Preliminary Programs for
Parallel Conferences and Joint Sessions

Sixth International Scientific Conference on the Global Energy and Water Cycle

Sunday, 23 August 2009

1700-2000 Early Registration (all conferences)

Monday, 24 August 2009

Registration
Introductions
Keynote Speakers
- Prof. Roger R. Pielke, Jr., CIRES
- Prof. John Thwaites, Monash Sustainability Institute
- Others to be Confirmed

Session 1: Regional Forecasting and Predictions for Hydrological Applications in Arid Zones (Co-Chairs: S. Sorooshian, UCI; A. Lipponen, UNESCO)

Session 2: Rainfall Variability and Drought in Australia (Co-Chairs: A. Pitman, UNSW; N. Nicholls, BMRC)

Tuesday, 25 August 2009

John Roads Symposium: Prediction, Reanalyses and Regional Downscaling

Session 3: Modern ERA Reanalyses (Co-Chairs: M. Bosilovich, NASA/GSFC; S. Uppala, ECMWF)

Session 4: Climate Prediction Systems (Co-Chairs: J. Hurrell, CLIVAR; S. Schubert, NASA/GSFC)

Session 5: Regional Downscaling (Co-Chairs: B. Rockel, ICTS; L. Mearns, NARCCAP)

Session 6: Regional Hydroclimate Projects and Studies (Co-Chairs: J. Huang, CPPA; R. Stewart, AES)

Wednesday, 26 August 2009

Joint GEWEX/iLEAPS Sessions (see agenda below)

Thursday, 27 August 2009

Session 7: Observing Surface Fluxes: From Local to Global Scales (Co-Chairs: J. Finnigan, CSIRO; C. A. Clayson, FSU)

Session 8: Multiscale Properties of the Tropical Energy and Water Cycles: From Thunderstorms to Monsoons (Co-Chairs: H. Hendon, CAWCR ; T. Yasunari, HyARC)

Session 9: Advances in the Representation of the Energy and Water Cycle in Models (Co-Chairs: D. Randall, CSU)

Session 10: Cloud Climate Feedbacks (Co-Chairs: W. Rossow, CREST, City College of New York; R. Colman, BMRC)

Friday, 28 August 2009

Session 11: The Role of Integrated Observing Systems in Closing Regional and Global Water and Energy Budgets (Co-Chairs: T. Koike, University of Tokyo; P. Ingmann, ESA-ESTEC)

Session 12: Climate Change and Global Precipitation (Co-Chairs: P. Siebesma, KNMI; C. Kummerow, CSU)

Joint GEWEX/iLEAPS Sessions

Wednesday, 26 August 2009

Session A: Land in the Climate System
Co-Chairs:
GEWEX: R. Koster, NASA/GSFC; J. Kim, Yonsei University
iLEAPS: Nathalie de Noblet-Ducoudré, LSCE; Andy Pitman, UNSW

Session B: Aerosol, Cloud, Precipitation and Climate Interactions
Co-Chairs:
GEWEX: W. Lau, NASA/GSFC; T. Ackerman, JISAO
iLEAPS: Meinrat O. Andreae, MPI; Markku Kulmala, Univ Helsinki

Session C: Future Generation of Integrated Observation and Modelling Systems
Co-Chairs:
GEWEX: M. Miller, ECMWF; K. Trenberth, NCAR
iLEAPS: Guy Brasseur, NCAR; Han Dolman, Winand Staring Centre

Second iLEAPS Science Conference

1) Surface Exchange Processes from Leaf-Level to Earth System Scale

2) Progress in Land-Atmosphere Interactions and Climate Change

3) The Role of Atmospheric Boundary Layer Processes in Modulating Surface Exchanges

4) Aerosols from the Land Surface and their Interactions with the  Climate System