NOAA 31st Annual Climate Diagnostics and Prediction Workshop

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Agenda By Day:


Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

October 23, 2006

8:00 am - 8:30 am Registration
8:30 am - 8:40 am Opening Remarks Jim Laver; NCEP/CPC
8:40 am - 8:50 am Opening Remarks Robin Webb; NOAA/ESRL
8:50 am - 9:00 am Opening Remarks Louis Uccellini; NOAA/NCEP
Session 1: An Assessment of Observed Climate for 2005/2006
Chairperson: Tony Barnston
9:00 am - 9:30 am A Review of Monthly/Seasonal Climate Variability for 2005-2006 Vern Kousky; NCEP/CPC
9:30 am - 10:00 am A Review 2005-2006 Extreme Events Klaus Weickmann; NOAA/ESRL
10:00 am - 10:30 am Coffee
Session 2: An Assessment of Climate Predictions for 2005/2006
Chairperson: Klaus Weickmann
10:30 am - 10:50 am A Review of 2005 & 2006 Hurricane Season and Forecasts Muthuvel Chelliah; NCEP/CPC
10:50 am - 11:10 am A Review of 2005/2006 US Drought Monitor and Outlook Doug LeComte; NCEP/CPC
11:10 am - 11:30 am A Review of 2005/2006 ENSO Predictions Tony Barnston; IRI
11:30 am - 11:50 am A Review of Froecast Skill of 2005/2006 US Long-Range Predictions Ed O'Lenic; NCEP/CPC
11:50 am - 12:10 pm A Review of Bureau of Meteorology Forecasts for Australia A. Watkins; National Climate Centre, BoM
12:10 pm - 12:30 pm Discussion on Forecast Performance
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm Lunch
Session 3 (CTB Session 1): Improvements in the CFS
Chairperson: Jae Schemm; NOAA/CPC
1:30 pm - 2:00 pm Recent Developments with the New CFS Suru Saha; NCEP/EMC
2:00 pm - 2:30 pm The Global Ocean Data Assimilation System (GODAS) at NCEP Dave Behringer; NCEP/EMC
2:30 pm - 3:00 pm Initialization of NOAH LSM and its Coupling to CFS Ken Mitchell; NCEP/EMC
3:00 pm - 3:30 pm Coffee
3:30 pm - 4:00 pm NCEP CFS ENSO Characteristics and Impact of Atmsopheric Stochastic Forcing on ENSO Xue; NCEP/CPC
4:00 pm - 4:30 pm NCEP CFS Model Bias Associated with Marine Stratus Clouds over Southeastern Pacific Xie; NCEP/CPC
4:30pm - 5:00 pm Diurnal Cycle over the Great Plains in CFS Siegfried Schubert; NASA/GMAO