I have arranged for Bob to meet with us on Friday morning, 28 March for a more general discussion on approaches to seasonal climate forecasting. Please invest some time in the next week or so thinking about this topic. You might find it interesting to look around the Climate Service Division website. They have a variety of seasonal climate forecast products you could find inspiring for your ruminations.

4 February 2003, Tuesday     5-10 minute oral presentation describing  a regional climate and identifying key physical processes.

Project 2    Parameterizations

18 February 2003, Tuesday     5-10 minute oral presentation outlining a physical model of an atmospheric process or structure.

27 March 2003, Thursday    Summary paper and 15 minute presentation on your selected model parameterization due.

8 April 2003, Tuesday         Summary paper (about 5-10 pages) on your extended model parameterization due. Be ready to discuss your reasoning.

Project 3    Model Validation

27 March 2003, Thursday    Come to class prepared to defend your choice of a climate model intercomparison paper for the class to review. You should have scanned this paper and be sure that you have a good idea of the basic goal and approach used. Project 3 will be something more like a journal club, so it is important that we plan ahead so that everyone has the time to read and think about each of the papers presented.

Selected Websites of Interest
     CMIP program: includes an overview of the numerical climate models currently used for climate sensitivity simulations.

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