Community Atmosphere Model (CAM) Tutorial 2009

CAM Tutorial 2009
Tutorial
Jul. 27 to Jul. 31, 2009

8:30 am – 3:30 pm MDT

NCAR Mesa Lab, Boulder CO

Agenda

Monday, 7/27

8:30-9 Welcome, Intro, Logistics

9-10 Lecture 1: Climate Modeling Overview

10-10:30 break

10:30-11:30 Lecture 2: Atmospheric Dynamics

11:30-1 lunch

1-2 Introduction to Practical Session 1: Build, Configure and Run

2-3 pm Practical lab 1

3-3:30 break

3:30-4:30 pm Practical lab 1

Tuesday, 7/28

8:30-9:30 Lecture 3: Atmospheric Physics Overview

9:30-10:30 Lecture 4: Atmospheric Boundary Layer and Cloud Macrophysics

10:30-11 break

11-12 Lecture 5: Cloud Microphysics and Aerosols

12-1:30 lunch

1:30-2:30 Introduction to Practical Session 2: Model Output and Output diagnostics

2:30-3:30 Practical lab 2

3:30-4 break

4-5pm Practical lab 2

5-6:15p Reception: Damon Room

Wednesday, 7/29

8:30-9:30 Lecture 6: Radiation

9:30-10:30 Lecture 7: Cumulus Parameterization

10:30-11 break

11-12 Lecture 8: Momentum transport and gravity waves

12-1:30 lunch

1:30-2:30 Introduction to Practical Session 3: Atmosphere Model Options

2:30-3:30 Practical lab 3

3:30-4 break

4-5 Practical lab 3

Thursday, 7/30

8:30-9:30 Lecture 9: Atmospheric Chemistry

9:30-10:30 Lecture 10 :Introduction to Coupled Climate System Modeling

10:30-11 break

11-12 Lecture 11: Land Modeling

12-1:30 lunch

1:30-2:30 Introduction to Practical Session 4: Modifying model code

2:30-3:30 practical lab 4

3:30-4 break

4-5 practical lab 4

Friday, 7/31

8:30-9:30 Lecture 12: Ocean modeling

9:30-10:30 Lecture 13: Sea Ice modeling

10:30-11 break

11-11:30 Feedback session

11:30-12:30 Introduction to Practical Session 5: Running the coupled system

12:30-1:30 lunch

1:30-3:30 practical lab 5

Lecture topics and Speakers

  1. Overview (Joe Tribbia)
  2. Atmospheric Dynamics (Peter Lauritzen)
  3. Physics Overview (Andrew Gettelman)
  4. Atmospheric Boundary Layer and cloud macrophysics (Sungsu Park)
  5. Cloud Microphysics and aerosols (Andrew Gettelman)
  6. Radiation (Bill Collins)
  7. Cumulus Parameterization (Joao Teixeira)
  8. Momentum transport and gravity waves (Joe Tribbia)
  9. Atmospheric Chemistry (Jean-Francois Lamarque)
  10. Intro to coupled system (Jeff Kiehl)
  11. Land (Sam Levis)
  12. Ocean (Peter Gent)
  13. Sea Ice (David Bailey)