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Solar Radiation and Climate

Gordon Research Conference

July 13 - 18, 2003
Chairs Venkatachalam Ramaswamy and Jeff Kiehl
Vice Chairs Howard W. Barker and Robert G. Ellingson
Colby-Sawyer College
541 Main Street
New London, New Hampshire, United States
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Conference Program

SUNDAY
2:00 pm - 9:00 pmArrival and Check-in
6:00 pmDinner
7:15 pm - 7:25 pmWelcome; Conference overview; Site logistics
7:30 pm - 9:30 pmRADIATION AND CLIMATE CHANGE (Keynote Session)
Discussion Leader: J.T. Kiehl (National Center for Atmospheric Research, CO)
Introduction
7:30 pm - 8:10 pmV. Ramanathan (University of California - San Diego, CA)
Alexander M. Cruickshank Lecture
"Aerosols, Radiation and Climate: Regional and Global Perspectives"
8:10 pm - 8:30 pmQuestions, comments and discussions
8:30 pm - 9:10 pmS. Solomon (NOAA / Aeronomy Laboratory, CO)
"Perspectives on Climate Change: Some Key Questions"
9:10 pm - 9:30 pmQuestions, comments and discussions
9:45 pm - 11:00 pmReception
MONDAY
7:30 am - 8:30 amBreakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pmRADIATIVE INTERACTIONS IN THE CLIMATE SYSTEM
Discussion Leader: J. Coakley (Oregon State University, OR)
Introduction
9:00 am - 9:40 amQ. Fu (University of Washington, WA)
"Radiation in Climate Models: Some Basic Aspects"
9:40 am - 10:00 amQuestions, comments and discussions
10:00 amCoffee Break and Group Photo
10:30 am - 11:10 amR. Pincus (NOAA / Climate Diagnostics Center, CO)
"Degree of approximation in modeling clouds and radiation in large-scale models"
11:10 am - 11:30 amQuestions, comments and discussions
11:30 am - 12:10 pmS. Klein (NOAA / Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory, NJ)
"The evolving treatment of cloud physical processes in climate models"
12:10 pm - 12:30 pmQuestions, comments and discussions
12:30 pmLunch
1:30 pm - 4:15 pmFree Time
4:15 pm - 5:45 pmPoster Session
6:00 pmDinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pmCLOUD PROCESSES IN THE CLIMATE SYSTEM
Discussion Leader: S. Krueger (University of Utah, UT)
Introduction
7:30 pm - 8:10 pmC. Bretherton (University of Washington, WA)
"Boundary Layer Clouds and Climate"
8:10 pm - 8:30 pmQuestions, comments and discussions
8:30 pm - 9:10 pmL. Donner (NOAA / Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory, NJ)
"Convection, High Clouds, and Climate"
9:10 pm - 9:30 pmQuestions, comments and discussions
9:45 pm - 11:00 pmEvening Social (including informal interactions with Poster presenters)
TUESDAY
7:30 am - 8:30 amBreakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pmRADIATIVE FORCING OF CLIMATE CHANGE I (TROPOSPHERIC AEROSOLS)
Discussion Leader: J. Haywood (UK Meteorological Research Facility, UK)
Introduction
9:00 am - 9:40 amO. Boucher (University of Lille, FRANCE)
"Aerosols and the Radiative Forcing Concept"
9:40 am - 10:00 amQuestions, comments and discussions
10:00 amCoffee Break
10:30 am - 11:10 amU. Lohmann (Dalhousie University, CANADA)
"Modeling of the Indirect Effects of Aerosols"
11:10 am - 11:30 amQuestions, comments and discussions
11:30 am - 12:10 pmW. Collins (National Center for Atmospheric Research, CO)
"Understanding the Role of Aerosols in Climate through Synthesis of Models and Observations"
12:10 pm - 12:30 pmQuestions, comments and discussions
12:30 pmLunch
1:30 pm - 6:00 pmFree Time
6:00 pmDinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pmRADIATIVE FORCING OF CLIMATE CHANGE II (SOLAR, STRATOSPHERIC SPECIES)
Discussion Leader: K. Shine (University of Reading, UK)
Introduction
7:30 pm - 8:10 pmJ. Haigh (Imperial College, UK)
"The Response of Climate to Variations in Solar Activity and in Stratospheric Composition"
