Final Agenda

C-RITE Workshop Agenda

22-24 May 2017

UCAR Center Green Campus & NCAR Foothills Laboratory

Boulder Colorado

 

Final - 21 May 2017


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Day 1 | Monday, 22 May 2017 (UCAR Center Green)

7:30-8:00: Registration & Continental Breakfast & set-up of posters

8:00-8:10: Welcome from NSF (Senior NSF Official)

8:10-8:25: Workshop Goals and Expectations (Vanda Grubišić)

8:25-8:30: Logistics (Jim Moore)

 

Session I: Boundary Layer Flow and Turbulence (All plenary sessions in CG Auditorium)

8:30- 8:40: Plenary - Goals and expectations of Boundary Layer Flow and Turbulence (Petra Klein)

8:40-9:40: Overview Presentations (three 20 min presentations)

        1. Stable Boundary Layers                                                          Gunilla Svensson

        2. Convective Boundary Layers and Entrainment Processes     Wayne Angevine

        3. Influence of Topography and Land Use                                   Julie Lundquist

9:40-10:00: Discussion

10:00-10:15: Break (move to breakout rooms) set up posters (new and emerging technologies), posters will remain for 2 days



10:15-11:30: Session I Breakout Groups 

  1. Stable Boundary Layers                                                          Jeilun Sun  (CG1 room 3131)
  2. Convective Boundary Layers and Entrainment Processes     Jordi Vila    (CG1 Center Auditorium)
  3. Influence of Topography and Land Use                                   Petra Klein (CG1 South Auditorium)

11:30-12:15: Plenary - Summary from each breakout session and brief discussion/clarifications

12:15-13:30: Lunch (on your own, NCAR Center Green Cafeteria)

 

Session II: Dynamics and Thermodynamics of Convection (All plenary sessions in CG Auditorium)

1:30-1:40: Plenary - Goals and expectations of Dynamics and Thermodynamics of Convection (Dave Raymond)

13:40-14:40: Overview Presentations (three 20 min presentations)

        1. Continental Convection                    Matt Parker

        2. Maritime Convection                        Larissa Back                

        3. Shallow Convection                         Paquita Zuidema

14:40-15:00: Discussions

15:15-15:30: Break (move to breakout rooms)



15:30-16:45: Session II Breakout Groups

  1. Continental Convection         Steve Nesbitt                   (CG1 Center Auditorium)
  2. Maritime Convection              Dave Raymond               (CG1 room 3131)
  3. Shallow Convection               Tammy Weckwerth          (CG1 South Auditorium)

16:45-17:30: Plenary - Summary from each breakout session and brief discussion/clarifications

17:45- 20:00: Reception and Special Presentation    (CG1 Auditorium)

Fred Carr, Summary of AMS work on observations from AMS Annual Meeting, focused on convection and turbulence

 

Day 2 | Tuesday, 23 May 2017 (UCAR Center Green)

7:50- 8:20: Continental Breakfast

8:20- 8:30: Logistics (Jim Moore)

 

Session III: Free Troposphere Flows and Turbulence  (All plenary sessions in CG Auditorium)

8:30- 8:40: Plenary - Goals and expectations of Free Troposphere Flows and Turbulence (Bart Geerts)

8:40- 9:40: Overview Presentations (three 20 min presentations)

        1. Mountain Winds and Turbulence [PPTX]  Jim Doyle

        2. Turbulence in Clouds                                Pavlos Kollias

        3. Clear-air Turbulence [PPT]                       Robert Sharman

9:40-10:00: Discussions

10:00-10:15: Break (move to breakout rooms)

10:15-11:30: Session III Breakout Groups

  1. Mountain Winds and Turbulence        Vanda Grubišić            (CG1 South Auditorium)
  2. Turbulence in Clouds                          Bart Geerts                  (CG1 Center Auditorium)
  3. Clear-air Turbulence                           Stan Trier                     (CG1 room 3150)

11:30-12:15: Plenary - Summary from each breakout session and brief discussion/clarifications

12:15-13:30: Lunch (on your own, NCAR Center Green Cafeteria)

 

Session IV: Physical Processes in Convection  (All plenary sessions in CG Auditorium)

13:30-13:40: Plenary - Goals and expectations of Physical Processes in Convection (Mary Barth)

13:40-14:40: Overview Presentations (three 20 min presentations)

         1. Cloud Electricity and Lightning                                 Larry Carey

         2. Aerosols, Cloud Physics and Radiation                   Sue van den Heever

         3. Chemistry                                                                 Ken Pickering

14:40-15:00: Discussion

15:15-15:30: Break (move to breakout rooms)

15:30-16:45: Session IV Breakout Groups

  1. Cloud Electricity and Lightning                       Andy Detwiler                (CG1 South Auditorium)
  2. Aerosols, Cloud Physics and Radiation         Dave Turner                   (CG1 Center Auditorium)
  3. Chemistry                                                       Gretchen Mullendore     (CG1 room 3150)

16:45-17:30: Plenary - Summary from each breakout session and brief discussion/clarifications

1730:  Take down all posters

Time for Breakout rapporteurs to meet to produce summary information for synthesis session

 

Day 3 | Wednesday, 24 May 2017 (NCAR Foothills Campus FL2 Room 1022)

7:50-8:20: Continental Breakfast

8:20-8:30: Logistics (Jim Moore)

 

Session V: Plenary Synthesis (NCAR Foothills Campus, FL2 -room 1022)

8:30-8:45: Summary of Boundary Layer Flow and Turbulence (Petra Klein)

8:45-9:00: Summary of Dynamics and Thermodynamics of Convection  (Dave Raymond)

9:00- 9:15: Summary of Free Troposphere Flows and Turbulence (Bart Geerts)

9:15-9:30: Summary of Physical Processes in Convection  (Mary Barth)

9:30-9:50: Discussion

9:50-10:20: Break

10:20-11:40: Synthesis of Priorities and Recommendations (Vanda Grubišić)

11:40-12:00: Wrap Up (Senior NSF Official)

 

End of Workshop