Welcome to the
5th NAME Science Working Group Meeting
Special Thanks To:
- Our local hosts: Armando Rodriguez Davilo, SMN
Francisco J. Ocampo, CICESE
Chris Watts, CIDESON
- Gus Emmanuel, UCAR JOSS / NAME Project Office
Jose Meitin, UCAR JOSS / NAME Project Office
Workshop goals
• Bring extended NAME research community together to
exchange ideas and results
– Review scope of Current / Planned NAME Activities
• Focus Plans for NAME 2004 Field Campaign
– Field Observations
– Coordination (SWG-FOC’s-Project Office)
– Identify key deficiencies
• Discuss future priorities
– How best to capitalize on results from NAME 2004? What’s
next? How to strengthen links to other process studies?
– Roadmap for post NAME 2004 modeling / analysis / enhanced
long-term monitoring activities (e.g. NAME CPT focus)
– NOAA developments: PACS/GAPP merger, ISIP
SWG-5 Agenda and Format
6 Sessions:
(1)
NAME Overview
* programmatic
* commitments from the U.S. Government / research institutions
* costs/tradeoffs (e.g. NAME Project Office)
(2)
NAME International Partnerships
* commitments from the Mexican Government / research institutions
(3)
NAME 2004 Field Campaign Breakout Session
* technically and logistically focused presentations
(4)
NAME Forecast Operations Centers (FOCs)
* functions / coordination
(5)
NAME Modeling and Diagnostic Studies
* roadmap
* NAME CPT
(6) SWG Executive Session (Open)
* actions / SWG rotation / next meeting
Workshop Format:
Short talks with ample time for dedicated discussion.
Session chairs to keep track of ACTIONS
NAME Science & Implementation Plan
July 2003
NAME Science and Implementation Plan
• NAME is the North American
Implementation of the WCRP/ CLIVAR
VAMOS Program;
• NAME is a warm season process study
included in the US CLIVAR Pan American
S&IP and the GAPP S&IP;
NAME Science Working Group*
July 2003
• Principal US funding contributions from
NOAA (OGP, NWS), NASA (THP), NSF;
• NAME S&IP will be updated shortly
after this meeting.
NAME Modeling and Data Assimilation
“White Paper”
June 2003
NAME Modeling and Data Assimilation:
A Strategic Overview
• Provides a strategy for accelerating progress
on the fundamental modeling issues pertaining
to the NAME science objectives
• Unveiled at NAME Modeling and Data
Assimilation Workshop (UMD, June 03)
• Reviewed by the US CLIVAR Pan American
Panel.
NAME Science Working Group*
June 2003
• Emphasizes activities that bring
observationalists, modelers and physical
parameterization experts together to focus on
key physical processes that are deficient in
coupled models.
NAME Scientific Objectives
Promote a better understanding of, and more realistic simulation of:
a) warm season convective processes in complex terrain;
b) intraseasonal variability of the monsoon;
c) the response of warm season atmospheric circulation and precipitation patterns
to slowly varying, potentially predictable oceanic and continental surface
conditions;\
d) the life cycle of the North American monsoon system and its variability.
Is NAME on track toward achieving its objectives?
Can linkages between NAME and other process studies
(e.g MESA; EPIC) be strengthened? How?
