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

 

 

 

Individual Group Discussions