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Suggested Citation:"Appendix B: June 24-25, 2015, Workshop Agenda." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2016. Opportunities to Improve Representation of Clouds and Aerosols in Climate Models with Classified Observing Systems: Proceedings of a Workshop: Abbreviated Version. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/23527.
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Appendix B
June 24-25, 2015, Workshop Agenda


Wednesday, June 24, 2015

7:30 AM

**Shuttle from Hotel Irvine to Beckman Center**

8:00 AM

Sackler Colloquium

3:00 PM

Sackler Adjourns

Workshop on Opportunities to Improve the Representation of Clouds and Aerosols in Climate Models with National Collection Systems

The impact of aerosols on the atmosphere is widely acknowledged as one of the most significant and uncertain aspects of climate change projections. Although scientists know much about the general nature of the interactions between aerosols and clouds, the simulation of clouds and how they will respond to aerosol changes is a central challenge in climate modeling. At the request of the Intelligence Community, the National Academies is organizing a series of two workshops on this topic:

Unclassified workshop: June 24-25, 2015, to engage with Sackler and other uncleared participants to identify gaps in our capabilities, significant barriers and challenges, and potential opportunities for improvements.

Classified workshop: September 28-30, 2015, to discuss the usefulness of classified observing systems in advancing understanding of aerosol-cloud-precipitation interactions.

Such an improved understanding could lead to a more accurate representation of cloud and aerosols in climate models, reducing the uncertainty of climate projections. Unclassified and classified summaries of the workshops will be prepared by a designated rapporteur.

Premise: The current satellite systems and their available data streams do not provide adequate observations of aerosols, clouds, and precipitation to constrain our modeling of the relative impact of aerosols and their precursors on the climate and hydrologic systems on a global or regional scale.

  • Review current and planned, non-proprietary and unclassified, satellite observations capable of measuring the relationships between aerosols, clouds and precipitation.
  • Hear from invited experts on specific instrument-related topics, including
    • attributes, measurements, tolerances and calibration
    • current observing system capabilities (multiple instruments), and gaps in that system
    • next-generation instruments and systems
  • Identify opportunities available in the current and planned Global Earth Observing System of Systems (GEOSS), including the civilian space sector, for building a coherent system to address aerosol-cloud interactions and related questions. Identify also the limitations.

Remote Observations of Aerosol-Cloud-Precipitation Properties: The Current Systems

Chair: Pamela Emch

3:30 PM

Welcome, Introductions, and Purpose of Workshop

Pamela Emch, Northrop Grumman

4:15 PM

Gaps in Active Remote Sensing

Graeme Stephens, JPL(Jet Propulsion Laboratory)

Suggested Citation:"Appendix B: June 24-25, 2015, Workshop Agenda." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2016. Opportunities to Improve Representation of Clouds and Aerosols in Climate Models with Classified Observing Systems: Proceedings of a Workshop: Abbreviated Version. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/23527.
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4:45 PM

Breakout group discussion: Initial brainstorming

Pamela Emch

  1. What properties and processes related to aerosol-cloud-precipitation interactions could/would we like to observe from orbit?
  2. What specific satellite instrument attributes, measurements, and tolerances are needed to constrain aerosol-cloud-climate models?
  3. Can the gaps and barriers regarding aerosol-cloud interactions in the current observing system be addressed by calibration, coincidence, resolution, orbits?
  4. What are the biggest challenges, given anticipated capability from orbit, to using satellite observations to improve cloud-aerosol-precipitation modeling?

5:30 PM

Breakout group rapporteurs report back

6:00 PM

Adjourn

6:05 PM

Working dinner with participants (Executive Dining Room)

7:45 PM

**Shuttle from Beckman Center to Hotel Irvine**

Thursday, June 25, 2015

7:30 AM

**Shuttle from Hotel Irvine to Beckman Center**

8:00 AM

Breakfast available in meeting room

8:30 AM

Review and summarize Post-Sackler discussion

Goals for today’s meeting

Pamela Emch

8:40 AM

Motivations of the NRC Activity

Challenges and Opportunities in Future Remote Observations of Aerosol/Cloud/Precipitation Properties: Next Generation Systems

9:00 AM

What are future opportunities and challenges related to moving to very high resolution Electro-optical/Infrared (EO/IR) instruments?

[Hi res MODIS, MASTER, ASTER, EO-1]

Chair: Jeffrey Reid, Naval Research Laboratory

Speaker: Michael King, University of Colorado

9:20 AM

Brief perspective from Chair and general discussion

9:45 AM

What are future opportunities and challenges related to better utilizing multi-angle views and obtaining better time coverage for EO/IR instruments?

[Hi res MISR; Air MSPI]

Chair: Sonia Kreidenweis, Colorado State University

Speaker: Michael Garay, JPL

10:05 AM

Brief perspective from Chair and general discussion

10:30 AM

Break

Suggested Citation:"Appendix B: June 24-25, 2015, Workshop Agenda." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2016. Opportunities to Improve Representation of Clouds and Aerosols in Climate Models with Classified Observing Systems: Proceedings of a Workshop: Abbreviated Version. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/23527.
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10:45 AM

What are future opportunities and challenges related to innovative use of the electromagnetic spectrum for EO/IR instruments?

