Schedule for: 19w5153 - Physics-Dynamics Coupling in Earth System Models

Beginning on Sunday, October 13 and ending Friday October 18, 2019

All times in Banff, Alberta time, MDT (UTC-6).

Sunday, October 13
16:00 - 17:30 Check-in begins at 16:00 on Sunday and is open 24 hours (Front Desk - Professional Development Centre)
17:30 - 19:30 Dinner
A buffet dinner is served daily between 5:30pm and 7:30pm in the Vistas Dining Room, the top floor of the Sally Borden Building.
(Vistas Dining Room)
20:00 - 22:00 Informal gathering (Corbett Hall Lounge (CH 2110))
Monday, October 14
07:00 - 08:45 Breakfast
Breakfast is served daily between 7 and 9am in the Vistas Dining Room, the top floor of the Sally Borden Building.
(Vistas Dining Room)
08:45 - 09:00 Introduction and Welcome by BIRS Staff
A brief introduction to BIRS with important logistical information, technology instruction, and opportunity for participants to ask questions.
(TCPL 201)
09:00 - 10:00 Peter Lauritzen: Welcome and Introduction
Goals and structure of the workshop by Peter Lauritzen and Nicholas Kevlahan.
(TCPL 201)
10:00 - 10:30 Coffee Break (TCPL Foyer)
10:30 - 11:30 Alistair Adcroft: Ocean models
State of the art in ocean modelling
(TCPL 201)
11:30 - 13:00 Lunch
Lunch is served daily between 11:30am and 1:30pm in the Vistas Dining Room, the top floor of the Sally Borden Building.
(Vistas Dining Room)
13:00 - 14:00 Guided Tour of The Banff Centre
Meet in the Corbett Hall Lounge for a guided tour of The Banff Centre campus.
(Corbett Hall Lounge (CH 2110))
14:00 - 14:20 Group Photo
Meet in foyer of TCPL to participate in the BIRS group photo. The photograph will be taken outdoors, so dress appropriately for the weather. Please don't be late, or you might not be in the official group photo!
(TCPL 201)
14:20 - 15:00 Remi Tailleux: Ocean breakout 1:closing the energy cycle in ocean models, part 1
with Florian, Lemarié, Guran Madec and Rémi Tailleux.
(TCPL 201)
15:00 - 15:30 Coffee Break (TCPL Foyer)
15:30 - 16:30 Remi Tailleux: Ocean breakout 1:closing the energy cycle in ocean models, part 2 (TCPL 201)
16:30 - 17:30 Florian Lemarié: Atmosphere-ocean coupling
Atmosphere-ocean coupling.
(TCPL 201)
17:30 - 19:30 Dinner
A buffet dinner is served daily between 5:30pm and 7:30pm in the Vistas Dining Room, the top floor of the Sally Borden Building.
(Vistas Dining Room)
Tuesday, October 15
07:00 - 09:00 Breakfast (Vistas Dining Room)
09:00 - 10:00 Peter Lauritzen: Atmosphere models I: total energy errors in dynamics and physics-dynamics coupling (TCPL 201)
10:00 - 10:30 Coffee Break (TCPL Foyer)
10:30 - 11:30 Almut Gassmann: Atmosphere models II: energy conversions and internal entropy production in a moist atmosphere (TCPL 201)
11:30 - 13:30 Lunch (Vistas Dining Room)
13:35 - 14:15 Chris Eldred: Atmosphere breakout 1: energy conserving numerics and physical consistency
Energy conserving numerics, physical consistency, vertical remapping, tendencies added to physics with Thomas Dubos, Chris Eldred, and Hans Johansen.
(TCPL 201)
14:15 - 15:15 Thomas Dubos: Atmosphere breakout 1: energy conserving numerics and physical consistency (Online)
15:00 - 15:30 Coffee Break (TCPL Foyer)
15:30 - 16:00 Hans Johansen: Atmosphere breakout 1: energy conserving numerics and physical consistency
With Thomas Dubos, Chris Eldred, and Hans Johansen.
(TCPL 201)
17:30 - 19:30 Dinner (Vistas Dining Room)
Wednesday, October 16
07:00 - 09:00 Breakfast (Vistas Dining Room)
09:00 - 10:00 Philip Rasch: Physics 1: closing the total energy budget (TCPL 201)
10:00 - 10:30 Coffee Break (TCPL Foyer)
10:30 - 11:30 Bryce Harrop: Dry mass adjustment for a fixed pressure coordinate (TCPL 201)
11:30 - 13:30 Lunch (Vistas Dining Room)
11:30 - 12:00 Hui Wan: Examples of Consistency Issues in Atmospheric Physics Parameterization and Process Coupling
Physics breakout 1: constant pressure assumption and consistency
(TCPL 201)
13:30 - 17:30 Free Afternoon (Banff National Park)
17:30 - 19:30 Dinner (Vistas Dining Room)
Thursday, October 17
07:00 - 09:00 Breakfast (Vistas Dining Room)
09:00 - 10:00 Vince Larson: Physics 2: CLUBB and energy conservation
Including cloud and turbulence parameterizations.
(TCPL 201)
10:00 - 10:30 Coffee Break (TCPL Foyer)
10:35 - 15:00 Atmosphere breakout 2: novel coupling ideas
Thuburn's ideas with Donahue, Herrington, Shipway, and Randall.
(TCPL 201)
10:35 - 11:05 Aaron Donahue: Parallel coupling of physics and dynamics in a global atmosphere model (TCPL 201)
11:05 - 11:25 Adam Herrington: Evaluating physics on a separate grid: physics-dynamics coupling (pdf) with element based high-order Galerkin methods (TCPL 201)
11:25 - 11:35 Ben Shipway: Multi-fluid representation of convection (Thuburn) (TCPL 201)
11:30 - 13:30 Lunch (Vistas Dining Room)
13:30 - 14:00 Ben Shipway: Atmosphere breakout 2: novel coupling ideas, continued
Thuburn's ideas with Shipway, Randall, Herrington and Donahue.
(TCPL 201)
14:00 - 14:40 David Randall: Atmosphere breakout 3: missing processes in current models (TCPL 201)
15:00 - 15:30 Coffee Break (TCPL Foyer)
15:10 - 17:10 Christiane Jablonowski: Atmosphere breakout 4: better test cases for assessing physics-dynamics coupling errors
With Christiane Jablonowski, Peter Lauritzen, Florian Lemarié.
(TCPL 201)
17:30 - 19:30 Dinner (Vistas Dining Room)
Friday, October 18
07:00 - 09:00 Breakfast (Vistas Dining Room)
09:00 - 10:00 Nicholas Kevlahan: Wrap up and future directions: group
Group discussion of recommendations and priorities for future research.
(TCPL 201)
10:00 - 10:30 Coffee Break (TCPL Foyer)
10:30 - 11:30 Nicholas Kevlahan: Group discussion of recommendations and priorities for future research.
Group discussion of recommendations and priorities for future research.
(TCPL 201)
11:30 - 12:00 Checkout by Noon
5-day workshop participants are welcome to use BIRS facilities (BIRS Coffee Lounge, TCPL and Reading Room) until 3 pm on Friday, although participants are still required to checkout of the guest rooms by 12 noon.
(Front Desk - Professional Development Centre)
12:00 - 13:30 Lunch from 11:30 to 13:30 (Vistas Dining Room)