Tuesday, May 06, 2008
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Ecosystems and Climate I
Morning Session Chair: Matthew Huber (Purdue)
[Perspective talks are 45 min + 15 min discussion]
[Regular talks are 30 min + 15 min discussion]
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8:50am |
David Gross
(KITP Director)
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Welcome [Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
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9:00am |
John Harte
(UC Berkeley)
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Problems and Prospects at the Intersection of Ecology and Climate [Slides][Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
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10:00am |
David Noone
(Univ. Colorado, ATOC)
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Exchanges at the Interface Between Terrestrial Ecosystems, the Water Cycle and Climate [Slides][Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
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10:45am |
MORNING BREAK |
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11:15am |
Zhengyu Liu
(Univ. Wisconsin)
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On The Abrupt Change of the Northern Africa Climate-Ecosystem in the Holocene: Modeling, Mechanism, and Implications [Slides][Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
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12:00pm |
LUNCH BREAK |
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The General Circulation and Macrotrubulence
Afternoon Session Chair: Paul Kushner (Toronto)
[Perspective talks are 45 min + 15 min discussion]
[Regular talks are 30 min + 15 min discussion]
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1:30pm |
Tapio Schneider
(Caltech)
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Macroturbulence in the General Circulation of the Atmosphere -- an Overview [Slides][Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
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2:30pm |
Adam Sobel
(Columbia Univ.)
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Dynamics of Tropical Intraseasonal Variability[Slides][Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
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3:15pm |
AFTERNOON BREAK |
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3:45pm |
DISCUSSION |
Resolving Moist Processes in Global Climate Models: Prospects and Implications [Slides][Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
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4:30pm |
SHUTTLE TO BWSCI |
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Wednesday, May 07, 2008
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Ecosystems and Climate II
Morning Session Chair: Chris Still (UCSB)
[Perspective talks are 45 min + 15 min discussion]
[Regular talks are 30 min + 15 min discussion]
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9:00am |
Inez Fung
(UC Berkeley)
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Biosphere Atmosphere Interactions [Slides][Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
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10:00am |
David Siegel
(UCSB)
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Pelagic Ecosystems and Ocean Biogeochemistry [Slides][Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
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10:45am |
MORNING BREAK |
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11:15am |
Tony Michaels
(USC)
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Ocean Biology, Food Webs and Climate - The Critical Role of Surprise [Slides][Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
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12:00pm |
LUNCH BREAK |
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Clouds I
Afternoon Session Chair: Grisha Falkovich (Weizmann Institute)
[Perspective talks are 45 min + 15 min discussion]
[Regular talks are 30 min + 15 min discussion]
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1:30pm |
Andy Majda
(NYU)
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Multi-Scale Models for the Tropics: A Systematic Route for Improving Theory, Computational, and Predictive Strategies[Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
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2:30pm |
Paul O'Gorman
(Caltech)
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Effect of Climate Change on the Hydrological Cycle [Slides][Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
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3:15pm |
POSTER SESSION |
RECEPTION, WINE &NUTS IN COURTYARD |
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6:30pm |
SPECIAL EVENTS DINNER |
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8:30pm |
SHUTTLE TO BWSCI |
*Time may vary depending on end of dinner. |
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Thursday, May 08, 2008
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The General Circulation and Statistical Approaches
Morning Session Chair: Jeff Weiss (CU Boulder)
[Perspective talks are 45 min + 15 min discussion]
[Regular talks are 30 min + 15 min discussion]
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9:00am |
Jim McWilliams
(UCLA)
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Verisimilitude and Imprecision in Climate Simulations [Slides][Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
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10:00am |
Greg Holloway
(Inst. of Ocean Sciences)
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Entropic Forcing from Microscales to Macroscales [Slides][Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
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10:45am |
MORNING BREAK |
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11:15am |
Tim Garrett
(Univ. Utah)
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Entropy Production in the Cloud-Climate System [Slides][Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
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12:00pm |
LUNCH BREAK |
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1:30pm |
FREE AFTERNOON |
Shuttle Available to BWSCI *time is flexible |
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Friday, May 09, 2008
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Clouds II and the Cryosphere
Morning Session Chair: Antonio Celani (CNRS)
