Palisades NY, U.S.A.)
    • 10:00 - 10:30 Reinitialized Versus Continuous Simulations for Regional Climate Downscaling
      Location: Adriatico Guest House Giambiagi Lecture Hall
      • 10:00 Reinitialized Versus Continuous Simulations for Regional Climate Downscaling 30'
        Speaker: J. QIAN (Int'l. Research Institute for Climate Prediction, Columbia U., Palisades NY, U.S.A.)
    • 10:30 - 10:50 Coffee Break
      Location: Adriatico Guest House Giambiagi Lecture Hall
      • 10:30 Coffee Break 20'
    • 10:50 - 11:20 Application of a Regional Stretched Grid to the RegCM
      Location: Adriatico Guest House Giambiagi Lecture Hall
      • 10:50 Application of a Regional Stretched Grid to the RegCM 30'
        Speaker: J. QIAN (Int'l. Research Institute for Climate Prediction, Columbia U., Palisades NY, U.S.A.)
    • 11:20 - 11:30 Assessing the relative importance of regional processes and remote influences for the variability of the summer monsoon in Brazil during El Niño events
      Location: Adriatico Guest House Giambiagi Lecture Hall
      • 11:20 Assessing the relative importance of regional processes and remote influences for the variability of the summer monsoon in Brazil during El Niño events 10'
        Speaker: A. Grimm (Federal University of Paraná, Curitiba, Brazil)
    • 11:30 - 11:40 CPTEC's climate simulations over South America: A preliminary comparison between the Regional Model ETA and RegCM
      Location: Adriatico Guest House Giambiagi Lecture Hall
      • 11:30 CPTEC's climate simulations over South America: A preliminary comparison between the Regional Model ETA and RegCM 10'
        Speaker: J.P. Reyes Fernandez (Centro de Previsao de Tempo e Estudos Climaticos, Sao Paulo, Brazil)
    • 11:40 - 11:50 Regional climate simulations over southern South America and sensitivity experiments
      Location: Adriatico Guest House Giambiagi Lecture Hall
      • 11:40 Regional climate simulations over southern South America and sensitivity experiments 10'
        Speaker: S.A. Solman (Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Cientificas y Tecnicas, Buenos Aires, Argentina)
    • 11:50 - 12:00 Weather forecasting using MM5 in Peru and new perspecive for climate modeling
      Location: Adriatico Guest House Giambiagi Lecture Hall
      • 11:50 Weather forecasting using MM5 in Peru and new perspecive for climate modeling 10'
        Speaker: F.Y. Silva Vidal (Istituto Geofisico del Peru, Lima, Peru)
    • 12:10 - 14:00 Lunch Break
      Location: Adriatico Guest House Giambiagi Lecture Hall
      • 12:10 Lunch Break 1h50'
    • 14:00 - 15:40 Panel Discussion: Needs of Model Users from Developing Countries
      Location: Adriatico Guest House Giambiagi Lecture Hall
      • 14:00 Panel Discussion: Needs of Model Users from Developing Countries 1h40'
    • 15:40 - 16:00 Coffee Break
      Location: Adriatico Guest House Giambiagi Lecture Hall
      • 15:40 Coffee Break 20'
    • 16:00 - 18:00 Group Project Working Session
      Location: Adriatico Guest House Informatics Lab.
      • 16:00 Group Project Working Session 2h0'
  • Thursday, 5 June 2003
    • 09:00 - 09:20 High-resolution RCM simulation of Kansas convective storms: Preliminary results
      Location: Adriatico Guest House Giambiagi Lecture Hall
      • 09:00 High-resolution RCM simulation of Kansas convective storms: Preliminary results 20'
        Speaker: W. Gutowski (Iowa State University, Ames, U.S.A.)
    • 09:20 - 09:50 Sensitivities to Details of Convective Parameterization in the RegCM
      Location: Adriatico Guest House Giambiagi Lecture Hall
      • 09:20 Sensitivities to Details of Convective Parameterization in the RegCM 30'
        Speaker: R. ARRITT (Iowa State Univ., Dept. of Agronomy, U.S.A.)