8:10 pm - 8:30 pmQuestions, comments and discussions
8:30 pm - 9:10 pmA. Robock (Rutgers University, NJ)
"Volcanic Eruptions and Climate: Winter Warming and Summer Cooling"
9:10 pm - 9:30 pmQuestions, comments and discussions
9:45 pm - 11:00 pmEvening Social (including informal interactions with Poster presenters)
WEDNESDAY
7:30 am - 8:30 amBreakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pmPALEOCLIMATE CHANGES
Discussion Leader: C. Covey (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, CA)
Introduction
9:00 am - 9:40 amB. Otto-Bliesner (National Center for Atmospheric Research, CO)
"Milankovitch Orbital Variations of Insolation and Interglacial Climates"
9:40 am - 10:00 amQuestions, comments and discussions
10:00 amCoffee Break
10:30 am - 11:10 amA. Clement (University of Miami, FL)
"The Link Between Solar Forcings and Climate on Millennial to Orbital Timescales"
11:10 am - 11:30 amQuestions, comments and discussions
11:30 am - 12:10 pmT. Crowley (Duke University, NC)
"Role of Solar Variability in Decadal/ Millennial Scale Climate Change"
12:10 pm - 12:30 pmQuestions, comments and discussions
12:30 pmLunch
1:30 pm - 4:15 pmFree Time
4:15 pm - 5:45 pmPoster Session
6:00 pmDinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pmRECENT CLIMATE VARIATIONS AND CHANGE
Discussion Leader: J. Hack (National Center for Atmospheric Research, CO)
Introduction
7:30 pm - 8:10 pmD. Seidel (NOAA / Air Resources Laboratory, MD)
"Upper-Air Temperature Changes in Satellite and Radiosonde Datasets"
8:10 pm - 8:30 pmQuestions, comments and discussions
8:30 pm - 9:10 pmB. Soden (NOAA / Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory, NJ)
"Satellite-Observed Variations in the Atmospheric Hydrologic and Energy Cycles and their Implications for Climate Modeling"
9:10 pm - 9:30 pmQuestions, comments and discussions
9:45 pm - 11:00 pmEvening Social (including informal interactions with Poster presenters)
THURSDAY
7:30 am - 8:30 amBreakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pmCLIMATE FEEDBACKS AND SENSITIVITY
Discussion Leader: B. Wielicki (NASA - Langley Research Center, VA)
Introduction
9:00 am - 9:40 amA. Hall (University of California - Los Angeles, CA)
"Variations in the Shortwave Optical Properties of the Earth's Surface and their Relevance for Climate Variability and Change"
9:40 am - 10:00 amQuestions, comments and discussions
10:00 amCoffee Break
10:30 am - 11:10 amS. Bony (Laboratoire de Meteorologie Dynamique, FRANCE)
"On the Analysis of Climate Feedback Processes in Models and Observations"
11:10 am - 11:30 amQuestions, comments and discussions
11:30 am - 12:10 pmD. Hartmann (University of Washington, WA)
"Tropical Cloud, Water Vapor and Circulation Feedbacks"
12:10 pm - 12:30 pmQuestions, comments and discussions
12:30 pmLunch
1:30 pm - 4:45 pmFree Time
4:45 pm - 5:45 pmBusiness Session
(evaluation forms; future of Conference; elect new Vice-Chairs for the 2005 Conference; topics for 2007 meeting; etc.)
6:00 pmDinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pmDETECTION AND ATTRIBUTION OF CLIMATE CHANGE
Discussion Leader: D. Karoly (University of Oklahoma, OK)
Introduction
7:30 pm - 8:10 pmB. Santer (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, CA)
"Recent Developments in Climate-Change Detection and Attribution Research"
8:10 pm - 8:30 pmQuestions, comments and discussions
8:30 pm - 9:10 pmP. Stott (UK Meteorological Office / Hadley Center, UK)
"Past and Future Climate Change: From 20th Century Attribution to Constraining 21st Century Predictions"
9:10 pm - 9:30 pmQuestions, comments and discussions
9:45 pm - 11:30 pmFinal Evening Social
FRIDAY
7:30 am - 8:30 amBreakfast
9:00 amDepart

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