First GENESIS Users Workshop

National Center for Atmospheric Research
Boulder, Colorado
14-16 September 1993

Participants

Steven K. Baum
ARC Technologies
305 Arguello Drive
College Station, TX 77840

Jon C. Bergengren
Interdisciplinary Climate Systems Section
Climate and Global Dynamics Division
NCAR
P.O. Box 3000
Boulder, CO 80307
(jon@sage.cgd.ucar.edu)

Lisa Cirbus-Sloan
Institute of Marine Sciences
University of California
Santa Cruz, CA 95064
(lcsloan@earthsci.ucsc.edu)

Julia Cole
INSTAAR
University of Colorado
CB 450
Boulder, CO 80309
(coleje@spot.colorado.edu)

Robert DeConto
CIRES
University of Colorado
CB 216
Boulder, CO 80309
(deconto@terra.colorado.edu)

Ming Ding
Atmospheric Sciences Research Center
SUNY at Albany
100 Fuller Road
Albany, NY 12205
(mding@climate.asrc.albany.edu)

Michael Dudek
Atmospheric Sciences Research Center
SUNY at Albany
100 Fuller Road
Albany, NY 12205
(dudek@climate.asrc.albany.edu)

Peter J. Fawcett
Earth System Science Center
Pennsylvania State University
436 Deike Building
University Park, PA 16801
(peterf@essc.psu.edu)

Susan Firor
Dept. of Civil Engineering
Environmental Fluid Mech. Lab.
Stanford University
Stanford, CA 94305-4020
(firors@axe.humboldt.edu)

Jonathan A. Foley
Center for Climatic Research
Dept. of Atmos. Oceanic Sciences
University of Wisconsin
1225 W. Dayton Street
Madison, WI 53706
(foley@meteor.wisc.edu)

Mark Gibbs
Dept. of Geosciences
Earth System Science Center
409 Deike Building
Pennsylvania State University
University Park, PA 16802
(gibbs@essc.psu.edu)

Ann Henderson-Sellers
Climatic Impacts Centre
Macquarie University
North Ryde
2109 NSW, Australia
(ann@mqmet.cic.mq.edu.au)

Peter Jaumann
Department of Geology
Iowa State University
35A Trowbridge Hall
Iowa City, Iowa 52242
(pjjauman@umaxc.weeg.uiowa.edu)

Gregory S. Jenkins
Advanced Study Program
NCAR
P.O. Box 3000
Boulder, CO 80307
(osei@ncar.ucar.edu)

Everette Joseph
Atmospheric Sciences Research Center
SUNY at Albany
100 Fuller Road
Albany, NY 12205
(joseph@climate.asrc.albany.edu)

Patrick J. Kennedy
Interdisciplinary Climate Systems Section
Climate and Global Dynamics Division
NCAR
P.O. Box 3000
Boulder, CO 80307
(kennedy@ncar.ucar.edu)

John Kutzbach
Center for Climatic Research
Dept. of Atmos. Oceanic Sciences
University of Wisconsin
1225 W. Dayton Street
Madison, WI 53706
(vavrus@phoebus.meteor.wisc.edu)

Elizabeth Law-Evans
Interdisciplinary Climate Systems Section
Climate and Global Dynamics Division
NCAR
P.O. Box 3000
Boulder, CO 80307
(lawevans@ncar.ucar.edu)

Xin-Zhong Liang
Atmospheric Sciences Research Center
SUNY at Albany
100 Fuller Road
Albany, NY 12205
(liang@climate.asrc.albany.edu)

James Maslanik
CIRES
University of Colorado
CB 449
Boulder, CO 80309
(jimm@northwind.colorado.edu)

David L. McGinnis
Dept. of Geography
Earth System Science Center
302 Walker Building
Pennsylvania State University
University Park, PA 16802
(mcginnis@essc.psu.edu)

Linda O. Mearns
Interdisciplinary Climate Systems Section
Climate and Global Dynamics Division
NCAR
P.O. Box 3000
Boulder, CO 80307
(lindam@sage.cgd.ucar.edu)

Kendal McGuffie
Climatic Impacts Centre
Macquarie University
North Ryde
2109 NSW, Australia
(kendal@phys.uts.edu.au)

Bette L. Otto-Bliesner
Dept. of Geology
University of Texas at Arlington
UTA Box 19049
Arlington, TX 76019
(ottobli@meeker.ucar.edu)

William Peterson
Earth System Science Center
Pennsylvania State University
436 Deike Building
University Park, PA 16801
(bill@essc.psu.edu)

David Pollard
Interdisciplinary Climate Systems Section
Climate and Global Dynamics Division
NCAR
P.O. Box 3000
Boulder, CO 80307
(davep@sage.cgd.ucar.edu)

Jonathan Rich
Dept. of Geological Sciences
Northwestern University
Evanston, IL 60208
(rich@earth.nwu.edu)

Franklin R. Robertson
NASA
Marshall Space Flight Center
Code ES42
Huntsville, AL 35812
(probertson@nasamail.nasa.gov)

Stephanie A. Shearer
Interdisciplinary Climate Systems Section
Climate and Global Dynamics Division
NCAR
P.O. Box 3000
Boulder, CO 80307
(shearer@ncar.ucar.edu)

Luis Suarez
U.S. EPA
Environmental Research Laboratory
960 College Station Road
Athens, GA 30605
(luis@athens.ath.epa.gov)

Starley L. Thompson
Interdisciplinary Climate Systems Section
Climate and Global Dynamics Division
NCAR
P.O. Box 3000
Boulder, CO 80307
(slt@sage.cgd.ucar.edu)

Garland R. Upchurch, Jr.
Dept. of Biology
Southwest Texas State University
San Marcos, TX 78666
(garland@sage.cgd.ucar.edu)

