7th International RSM Workshop
July 10-14, 2006
Ramat Gan, Israel
Bar Ilan University

Workshop Agenda

day one: Monday, July 10, 2006

9:00-9:30AM

Registration
9:30-10:00AM

Welcoming Remarks:


John Roads, RSM Chair


Steve Brenner, Chair, Department of Geography and Environment, Bar Ilan University


Professor Yuval Wolf, Dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences, Bar-Ilan University





GSM/RSM SHORT COURSE: Chair, John Roads
10:00-10:30AM

A. Historic Overview and Spectral Method Henry Juang


A1. History of Spectral Method, Part 1, Part 2


A2. Spherical Transform – Reduced Grid
10:30-11:00AM

Morning Break
11:00-11:30AM

A3. Double Fourier Transform – Expanded Domain


A4. Perturbation Nesting (RSM Spectral Method)
11:30-12:00PM

B. Model Physics: Song-You Hong


B1. Current Model Physics, Part 1, Part 2, Part 3
12:00-2:00PM

Lunch Break


GSM/RSM SHORT COURSE continued: Chair, Steve Brenner
2:00-3:00PM

B2. Future Model Physics: Song-You Hong
3:00-3:30PM

Afternoon Break
3:30-4:00PM

C. MPI: Model Decomposition Henry Juang
4:00-5:00PM

D. Model Dynamics Henry Juang


D1. Vertical Discretization – Conservation Laws, Part 1, Part 2


D2. Time Integration Scheme- Semi-Implicit


D3. Numerical Techniques
5:15PM

Reception ground floor of the International Conference Center, Feldman Building, building #301. (hosted by Department of Geography and Environment, Bar Ilan University)

day two: Tuesday, July 11, 2006


9:00-10:30AM

E. Interactive Computer Demonstration Hideki Kanamaru
Mexico Building, building #213, Third floor, RSGIS Lab


E1. Configuration


E2. Setup
10:30-11:00AM

Morning Break


Continuation of Interactive Computer Demonstration
11:00-12:00PM

E3. Sample Jobs
12:00-2:00PM

Lunch Break


Chair, Steve Brenner
Faculty of Social Science Conference Room, Mexico Building, #213
2:00-2:20PM

NCEP Forecast System Henry Juang
2:20-2:40PM

IRI Forecast System Liqiang Sun
2:40-3:00PM

ECPC Forecast Systems John Roads
3:00-3:30PM

Afternoon Break
3:30-3:50PM

National Taiwan University Forecast System Ming-Chin Wu
3:50-4:10PM

Taiwan Navy Forecast System Henry Juang
4:10-4:30PM

Hong Kong Forecast System David Hui
7:30PM

Conference Dinner (hosted by Bar-Ilan University)

Day three: Wednesday, July 12, 2006



Chair, Shyh-Chin Chen
9:30-9:50AM

3.01
Assessment of the RSM surface fluxes over the Mediterranean Sea
Steve Brenner, Sarit Shalev
9:50-10:10AM

3.02
Air - sea interaction over the Mediterranean region: An investigation using a coupled ocean-atmosphere model for seasonal time scales
Eyal Shiber, Steve Brenner
10:10-10:30AM

3.03
Dynamical Downscaling of Seasonal Climate over the Greater Horn of Africa
M. Indeje, M.N. Ward, L. Sun, L.J. Ogallo, N. Pyuzza, J. Mutemi
10:30-11:00AM

Morning Break
11:00-11:20AM

3.04
Climate Downscaling Using the RSM: A Review
Liqiang Sun
11:20-11:40AM

3.05
Dynamical Downscaling Forecast and Validation over Nordeste Brazil for 2006
Liqiang Sun, David F. Moncunill, Alexandre A. Costa
11:40-12:00PM

3.06
Effects of the Tibetan Plateau on the Asian Summer Monson Circulations
Jee-Hye Song, Song-You Hong
12:00-2:00PM


Lunch Break


Chair, Song-You Hong
2:00-2:20PM

3.07
Application of the NCEP Regional Spectral Model to Hua-Dong region of China
Xiaowei Zhang, Changming Miao, Liqiang Sun
2:20-2:40PM

3.08
East Asian summer rainfall due to soil moisture in late spring
Jung-Eun Kim, Song-You Hong
2:40-3:00PM

3.09
Sensitivity experiments of Regional Climate Simulation over Eastern Asia with Regional Spectral Model
Ching-Teng Lee, Ming-Chin Wu, Shyh-Chin Chen
3:00-3:30PM


Afternoon Break
3:30-3:50PM
3.10
Simulating Regional Climate over Hong Kong using CVS RSM with Different Land Surface Schemes
Haiqin Li, Ji Chen, Yongjiu Dai
3:50-4:10PM

3.11
Hindcast Summer-time Regional Climate of Taiwan and Adjacent Areas with RSM-97v and RSM/CVS
Ming-Chin Wu, Ching-Teng Lee, Shyh-Chin Chen
4:10-4:30PM

3.12
Impact of precipitation assimilation on regional downscaling
Ana M. B. Nunes, John O. Roads
4:30-4:50PM

3.13
A Study of the Interaction of Surface Water with the Atmosphere in a Regional Spectral Model
Miles Woodard, John Roads, Ana Nunes, Massimo Bollasina
4:50-5:10PM
3.14
Development of Predictive Capability for Water Resource Management in Singapore
Tian-Kuay Lim, Shie-Yui Liong

day four: Thursday, July 13, 2006



Chair, Henry Juang
9:30-9:50AM

4.01
Projecting Wildland Fire Severity using RSM Simulations with a Probability Model
Shyh-Chin Chen, Haiganoush Preisler, John Benoit, Francis Fujioka, Anthony Westerling
9:50-10:10AM

4.02
Experimental Monthly to Seasonal Ensemble Fire Danger Forecasts
John O. Roads
10:10-10:30AM

4.03
Diurnal cycle characteristics of the GSM
Alex Ruane, John Roads
10:30-11:00AM

Morning Break
11:00-11:20AM

4.04
Simulations of tropical cyclone-like vortices over the southwestern Indian Ocean
Mbedzi Maluta Pennington
11:20-11:40AM

4.05
Air-Sea Coupling associated with TIWs; high-resolution coupled-model study
Hyodae Seo, John O. Roads, Art Miller
11:40-12:00PM

4.06
The ECPC Coupled MIT/GSM Seasonal Prediction Model
Elena Yulaeva, Masao Kanamitsu, John O. Roads
12:00-2:00PM


Lunch Break


Chair, Liqiang Sun
2:00-2:20PM

4.07
Global evaluation of the RSM simulated precipitation through transferability studies during CEOP
Insa Meinke, John Roads, Masao Kanamitsu
2:20-2:40PM

4.08
57-year California reanalysis downscaling. System detail and validation against observation
Masao Kanamitsu, Hideki Kanamaru
2:40-3:00PM

4.09
57-year California reanalysis downscaling. Comparison with NARR
Hideki Kanamaru, Masao Kanamitsu
3:00-3:30PM


Afternoon Break
3:30-3:50PM
4.10
Climate impacts of irrigation in the western United States
Hideki Kanamaru, Masao Kanamitsu
3:50-4:10PM

4.11
Dynamical downscaling at continental and hemispheric scales
Hideki Kanamaru, Masao Kanamitsu
4:10-4:30PM

4.12
Numerical Accuracy and Scale-Independency of NCEP RSM
Jun Wang, Hann-Ming Henry Juang

day five: Friday, July 14, 2006



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