The next CRC meeting will take place November 19-20, 2009 at the National Academies Keck Center, 500 5th St. NW in Washington, D.C.
Meeting Agenda
Thursday, 19 November 2009
8:00 A.M. - 10:15 A.M. Closed session - Committee and NRC staff only
OPEN SESSION - Room 206
10:30 A.M. Review and discussion of recently released reports
11:00 A.M. Overview/update of ongoing NRC activities
12:00 P.M. Lunch: Informal discussion
OPEN SESSION - Room 100 (NOTE ROOM CHANGE)
Update on U.S. Climate Modeling Experiments to be assessed in the IPCC AR5
The international climate modeling community is currently beginning to run an ambitious set of coordinated climate change modeling experiments. The five year experimental design is called the Coupled Model Intercomparison Project Phase 5 (CMIP5), and experiments completed over the next year will be assessed as part of the IPCC's Fifth Assessment Report. This session will provide the opportunity for U.S. climate modeling groups to update the current status of their activities and planned contributions to this effort, which is being organized by WCRP.
1:00 P.M. Purpose of the session - Jerry Meehl
1:10 P.M. GFDL - Ron Stouffer
1:30 P.M. NASA-GISS - Max Suarez
1:50 P.M. NCAR - Jerry Meehl
2:10 P.M. Panel Discussion - All Participants
2:45 P.M. International Centre for Earth Simulation proposal - Bob Bishop
3:15 P.M. Break
Joint meeting with the Committee on the Human Dimensions of Global Change (CHDGC)
The CHGDC and CRC are "sister committees" that focus on different aspects of climate and global change. Over the past several years we have begun to collaborate with increasing frequency. This session will provide an opportunity to continue building this important relationship and to discuss new, ongoing, and possible future projects of mutual interest.
3:30 P.M Introductions and welcoming remarks - Jerry Meehl and Tom Wilbanks
3:45 P.M Discussion of new and ongoing projects of mutual interest
4:15 P.M. Discussion of new project ideas
5:25 P.M. Wrap-up and closing remarks
5:30 P.M. Adjourn
Friday, 20 November 2009
OPEN SESSION - Room 201 (NOTE ROOM CHANGE)
8:00 A.M. Continental breakfast
WCRP-USGCRP-CRC Roundtable
The CRC serves as the U.S. National Committee for the World Climate Research Programme (WCRP) of the World Meteorological Organization and the International Council of Scientific Unions. Each year, a portion of the CRC's fall meeting is reserved to facilitate interactions between WCRP, U.S. federal agencies, and other interested parties.
8:30 A.M. Welcome, introductions, and meeting goals - Jerry Meehl (NCAR), CRC Chair
8:40 A.M. Overview update on WCRP activities, including World Climate Conference 3
Tony Busalacchi (Maryland), WCRP JSC Chair
Ghassem Asrar (WCRP), WCRP Director
9:20 A.M. Discussion and Q&A All
10:00 A.M. Break
10:20 A.M. Panel: Agency and U.S. Office Representatives(each invited to give 10 minutes of reactions and remarks)
Jack Kaye (NASA)
Chet Koblinsky (NOAA)
Mike Kuperberg (DOE)
Tom Armstrong (USGS)
Jay Fein (NSF)
David Legler (US CLIVAR)
11:20 A.M. Discussion All
12:00 P.M. Working Lunch - Informal discussion
1:00 P.M. Open session adjourns
(Committee meets in closed session from 1:00 - 2:30 P.M.)
Current and past CRC members and staff, May 2009 (l-r): Katie Weller, Shelly Freeland, Hassan Virji, Antonio Busalacchi, Robert Lempert, Sumant Nigam, Ana Barros, Henry Jacoby, Gabrielle Hegerl, Tony Janetos, Linda Mearns, Roger Lukas, Gerald Meehl, Cecilia Bitz, Ian Kraucunas.
The Climate Research Committee (CRC) is a standing committee responsible for developing, monitoring, and coordinating climate-related activities across the National Academies. The CRC also serves as the U.S. National Committee to the World Climate Research Programme. The CRC's full statement of task can be found
here.
Current Membership
Gerald A. Meehl (Chair), National Center for Atmospheric Research
Ana P. Barros, Duke University
Cecilia Bitz, University of Washington
Lisa Goddard, Columbia University
Henry D. Jacoby, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Anthony C. Janetos, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory/University of Maryland
Haroon Kheshgi, ExxonMobil Research and Engineering Company
Michael D. King, University of Colorado
John E. Kutzbach, Center for Climatic Research
Robert J. Lempert, RAND Corporation
Roger B. Lukas, University of Hawaii
Sumant Nigam, University of Maryland
Richard Richels, Electric Power Research Institute
David Robinson, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Claudia Tebaldi, Climate Central
Biographical information
Past Meetings
May 27-28, 2009
500 Fifth St. N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20001
Meeting Agenda
- Forum on Connecting the IPCC WG1 and WG2 Communities through Regional Climate Information
December 2-3, 2008
Washington D.C.
Meeting Agenda
- WCRP-CCSP-CRC Roundtable
- Forum on Decadal Prediction
March 19-21, 2008
Boulder, CO
Meeting Agenda
- Discussion on CCSP Workshop
- Discussed current and developing CRC activities
November 5-6, 2007
Washington, DC
Meeting Agenda
- WCRP-CCSP-CRC Roundtable
- Forum on Extreme Events in a Changing Climate
- Discussed current and developing CRC activities
May 16-17, 2007
Washington, DC
Meeting Agenda
- Joint Forum (with the Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate) on Key Outstanding Questions and High-Priority Research Needs Emerging from the Fourth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC AR4)
- Joint Forum (with the Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate) on Seamless Prediction and Year of Tropical Convection
- Discussed current and developing CRC activities
November 30 - December 1, 2006
Washington, DC
Meeting Agenda
- WCRP Roundtable
- CRC 25th Anniversary Dinner
- Forum on Development of an Abrupt Climate Change Early Warning System
- Joint discussions with the Board on Atmospheric Science and Climate and the Committee on the Human Dimensions of Global Change
March 22-23, 2006
Washington, DC
Meeting Agenda
- Forum on Development of Integrated Earth System Analysis Capability
- Discussed current and developing CRC activities
October 3-5, 2005
Washington, DC
Meeting Agenda
- Multiple sessions on U.S. Involvement in WCRP
- Discussed current and developing CRC activities
April 12-13, 2005
Washington, DC
Meeting Agenda
- Joint discussion with the Committee on the Human Dimensions of Global Change
- Joint discussion with the Board on Atmospheric Science and Climate
- Forum on Seasonal-to-Interannual Climate Forecasts: Current Capabilities and Future Challenges
October 25-27, 2004
Washington, DC
Meeting Agenda
- Forum on Characterizing and Communicating Climate Change Uncertainties
- Discussed current and developing CRC activities
April 7-9, 2004
Washington, DC
Meeting Agenda
- Joint meeting with the Coordinating Committee on Global Change
- Discussed current and developing CRC activities
