| Conference location is the Bluebonnet Room at the Doubletree Guests Suite. | |
| Monday, April 19th | |
| 7:00-8:00 a.m. | Breakfast (Catered) |
| 8:00-8:15 a.m. | Introduction: Liang Yang Welcome: Sharon Mosher, Dean, Jackson School of Geosciences Jin Huang, NOAA Program Manager Bill Lapenta, NCEP Management |
| 8:15-10:15 a.m. | Current Status of NCEP
Climate Modeling and Noah Land Modeling Chair: Robert Dickinson Speakers: Bill Lapenta (15 minutes, followed by 5 min questions) Mike Ek and Fei Chen (each 40 minutes plus 10 minute discussions) |
| 10:15-10:30 a.m. | Break |
| 10:30-11:45 a.m. | Invitees respond to talks
(each 10 min), followed by discussions (5
minutes each) Dev Niyogi, Dave Gochis, Xubin Zeng, Jim Shuttleworth, Tilden Meyers |
| 11:45-12:00 p.m. | WG I begin to prepare draft
findings and recommendations WG I Committee Members: Dickinson (Chair), Ek, Fei Chen, and Gochis |
| 12:00-1:00 p.m. | Lunch (Catered) |
| 1:00-2:30 p.m. | Recent Advances in the Noah
LSM and Related Fields Chair: Mike Ek Speakers: Liang Yang and Guo-Yue Niu (each 35 min + 10 min discussion) |
| 2:30-3:20 p.m. | Invitees respond to talks
(each 8 min followed by 4 min discussions) Ying Fan Reinfelder—groundwater and wetland, Andrew Slater—arctic and cold regions, Dennis Lettenmaier-water resources, and David Maidment—river flow Draft findings and recommendations |
| 3:20-3:30 p.m. | WG II begins to prepare
findings and recommendations WG II Committee Members: Ek (Chair), Yang, Niu, Lettenmaier |
| End of afternoon session | |
| 3:30-6:30 p.m. | Boat tour (Catered) |
| 6:30-8:30 p.m. | Group Dinner, Texas style! |
| Tuesday, April 20th | |
| 7:00-8:00 a.m. | Breakfast (Catered) |
| 8:00-8:30 a.m. | WG I & WG II present findings and recommendations and discuss |
| 8:30-10:30 a.m. | New Developments in Other
Modeling Centers Chair: Fei Chen Speakers: Martin Best and Gianpaolo Balsamo (each 45 min + 15 min discussion) |
| 10:30-10:45 a.m. | Break |
| 10:45-11:45 a.m. | Invited Participants
respond to talks (each 7 min followed by 3
min discussion Dave Lawrence—NCAR, Peter Thornton—ORNL, Christa Peters-Lidard—NASA, Chris Milly—GFDL, Jeff Arnold—USDA, and Jon Pleim—EPA |
| 11:45-12:00 p.m. | WG III begin to draft
findings and recommendations WG III Committee Members: Fei Chen (Chair), Best, and Balsamo, Lawrence |
| 12:00-1:00 p.m. | Lunch (Catered) |
| 1:00-1:15 p.m. | WG III present draft findings and recommendations |
| 1:15-3:15 p.m. | Incorporating
Next-Generation LSMs into Climate Models Chair: Christa Peters-Lidard Speakers: Paul Dirmeyer and Randy Koster (each 45 min + 15 min discussion) |
| 3:15-3:30 p.m. | Break |
| 3:30-4:30 p.m. | Invited Participants
respond to talks (each 10 min followed by 5
min discussion) Robert Dickinson, Kerry Cook, Christa Peters-Lidard (issues on model Interoperability), Yongkang Xue |
| 4:30-5:00 p.m. | WG IV begins to draft
findings and recommendations WG IV Committee Members: Peters-Lidard (Chair), Dirmeyer, Koster, and Xue |
| Wednesday, April 21st | |
| 7:00-8:00 a.m. | Breakfast (Catered) |
| 8:00-8:30 a.m. | Chair: Liang Yang WG III & IV present draft findings and recommendations |
| 8:30-12:00 p.m. | Workshop wrap up Liang Yang (Chair), Robert Dickinson, Michael Ek, Fei Chen, Christa Peters-Lidard, Jin Huang, and Xubin Zeng Preparation of report covering findings and recommendations |
