Ninth Annual Meeting of the

WCRP/CLIVAR/VAMOS Panel (VPM9)

Foz do Iguaçu, Brazil, 22-23 April 2006


Saturday, April 22, Morning Session, Plenary

Chair: E. Hugo Berbery (UMD)

8:15am Welcome

- Dr. C. Vera and Dr. Wayne Higgins - VAMOS Co-Chairs

8:30am VAMOS Chair`s Report - C. Vera and W. Higgins

9:00am Break

9:20am VOCALS Status Report - R. Wood

9:40 am MESA Status Report - C. Vera

10:00 am NAME Status Report - W. Higgins

10:20am VAMOS International Project Office / VAMOS Database - S. Williams

10:40 pm CPPA Program - J. Huang

Special Presentations

Chair:

11:00 pm VAMOS Modeling Plan - B. Kirtman

11:20 pm IASCLIP Program - J. Amador

11:40 pm The NOAA Climate Test Bed - W. Higgins

12:00 pm Lunch


Saturday, April 22, Afternoon Session - VOCALS

Chair:

1:30 pm VOCALS Coastal Component - R. Garreaud

1:50 pm VOCALS Science and Logistics - R. Wood

2:10 pm The Chilean aerosol-cloud-climate component of VOCALS - L. Gallardo

Saturday, April 22, Afternoon Session - MESA

Chair:

2:30 pm MESA Modeling activities - C. Saulo

2:50 pm MESA/LPB CSE Status Report - H. Berbery and M. A. Silva Dias

3:10 pm MESA Climate Change Studies - J. Marengo

3:30 pm Break


Saturday, April 22, Afternoon Session - NAME

Chair: Luis Farfan

3:50 pm NAMAP2 / NAME Climate Process Team - D. Gutzler

4:10 pm Modeling Studies from NAME 2004 - H. Berbery

4:30 pm The impact of eastern Pacific tropical cyclones over Baja California

- L. Farfan

Saturday, April 22, Afternoon Session - Special presentation

Chair:

4:50 pm CLARIS - J.P, Boulanger

5:10 pm CLIVAR Report - T. Busalacchi

5:35 pm WCRP: Implementing our New Strategic Framework - A. Henderson-Sellers

6:00 pm End


Sunday, April 23, Morning Session, VAMOS Panel Executive Session

Chairs: C. Vera and W. Higgins


8:00 am VAMOS Panel Executive Session

12:00 pm VPM9 ends

Sunday, April 23, Afternoon Session, MESA SWG Meeting

Chair: C. Vera

1:00 pm MESA SWG Meeting

6:00 pm Adjourn


Last update: 5/11/2006, by Carlos Ereno