CLIVAR SSG-20 Agenda

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Kiel, 6-9 May 2013 (Mon-Thurs)

DRAFT AGENDA (V11)

Open Session: 09:00 Monday 6 May-15:00 Thursday 9 May
Executive Session (core SSG members): 15:00-17:00, Thursday 9 May

Summary of daily activities:
Day 1 – Intro, JSC/WCRP update including WCRP modeling & WDAC; Clouds GC; reports from WCRP Projects; OOPC; ocean indices; USCLIVAR; ICPO report & issues arising from national reports; ECS outreach; capacity development

Day 2 – Tiger Team reports – 1 hour: 15 min presentation of key science issues; 15 min implementation strategy, links to WCRP GCs and other Project Science Questions; 30 min disc;
Late afternoon/evening outing

Day 3 – CLIVAR Panel reports and discussion of future panel activities and working arrangements with other groups

Day 4 – Discussion of way forward (including panel functions/structure, co-design strategies, communication, “new” CLIVAR launch, name, logo, future panel structures & TOR), review of actions and recommendations, followed by:
- Executive Session – SSG core members

	MONDAY 6 MAY: START OF DAY 1

	*Chair: Martin Visbec*k

09:00	1. INTRODUCTION TO SSG-20
	1.1 Local arrangements	15 min
	1.2 CLIVAR meeting objectives (M.Visbeck, L.Goddard) Presentation - M.Visbeck, L.Goddard	30 min

	2. WCRP UPDATE
	2.1 Recent developments in WCRP (A.Busalacchi) Presentation - A.Busalacchi	45 min

10:30	Coffee break

11:00	2.2 WCRP Grand Challenge on Clouds, Circulation and Climate Sensitivity (B. Stevens) Presentation - B. Stevens	20 min

11:20	3. REPORTS FROM WCRP PROJECTS AND ACTIVITIES, including their input to WCRP GCs
	3.1 GEWEX (K. Trenberth) Presentation - K. Trenberth	40 min
	3.2 CliC (J. Baeseman) Presentation - J. Baeseman	30 min

12:30	Lunch

13:30	3.3 SPARC (E. Manzini) Presentation - E. Manzini	30 min

14:00	4. OOPC (K.Hill) Presentation - K. Hill	20 min

	5. Ocean Indices (E. Harrison + T. Lee) Presentation - E. Harrison + T. Lee	20 min

	6. Discussion	20 min

15:00	Coffee break

15:30	7. US CLIVAR report (R. Weller (tbc), M. Patterson) Presentation - M. Patterson	30 min

16:00	8. ICPO report & discussion of issues arising from written national reports (R. Barry) Presentation - R. Barry	30 min

16:30	*Chair: Lisa Goddard*
	9. Report on ECS outreach, EGU town Hall, input on new name, etc. Presentation - J. Riley	30 min

	10. WCRP capacity development strategy and disc of CLIVAR involvement - R. Boscolo (via skype) Presentation - R. Boscolo - via skype	30 min

	11. WCRP regions (L. America and Africa workshop) (H. Berberry, A. Pirani) 11.1 Presentation - H. Berberry 11.2 Presentation - A. Pirani	30 min

18:00	Adjourn for day 1 – Ice breaker GEOMAR building


	TUESDAY 7 MAY: START OF DAY 2 – Tiger Team Reports

	*Chair -* *Lisa Goddard*

09:00	12. Intro to CLIVAR role vis a vis WCRP Grand Challenges – (M. Visbeck) Presentation - M. Visbeck	15 min

09:15	13. Intraseasonal, seasonal and interannual variability and predictability of monsoon systems (A.Turner, lead) Presentation - A.Turner, lead	45 min

10:00	14. Decadal variability and predictability of ocean and climate variability (G. Danabasoglu, lead) 14.1 Presentation - G. Danabasoglu 14.2 Presentation - E. Hawkins	45 min

10:45	Coffee break

11:15	15. Trends, nonlinearities and extreme events (X. Zhang, lead) 15.1 Presentation - X. Zhang, lead 15.2 Presentation - S. Schubert	45 min

12:00	16. Marine biophysical interactions and dynamics of upwelling systems (K. Drinkwater, lead) Presentation - K. Drinkwater, lead	45 min

