NCIS 2019 Agenda

Workshop Agenda: July 30-31

Plenary sessions will be webcast here:  http://www.fin.ucar.edu/it/mms/cg2-live-chat-hd.htm

Tuesday July 30

Plenary Morning Session:

8:30-9:00 Coffee

9:00-9:15 Introductions (Tony Busalacchi, Project Team)

9:15-9:30 Expectations of the workshop (Project Team, presented by Simone Tilmes)

9:30-10:00 Carbon Dioxide Removal and Mitigation through Land Management (Peter Lawrence)

10:00-10:30 Solar Radiation Management through Stratospheric Aerosols (Alan Robock, Rutgers University)

10:30-10:45 Break

10:45-11:15 Solar Radiation Management through Cloud Modification (Wojciech Grabowski / Roy Rasmussen)

11:15-11:30 A fundamental list of ethical issues facing climate change (Warren Washington / Monica Morrison)

11:30-11:45 Introducing MUSICA:  A New Modeling Infrastructure for Simulation of Chemical Weather and Chemical Climate (Dan Marsh)

11:45-12:00 Other relevant modeling tools at NCAR (Brian Medeiros)

12:00-12:15 Observational capabilities (Britt Stephens)

12:15-12:30 NCAR/UCAR Outreach and Education of Climate Intervention Strategies (Andrea Smith)

12:30-1:30 Lunch (bring own or purchase in CG 1 cafeteria)

1:30-2:45 Breakout Groups (4 parallel sessions)

1. Land Management - CG1 Room 3150
2. Stratospheric Aerosol Interventions - CG1 Room 2603
3. Cloud Modification - CG2 Room 3138
4. Scenarios / Ethics / Impacts - CG1 Room 2503

2:45-3:15 Break

Plenary session: Summary and discussion of breakout groups

3:15-3:45 Land Management (Peter Lawrence, Katie Dagon)

3:45-4:15 Stratospheric Aerosol Interventions (Mike Mills, Simone Tilmes, Isla Simpson)

4:15-4:45 Cloud Modification (Wojciech Grabowski, Roy Rasmussen, Sarah Tessendorf)

4:45-5:15 Scenarios / Ethics / Impacts (Andy Prein and Melissa Bukovsky)

5:15 Wrap up of the day.

Wednesday July 31st - 

***Wednesday morning session has transitioned to continued breakout and discussions, and will not be webcast.  We will post summary notes for both Tuesday and Wednesday sessions at a later date***

Plenary discussion with approximate times for discussion topics

8:30 -9:00 Coffee

9:00 -10:00 Revisit the breakout group discussions, identify common themes and cross lab collaborations

10:00 -10:30 Opportunities for collaborations (National / International)

10:30-11:00 Break

11:00-11:30 Outreach Opportunities

11:30-12:00 Identify goals, topics, and key experts for the workshop in fall

12:00-12:30 Final discussion Wrap-up