[Perspective talks are 45 min + 15 min discussion]
[Regular talks are 30 min + 15 min discussion]
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9:00am |
Ray Pierrehumbert
(Univ. Chicago)
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Cloud Thermostats and Anti-thermostats [Slides][Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
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10:00am |
Olivier Pauluis
(Courant)
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Atmospheric Heat Engines: From the Carnot Cycle to the Global Atmospheric Circulation [Slides][Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
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10:45am |
MORNING BREAK |
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11:15am |
Ken Golden
(Univ. Utah)
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Thermal Evolution of Fluid Permeability in Sea Ice[Slides][Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
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12:00pm |
LUNCH BREAK |
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The Carbon Cycle and Geoengineering
Afternoon Session Chair: Bob Ecke (LANL)
[Perspective talks are 45 min + 15 min discussion]
[Regular talks are 30 min + 15 min discussion]
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1:30pm |
Kurt House
(Harvard)
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Electrochemical Acceleration of Chemical Weathering [Slides][Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
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2:30pm |
David Keith
(Univ. Calgary)
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Photophoretic Levitation of Stratospheric Aerosols for Efficient Geoengineering [Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
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3:15pm |
AFTERNOON BREAK |
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3:45pm |
Joe Berry
(Carnegie Inst. Global Ecology)
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Linking Biochemical Mechanisms to Earth System Processes: Challenges of Scale [Slides][Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
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4:45pm |
DISCUSSION |
Perspective on the Conference [Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
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5:45pm |
RECEPTION, WINE &NUTS |
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6:30pm |
SPECIAL EVENTS DINNER |
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8:30pm |
SHUTTLE TO BWSCI |
*Also available to SB Airport and SB Airbus, Goleta location.
(See Jocelyn to sign up.) |
ABSTRACTS/POSTER PRESENTATIONS
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Freddy Bouchet
(INLN-CNRS)
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Equilibrium and Out of Equilibrium Statistical Mechanics of 2D and Geophysical Flows |
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Stanislav Derevyanko
(Aston Univ.)
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The Effect of Turbulence on Droplet Collision and Water Fallout in Warm Clouds |
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Xavier Levine
(Caltech)
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Response of Hadley Circulations to Climate Change |
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Junjun Liu
(Caltech)
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Formation of Jets and Equatorial Superrotation on Jupiter |
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Melissa Maestas
(Univ. Utah)
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The Role of Radiative-dynamic Feedbacks in Amplifying Surface Warming by Arctic stratus under Polluted Conditions[Slides] |
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Timothy Merlis
(Caltech)
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Formation of Extratropical Jets in a Hierarchy of Atmospheric Models |
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Joerg Schumacher
(Univ. Ilmenau)
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Turbulent Fluctuations on Kolmogorov and Sub-Kolomogorov Scales |
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Agnese Seminara
(HSEAS)
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Microdroplet Condensation in Warm Clouds: The Role of Turbulence |
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Saturday, May 10, 2008
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10:00am |
Martin Einhorn
(KITP)
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Welcome [Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
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10:05am |
Brad Marston (Brown Univ.)
Michael Ditmore (Novim)
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Introduction[Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
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10:15am |
Kurt House
(Harvard)
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The Possibility and Difficulty of Engineering Oceanic and Atmospheric Composition [Slides][Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
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11:00am |
David Keith
(Univ. Calgary)
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Limits to Climate Engineering: Ignorance, Physics and Politics [Slides][Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
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12:00pm |
LUNCH BREAK |
Luncheon Buffet in the KITP Courtyard |
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1:30pm |
Tony Michaels
(USC)
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Ocean Carbon Sequestration - The Acid Test [Slides][Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
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2:15pm |
Ray Pierrehumbert
(Univ. Chicago)
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Perils of the Sulfate Sunshield [Slides][Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
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3:00pm |
Moderator: Catherine Gautier
(UCSB) |
Roundtable Discussion [Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
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4:00pm |
FORUM CONCLUSION |
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4:45pm |
SHUTTLE TO BWSCI |
*Also available to SB Airport and SB Airbus, Goleta location.
(See Jocelyn to sign up.) |
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