12:45	Lunch

13:45	17. Dynamics of regional sea level variability (C. Boening) Presentation - C. Boening	45 min

14:00	18 . Consistency between planetary heat balance and ocean heat storage (e.g. ESA/CLIVAR ocean heat content) Presentation - K, von Schuckman	60 min
14:20	19 . ENSO in a Warmer World Presentation - T. Lee
15:30	Depart for excursion/dinner
	Kiel Molfsee (tbc)
	Joint Panel Dinner

	WEDNESDAY 8 MAY: START OF DAY 3

	*Chair: Steve Rintoul*

09:00	20. CLIVAR PANELS AND WORKING GROUPS PRESENTATIONS -summary of key progress, issues for SSG and plans related to CLIVAR “research opportunities”

	(30 min each for presentation and discussion)
	20.1 Regional activities Chair: Lisa Goddard a. Presentation - AAMP (K. Sperber) b. Presentation - MJO TF (K. Sperber)
	20.1.1 AAMP (incl MJO TF) (K. Sperber)	30 min
	20.2 VAMOS (H. Berberry) Presentation - VAMOS (H. Berberry)	30 min
	20.2.1 GEWEX / CLIVAR Africa Climate Panel (tbd)	30 min

10:30	Coffee break

11:00	21 Global activities Chair: Lisa Goddard
	21.1 GSOP (T. Lee) Presentation - GSOP (T. Lee)	30 min
	21.2 WGOMD (G.Danabasoglu) Presentation - WGOMD (G.Danabasoglu)	30 min

12:00	22 Ocean basin activities Chair: Steve Rintoul
	22.1 Southern Ocean (H. Hellmer) Presentation - Southern Ocean (H. Hellmer)	30 min

12:30	Lunch

13:30	22.2 Indian Ocean (incl Indonesian Throughflow WG)( T. Lee) a. Presentation - Indian Ocean Panel (T. Lee) b. Presentation - Indonesian Throughflow WG (T. Lee)	30 min
	22.3 Pacific (A. Ganachaud) Presentation - Pacific (A. Ganachaud)	30 min
	22.4 Atlantic (P. Brandt) Presentation - Atlantic (P. Brandt)	30 min

15:00	Coffee break

15:30	23 Joint activities Chair: Martin Visbeck
	23.1 ETCCDI (X-B. Zhang) Presentation - ETCCDI (X-B. Zhang)	30 min
	23.2 CLIVAR PAGES (J. Jungclaus) Presentation - CLIVAR PAGES (J. Jungclaus)	30 min

16:30	24. Working arrangements with other WCRP programmes and WGs, GFCS and the Future Earth family (in particular, GEWEX, SPARC, CliC, WGCM, WGSIP, WMO CCl, OOPC, IMBER, PAGES) (M. Visbeck) 24.1 Presentation – WMAC (H. Berberry) 24.2 Presentation - Future Earth (M. Visbeck)	60 min

17:30	Adjourn day 3

	THURSDAY 9 MAY: START OF DAY 4

	*Chair:* *Lisa Godda*rd

09:00	25. Discussion on future panel functions/structure /implementation plans) Presentation - S. Rintoul	45 min

09:45	26. Discussion of CLIVAR Strategy to address societally-relevant research opportunities/challenges and knowledge exchange (L. Goddard)	45 min

10:30	Coffee break

	*Chair: Lisa Goddard*
11:00	27. WCRP communications strategy - R. Boscolo (via skype), J. Riley Presentation - J. Riley	20 min

11:20	28. Discussion of way forward (including new CLIVAR launch, name, logo, communications team activities ) – Discussion leader: V.Detemmerman Presentation V. Detemmerman (Discussion leader)	40 min

12:00	29. Panel member renewal/structure (general) and TORs Presentation – a. CLIVAR Structure M. Visbeck Presentation – b. CLIVAR Structure2 M. Visbeck	30 min

12:30	Lunch

13:30	30. Review of actions and recommendations	30 min

	31. Place and date of next SSG meeting	15 min

	32. Closing remarks	15 min

14:30	Coffee break

15:00	Executive session - SSG core members	120 min

17:00	End SSG 20