PanAm Process Studies Timeline
(June 2003)
US CLIVAR Pan American Process Studies Timeline [version 2.2 revised June 2003]
_2001_
_2002_
_2003_
_2004_
EPIC: ITCZ/deep convection analysis ----->
EPIC2001
_2005_
EPIC
VOCAL: stratus/shallow convection ----->
VOCALS
SALLJEX
MESA
NAME2004
NAME
Pre-field phase observations, analysis & modeling
Intensive field work
Post-field phase observations, analysis & modeling
Enhanced observing period
_2006_
_2007_
_2008_
_2009_
Meetings/workshops
_2010_
The PanAm panel seeks community input to extend this
timeline to 2006 and beyond, striving to optimize
contributions to US CLIVAR science goals, driven by:
 Prioritized research needs and opportunities
 The national and international programmatic context
 US funding agency strategic plans
NAME Science Working Group
(updated September 2003)
Name
Affiliation Service
Through
Name
Affiliation
Service
Through
Jorge Amador
UCR
2006
Bob Maddox
UAZ
2006
Hugo Berbery
UMD
2004
Kingtse Mo
CPC
2006
Miguel Cortez
SMN
2006
Francisco
O’Campo
CICESE
2006
Art Douglas
Creighton U
2004
Erik Pytlak
NWS
2006
Michael Douglas
NSSL
2005
Andrea Ray
CDC
2006
Dave Gochis
NCAR/RAP
2006
Jae Schemm
CPC
2004
Wayne Higgins
(Chair)
CPC
2006
Siegfried
Schubert
NASA
2005
Dick Johnson
CSU
2006
Dave Stensrud
NSSL
2004
Dennis
Lettenmaier
UW
2006
Chidong Zhang
RSMAS
2005
Rene Lobato
IMTA
2004
Workshop goals
• Bring extended NAME research community together to
exchange ideas and results
– Review scope of Current / Planned NAME Activities
• Focus Plans for NAME 2004 Field Campaign
– Field Observations
– Coordination (SWG-FOC’s-Project Office)
– Identify key deficiencies
• Discuss future priorities
– How best to capitalize on results from NAME 2004? What’s
next? How to strengthen links to other process studies?
– Roadmap for post NAME 2004 modeling / analysis / enhanced
long-term monitoring activities (e.g. NAME CPT focus)
– NOAA developments: PACS/GAPP merger, ISIP
Executive Session
• SWG-5 Post Mortem
Action 1: Session chairs to provide summaries to Higgins by Nov. 30.
Action 2: Update NAME S&IP by Jan 1 2004 (Higgins and SWG)
Action 3: Summary of SWG-5 and list of SWG Action Items (Higgins)
• Review of Actions from each session of meeting by
session chairs
Actions:
• SWG Membership
In Executive Session (Aug 03) the US CLIVAR Panam panel endorsed the NAME
SWG rotation plan and the 2003 rotation. The endorsement was conveyed to the
US CLIVAR SSC, the GAPP SAG and the VAMOS Panel.
Action 1: SWG rotation to be approved by CLIVAR SSC, GAPP SAG and
VAMOS Panel (Gutzler, Higgins will coordinate)
Executive Session, cont.
• Next Meeting
-
Coordination for NAME 2004 is urgent.
An Operations Review is needed prior to the field campaign.
NAME FOC’s need to coordinate with NAME Forecasters and SWG.
Proposal: NAME 2004 Operations Review / SWG-6 Meeting / FOC Forecaster
Orientation Workshop Meeting April 21-23 2004 (Tucson, AZ).
Action 1: NAME Project Office (Emmanuel), SWG, and NAME FOC (Maddox,
Pytlak) to organize NAME 2004 Operations Review and SWG-6 (Tucson, AZ).
Executive Session, cont.
• NAME Modeling-Observations Strategy
-
Summary of suggestions by Pan AM Panel for NAME Modeling “White Paper”
(Higgins)
Action 1: Incorporate specific changes into NAME “White Paper” (Higgins)
-
Focus of NAME CPT activity
* Phenomenological: diurnal cycle of convection in complex terrain;
* Key processes: (e.g. orographic forcing of convection);
* Consistent with NOAA (PACS/GAPP and ISIP) goals, the activities must be
integrated, requirements based (e.g. improving warm season precipitation forecasts
for the nation) and products driven.
Action 2: NAME Modeling / Obs team (Schubert, chair) to refine plans (roadmap)
and seek formal endorsement of SWG, US CLIVAR, GAPP SAG.
-
Additional discussion of the modeling white paper