Huaxiao Wang
Dept. of Geological Sciences
University of South Carolina
Columbia, SC 29208
(huaxiao@earth.nwu.edu)

Wei-Chyung Wang
Atmospheric Sciences Research Center
SUNY at Albany
100 Fuller Road
Albany, NY 12205
(wang@climate.asrc.albany.edu)

Warren M. Washington
Climate and Global Dynamics Division
NCAR
P.O. Box 3000
Boulder, CO 80307
(am@amun.cgd.ucar.edu)

Christian Werner
Climatic Impacts Centre
Macquarie University
North Ryde
2109 NSW, Australia
(chrisw@mqmet.cic.mq.edu.au)

Christopher N. Wold
GEOMAR
Research Center for Marine Geoscience
Wischhofstr. 1-3
D-24148 Kiel
Germany
(cwold@geomar.uni.kiel.dbp.de)

Agenda

Tuesday, 14 September 1993

9:00AM
Starley Thompson, NCAR -- Opening Remarks
Warren Washington, NCAR -- Welcome

Session 1: GENESIS Version 1.02 Present Diagnosis

9:15AM David Pollard, NCAR
GENESIS Version 1.02 Components
9:45AM Pete Robertson, NASA, Marshall Space Flight Center
Diagnostics of the Hydrologic Cycle as Represented by GENESIS
10:15AM Steven Baum, ARC Technologies
Statistics, Sensitivity and Boundary Conditions: Present Climate Studies Using GENESIS
10:45AM
Break
11:05AM David McGinnis, Pennsylvania State University
GCM Accuracy in the Arctic: A Multivariate Analysis
11:35AM Xin Zhong Liang, State University of New York at Albany
Comparison of Cloud-Radiative Forcing Simulated from GENESIS and CCM1, and ERBE Observations
12:05PM Christian Werner, Climatic Impacts Centre, Macquarie University
Methodological Quantification of Uncertainties in Climate Change Predictions
12:35PM
Lunch

Session 2: Paleoclimate Applications

1:40PM Lisa Cirbus Sloan, University of California at Santa Cruz
Early Eocene (C24R) Global Paleoclimate Investigation with the GENESIS Paleoclimate Model
2:10PM Mark Gibbs, Pennsylvania State University
Global Chemical Weathering from 100 Ma to Present: Sensitivity to Geographic Changes in Lithology and Hydrology
2:40PM Peter Fawcett, Pennsylvania State University
Evolution of Simulated Global Climate Through Geologic Time Using the GENESIS Climate Model
3:10PM
Break
3:30PM Bette Otto-Bliesner, University of Texas at Arlington
GENESIS Simulations for the Late Carboniferous (306 Ma)
4:00PM Steven Baum, ARC Technologies
A Paradox Lost and a Paradox Retained: GENESIS Simulations of the Paleozoic
4:30PM Jon Foley, University of Wisconsin
The Sensitivity of Paleoclimatic Simulations to Changes in Vegetation Cover
5:00PM
Adjourn
5:30PM
Reception - Tree Plaza

Wednesday, 15 September 1993

Session 2: Paleoclimate Applications (continued)

9:00AM Steven Baum, ARC Technologies
Climate Studies Using GENESIS: (1) No Greenland Ice Sheet and (2) Last Glacial Maximum
9:30AM Greg Jenkins, NCAR
Archean Sensitivity Experiments with the GENESIS Climate Model
10:00AM
Break

Session 3: GENESIS Development

10:20AM David Pollard, NCAR
GENESIS Version 1.02: Present-Day Climatology
10:50AM Starley Thompson, NCAR
The GENESIS Earth Systems Modeling Project
11:20AM David Pollard, NCAR
GENESIS 2: New Model Physics
11:50AM Jon Bergengren, NCAR
GENESIS 2: A New Parameterization for Vegetation: The Leaf Model
12:15PM
Lunch
1:30PM David Pollard, NCAR
GENESIS 2: Preliminary Results
2:00PM Michael Dudek, State University of New York at Albany
Development of a New Ozone Climatology for GENESIS
2:30PM David Pollard/Elizabeth Law-Evans, NCAR
GENESIS 2: New User Features

Session 4: Future Applications and Subsystem Models

3:00PM Julia Cole, INSTAAR, University of Colorado
Incorporating Hydrologic Tracers in the GENESIS Earth System Model: A New Tool for Paleoclimatic Insight and Model Validation
3:30PM
Break
3:50PM Warren Washington, NCAR
Computer Simulations of the World Ocean: Comparison for 1 Degree and 0.5 Degree Models
4:20PM David Pollard, NCAR
Adaptation of the Washington OGCM for GENESIS
4:30PM Jon Foley, University of Wisconsin
DEMETER: A New Model of the Terrestrial Biosphere
5:00PM Jon Bergengren, NCAR
The Equilibrium Vegetation Ecology (EVE) Model
5:30PM Adjourn

Thursday, 16 September 1993

Session 4: Future Applications and Subsystem Models (continued)

8:30AM Christopher Wold, GEOMAR, Germany
A New Model for the Validation of Paleoclimatic Reconstructions
8:55AM Robert DeConto, CIRES, University of Colorado
Lands and Seas in the Cretaceous
9:20AM Elizabeth Law-Evans, NCAR
Use of the GENESIS Climate Model in the Paleoclimate of Artic Lakes and Estuaries Program
9:35AM Bill Peterson, Pennsylvania State University
Model Portability and the Penn State Operation of GENESIS
10:00AM
Break

Session 5: Managed Forum

10:20AM
Potential Items for Discussion:
12:30PM
Adjourn
Comments and Questions

12/8/97