[RSP (Research Scanning Polarimeter), hyperspectral and polarization]

Chair: Michael Prather, University of California, Irvine

Speaker: Jacek Chowdhary, NASA GISS (Goddard Institute for Space Studies)

11:05 AM

Brief perspective from Chair and general discussion

11:30 AM

What are future directions for improving 3D Radiative Transfer?

Chair: Everett Joseph, State University of New York at Albany

Speaker: Howard Barker, Environment Canada

11:50 AM

Brief perspective from Chair and general discussion

12:15 PM

Working lunch

1:15 PM

What are future opportunities to use radar and passive microwave to observe precipitation and clouds?

[Global Precipitation Mission]

Chair: Rob Wood, University of Washington

Speaker: Jay Mace, University of Utah

1:35 PM

Brief perspective from Chair and general discussion

2:00 PM

What are future opportunities to use lidar and polarimetry?

Chair: Steven Ghan, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Speaker: Rich Ferrare, NASA Langley

2:20 PM

Brief perspective from Chair and general discussion

2:45 PM

Break

3:00 PM

Panel discussion focusing on derived products/separating constituents

Chair: Steve Ghan

  • Aerosol Composition: Ralph Kahn, NASA GISS
  • Cloud Properties: Zhien Wang, University of Wyoming
  • Cloud-Aerosol Relationships/Interactions: Joyce Penner, University of Michigan

4:00 PM

General Discussion

4:30 PM

Breakout group discussions: Optimizing the current satellite systems, defining the future systems

Pamela Emch

  • What are characteristics of an optimal, but realistic satellite observing system that would make a breakthrough in understanding cloud/aerosol relationships?
  • What key needs, gaps, and barriers should the committee should consider going into the September classified meeting?
Suggested Citation:"Appendix B: June 24-25, 2015, Workshop Agenda." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2016. Opportunities to Improve Representation of Clouds and Aerosols in Climate Models with Classified Observing Systems: Proceedings of a Workshop: Abbreviated Version. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/23527.
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5:15 PM

Breakout group rapporteurs report back

5:50 PM

Wrap up: What did we learn and where do we go from here?

Pamela Emch

6:00 PM

Adjourn

Participant List

June 24-25, 2015

  • Howard Barker / Environment Canada
  • Jacek Chowdhary / National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
  • Adarsh Deepak / Science and Technology Corporation
  • Pamela Emch / Northrop Grumman Corporation
  • Graham Feingold / National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
  • Richard Ferrare / NASA Langley
  • Michael Garay / NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)
  • Andrew Gettelman / National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR)
  • Steven Ghan / Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL)
  • Mike Griffin / Massachusetts Institute of Technology Lincoln Library
  • Jeffrey D. Hawkins / Naval Research Laboratory
  • Darrell Herd / United States Geographical Survey (USGS)
  • Everette Joseph / State University of New York
  • Ralph Kahn / NASA
  • Michael King / University of Colorado Boulder
  • Ian Kraucunas / PNNL
  • Sonia Kreidenweis / Colorado State University
  • Jay Mace / University of Utah
  • Jerry Miller / National Academy of Sciences
  • Daniel Murphy / NOAA
  • David Noone / Oregon State University
  • Joyce Penner / University of Michigan
  • Michael Prather / University of California, Irvine
  • Phil Rasch / PNNL
  • Jeffrey Reid / Naval Research Laboratory
  • Lorraine Remer / University of Maryland, Baltimore County
  • Daniel Rosenfeld / The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel
  • Graeme Stephens / NASA JPL
  • Susan Van Den Heever / Colorado State University
  • Wenshan Wang / University of California, Irvine
  • Zhien Wang / University of Wyoming
Suggested Citation:"Appendix B: June 24-25, 2015, Workshop Agenda." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2016. Opportunities to Improve Representation of Clouds and Aerosols in Climate Models with Classified Observing Systems: Proceedings of a Workshop: Abbreviated Version. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/23527.
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Suggested Citation:"Appendix B: June 24-25, 2015, Workshop Agenda." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2016. Opportunities to Improve Representation of Clouds and Aerosols in Climate Models with Classified Observing Systems: Proceedings of a Workshop: Abbreviated Version. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/23527.
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Suggested Citation:"Appendix B: June 24-25, 2015, Workshop Agenda." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2016. Opportunities to Improve Representation of Clouds and Aerosols in Climate Models with Classified Observing Systems: Proceedings of a Workshop: Abbreviated Version. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/23527.
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Suggested Citation:"Appendix B: June 24-25, 2015, Workshop Agenda." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2016. Opportunities to Improve Representation of Clouds and Aerosols in Climate Models with Classified Observing Systems: Proceedings of a Workshop: Abbreviated Version. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/23527.
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One of the most significant and uncertain aspects of climate change projections is the impact of aerosols on the climate system. Aerosols influence the climate indirectly by interacting with nearby clouds leading to small changes in cloud cover, thickness, and altitude, which significantly affect Earth’s radiative balance. Advancements have been made in recent years on understanding the complex processes and atmospheric interactions involved when aerosols interact with surrounding clouds, but further progress has been hindered by limited observations.

The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine organized a workshop to discuss the usefulness of the classified observing systems in advancing understanding of cloud and aerosol interactions. Because these systems were not developed with weather and climate modeling as a primary mission objective, many participants said it is necessary for scientists to find creative ways to utilize the data. The data from these systems have the potential to be useful in advancing understanding of cloud and aerosol interactions. This publication summarizes the presentations and discussions from the workshop.

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