Joint session of CRESCENDO and PRIMAVERA kick-off meetings
| Date | Venue | Purpose |
|---|---|---|
| Tuesday 24 November 2015 to Thursday 26 November 2015 | Met Office, Exeter, United Kingdom | Joint kick-off meetings of CRESCENDO and PRIMAVERA Projects split into separate meetings from Wednesday afternoon |
Tuesday 24 November afternoon
| 13.00 | Welcome and opening remarks – Julia Slingo, Met Office |
| 13.10 | Introductions and scene setting for joint session – Malcolm Roberts, Met Office, and Colin Jones, Leeds University, Project Coordinators |
| 13.25 | From AR5 towards AR6: Modelling priorities – John Mitchell, Met Office |
| 13.50 | WCRP priorities for Earth system modeling – Guy Brasseur, WCRP |
| 14.15 | EU Horizon 2020: climate science from research to policy – Anastasios Kentarchos, EC (Deputy Head “I4 - Climate Action and Earth Observations”) |
| 14.40 | Coordination and support of European climate-related activities – Julia Slingo, Met Office |
| 15.00 | Coffee |
| 15.30 | European HPC for CMIP6 and beyond – Sylvie Joussaume, IPSL |
| 15.55 | COPERNICUS climate change services – Dick Dee, ECMWF |
| 16.20 | CMIP6 overview and CMIP6-endorsed MIPs – Veronika Eyring, DLR |
| 16.45 | Towards community-based analysis of the CMIP DECK experiments – Peter Gleckler, PCMDI |
| 17.05 | Using Observations to understand/evaluate models – Graeme Stephens, NASA-JPL |
Wednesday 25 November morning
| 9.00 | Earth system/climate modelling activities in North America – Bill Large, NCAR |
| 9.30 | Earth system/climate modelling activities in Japan – Michio Kawamiya, JAMSTEC |
| 10.00 | Overview of project aims and ambitions – Malcolm Roberts, Met Office, and Colin Jones, Leeds University, Project Coordinators |
| 10.30 | Discussion and coffee |
| 11.00 | Managing our planned integrations and sharing effort/data etc. – Malcolm Roberts, Met Office, and Colin Jones, Leeds University, Project Coordinators |
| 11.30 | Dealing with the data – common issues and data exchange – Bryan Lawrence, NCAS / STFC |
| 12.00 | Common assessment/evaluation tools and methods –Keith Williams, Met Office, and Axel Lauer, DLR |
Wednesday 25 November afternoon
Plenary session on PRIMAVERA research themes
| 14.00 | Discussion of science issues from joint CRESCENDO-PRIMAVERA kick off meeting |
| 14.15 | Orientation to this PRIMAVERA meeting and its objectives – Malcolm Roberts and Pier Luigi Vidale The rest of the day was spent on the project THEMES (as per the DoW) where a 15-minute presentation (prepared by the relevant WP leads) described the aims, WP interactions, dependencies, unknowns, ‘traps’ and desired outcomes. |
| 14.30 | THEME 1: innovations and frontiers in modelling – WP3,4,6 lead |
| 15.30 | Coffee |
| 16.00 | THEME 2: process-based assessment of hi-res models – WP1,2,3 leads |
| 16.30 | THEME 3: drivers of European climate variability and change – WP2,5 leads |
| 17.00 | THEME 4: flagship simulations for CMIP6 and IPCC – WP6,8,9 leads |
| 17.30 | THEME 5: climate risk assessment and user engagement – WP10,11 leads |
Thursday 26 November morning
Plenary session on international perspectives
| 09.00 | Successful implementation of Horizon 2020 research and innovation actions – Fabio Dalan, EC |
| 09.20 | End user interactions with PRIMAVERA – Marta Bruno Soares, Leeds University |
| 09.40 | Overview of project systems and management – Matthew Mizielinski / Paul van der Linden, Met Office |
| 10.10 | Panel discussion on international perspectives – 6 key note speakers |