“CMIP6 Model Analysis Workshop”
25-28 March 2019,  Barcelona Supercomputing Center (BSC), Barcelona (Spain)

Please go to  https://cmip6workshop19.sciencesconf.org/

The workshop is jointly organized by the WCRP Working Group on Coupled Modelling (WGCM) CMIP Panel and the European Commission Horizon 2020 projects PRIMAVERA (PRocess-based climate sIMulation: AdVances in high-resolution modelling and European climate Risk Assessment) and EUCP (EUropean Climate Prediction system).

Following the format of the WCRP CMIP5 model analysis workshop held in 2012, the workshop focus will be on:

• Single and multi-model CMIP6 analyses and evaluation that takes advantage of the large suite of CMIP6 experiments
• Efforts to connect model development and analysis to identify Earth system model improvements that help reduce systematic biases and/or increase the realism of models
• Methods for multi-model analysis
• Climate change impacts

The workshop will be structured around these three scientific questions:

1. How does the Earth system respond to forcing?
2. What are the origins and consequences of systematic model biases?
3. How can we assess future climate change given climate variability, predictability and uncertainty in scenarios.

Workshop approach

Short-presentation/poster format

The workshop will consist of a series of seven half-day sessions of three hours each. Each session will begin with 20-25 presenters given a 3 minute time slot to show no more than one slide summarizing the main conclusions of their poster. The rest of the half-day session will consist of viewing posters of that session. In addition, there will be an invited plenary talk each day.

Participation is limited by the size of the venue (~200 people) and format of the workshop.  Abstracts will be accepted based on relevance to the workshop focus.

Timeline

• Abstract submission opens:                              15 October 2018
• Abstract submission deadline:                          15 December 2018
• Abstract / Participation acceptance:                  15 January 2019

Hope to see you in Barcelona next year!

Best wishes,

Scientific Organizing Committee of the Workshop

Veronika Eyring, Greg Flato, Jean-Francois Lamarque, Jerry Meehl, Cath Senior, Ron Stouffer, and Karl Taylor (CMIP Panel)
Francisco J. Doblas-Reyes (EUCP), Malcolm Roberts (PRIMAVERA)

The purpose of the Symposium is to provide a forum for scientists and technologists to explore  and present information on the potential causes of the increased CFC-11 emissions. This  information will provide a firmer scientific basis for discussions amongst the Parties of the  Montreal Protocol in the coming years. The Symposium is open to discussions on all aspects of  CFC-11 and related compounds, from production to atmospheric loss, along with  environmental impact of the molecule

Topics include, but are not exclusive:
• Pathways by which CFC-11 is produced primarily, or inadvertently, along with feedstocks  for that production (e.g., CCl4) and co-produced compounds (e.g., CFC-12).
• Feedstock usages of CFC-11
• Primary usages of CFC-11, both historical and current
• Emission sources for CFC-11 and related compounds, their magnitudes, and timescales  for CFC-11 release.
• Analysis of compounds that can be used to trace atmospheric transport of CFC-11
• Bottom-up estimates of global and regional CFC-11 emissions
• Atmospheric observations, sampling techniques, and analysis of CFC-11 and related  compounds (ground, aircraft, satellite)
• Top-down emission estimates of global and regional CFC-11 emissions
• Lifetime estimates of CFC-11 and CFC-11 loss processes
• Ozone depletion from the increased emissions to date, and projected for the future
• Other environmental impact of the increased emissions, including increases of UV and climate.

Registration information:

The Symposium is limited to 100 persons. Hence, attendance will be approved by the Scientific  Steering Committee if applications are oversubscribed. Priorities on attendance will be based upon (a) whether an applicant has submitted an accepted abstract and (b) their technical and scientific interests and standing.
Limited travel funding will be available for attendance, again subject to priorities outlined  above.

Registration will be open until January 2, 2019

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Only 2019 EGU members will be able to submit abstracts as first author to the 2019 meeting and, with a few exceptions outlined below, only one abstract as first author will be permitted.

Find more information on the EGU Webpage

Bad Honnef Physics Schools offer young researchers the possibility to deepen their knowledge and skills in advanced and cutting-edge topics in all areas of physics. The Schools address primarily PhD and Master students and they are open for international participation. The one-week Schools take place at the Physikzentrum Bad Honnef (PBH) and are intended for 60 to 90 participating students.

The main goal of the Bad Honnef Physics School on Atmospheric Physics is to overcome the limitation of disciplinary thinking and to provide the attendees with the possibility to obtain scientifically sound and highly relevant information on the most important sub-disciplines of atmospheric physics, presented by internationally recognized experts. The Bad Honnef Physics School will combine expertise of scientists representing theoretical and experimental approaches. On the theoretical side experts on chemical-transport modelling, atmospheric dynamics modelling as well as modelling atmospheric and climate effects of large volcanic eruptions provide insight into their fields.

The target group of the Bad Honnef Physics school on Atmospheric Physics consists of Master & Ph.D. students in atmospheric or environmental physics and related disciplines (e.g. meteorology, atmospheric chemistry, environmental sciences).

The school will take place April 29 – May 3, 2019, at the Physikzentrum Bad Honnef, Germany

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The Application Form

Short-lived climate forcers (SLCFs) – such as aerosols (and their precursors), HFCs, CH₄ and ozone precursors – have received increased attention during the recent years. They can have significant effects on climate change. It is a group of components with very different atmospheric and climate properties than CO₂, mainly related to lifetimes and sign of radiative forcing but also related to different sources and synergies and trade-offs in possible mitigation strategies. Another important characteristic of some SLCFs is that they are subject to relatively large uncertainties in estimates of their climate effects. The role of SLCFs in mitigation scenarios can be important. Firstly, they can have a strong influence on short-term climate change and air quality, and secondly, their contribution to climate change becomes also visible as impact on the calculated remaining carbon budgets for 1.5 and 2ºC global warming. As a result, the future development of SLCFs, their effects and the implications for mitigation strategies are relevant to all the IPCC Working Groups.

In this context, this session welcomes submissions on:
-What is the current understanding of radiative forcing from present day emissions of SLCF and their precursors, and what are the implications for future effects on (mean and extreme) temperatures and precipitation on global and regional scales
-How may the emissions of SLCFs develop in the future. In this context, we would especially be interested in future emissions and mitigation trajectories of SLCFs in relation to the timing of mitigation efforts and the possible trade-offs between CO₂ and non-CO₂ components
-What are the SLCF mitigation options and abatement costs in IAMs and scenarios, and new insights on advanced emission reductions options
-How can modelling of SLCFs be improved in IAMs given scientific developments from various MIPs
-New insights on the co-benefits of reducing SLCFs in scenarios, for instance, on air quality and effects on health and crops

Invited Speakers:

Bill Collins (Univ. of Reading, UK). Tentative title: “On the geophysical knowledge of SLCFs and their role in scenarios.”

Zig Klimont (IIASA, Laxenburg, AT): “Future development of Short-Lived Climate Forcers (SLCFs) and mitigation options”

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