    • 09:50 - 10:30 Implementation of a Sub-Grid Topography/Land Use Scheme within the RegCM
      Location: Adriatico Guest House Giambiagi Lecture Hall
      • 09:50 Implementation of a Sub-Grid Topography/Land Use Scheme within the RegCM 40'
        Speaker: J. PAL (ICTP, Trieste, Italy)
    • 10:30 - 10:50 Coffee Break
      Location: Adriatico Guest House Giambiagi Lecture Hall
      • 10:30 Coffee Break 20'
    • 10:50 - 11:20 Validation of a Multi-Decadal Nested Climate Simulation over Europe
      Location: Adriatico Guest House Giambiagi Lecture Hall
      • 10:50 Validation of a Multi-Decadal Nested Climate Simulation over Europe 30'
        Speaker: F. GIORGI (ICTP, Trieste, Italy)
    • 11:20 - 11:30 Arial programme on regional climate variability and change modeling over the Nigerian zone of West Africa
      Location: Adriatico Guest House Giambiagi Lecture Hall
      • 11:20 Arial programme on regional climate variability and change modeling over the Nigerian zone of West Africa 10'
        Speaker: I.B. Obioh (Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria)
    • 11:30 - 11:40 Regional climate modeling: The Philippine Experience
      Location: Adriatico Guest House Giambiagi Lecture Hall
      • 11:30 Regional climate modeling: The Philippine Experience 10'
        Speaker: R. Francisco (Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration, Quezon City, Philippin)
    • 11:40 - 11:50 Climate variability in Bangladesh
      Location: Adriatico Guest House Giambiagi Lecture Hall
      • 11:40 Climate variability in Bangladesh 10'
        Speaker: A.U. Ahmed (Water & Environment Div., Bangladesh Unnayan Parishad, Dhaka, Bangladesh)
    • 11:50 - 12:00 Effect of Tibetan snow on Indian summer monsoon circulation and rainfall using RegCM3
      Location: Adriatico Guest House Giambiagi Lecture Hall
      • 11:50 Effect of Tibetan snow on Indian summer monsoon circulation and rainfall using RegCM3 10'
        Speaker: M.S. Shekhar (Centre for Atmospheric Sciences, IIT Delhi, India)
    • 12:00 - 12:10 Regional spectral modeling at NCMRWF, India
      Location: Adriatico Guest House Giambiagi Lecture Hall
      • 12:00 Regional spectral modeling at NCMRWF, India 10'
        Speaker: S. Mohandas (National Centre for Medium Range Weather Forecasting, New Delhi, India)
    • 12:10 - 12:20 Predictability in atmosphere modeling
      Location: Adriatico Guest House Giambiagi Lecture Hall
      • 12:10 Predictability in atmosphere modeling 10'
        Speaker: A.C. Pandey (University of Allahabad, India)
    • 12:20 - 14:00 Lunch Break
      Location: Adriatico Guest House Giambiagi Lecture Hall
      • 12:20 Lunch Break 1h40'
    • 14:00 - 15:00 Summary, Discussion, Plans for Future Activities
      Location: Adriatico Guest House Giambiagi Lecture Hall
      • 14:00 Summary, Discussion, Plans for Future Activities 1h0'
    • 15:20 - 15:40 Coffee Break
      Location: Adriatico Guest House Giambiagi Lecture Hall
      • 15:20 Coffee Break 20'
    • 15:40 - 17:20 Summary, Discussion, Plans for Future Activities
      Location: Adriatico Guest House Giambiagi Lecture Hall
      • 15:40 Summary, Discussion, Plans for Future Activities 1h40'
  • Friday, 6 June 2003
    • 09:00 - 10:30 Presentation of Projects by the Groups
      Location: Adriatico Guest House Giambiagi Lecture Hall
      • 09:00 Presentation of Projects by the Groups 1h30'
    • 10:30 - 10:50 Coffee Break
      Location: Adriatico Guest House Giambiagi Lecture Hall
      • 10:30 Coffee Break 20'
    • 10:50 - 12:20 Presentation of Projects by the Groups
      Location: Adriatico Guest House Giambiagi Lecture Hall
      • 10:50 Presentation of Projects by the Groups 1h30'
    • 12:20 - 14:00 Lunch Break
      Location: Adriatico Guest House Giambiagi Lecture Hall
      • 12:20 Lunch Break 1h40'
    • 14:00 - 14:45 Presentation of Group Projects
      Location: Adriatico Guest House Giambiagi Lecture Hall
      • 14:00 Presentation of Group Projects 45'
    • 14:45 - 15:00 Concluding Remarks
      Location: Adriatico Guest House Giambiagi Lecture Hall
      • 14:45 Concluding Remarks 15'
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