13th Annual Meeting of the WCRP/CLIVAR/VAMOS Panel (VPM13)
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Thursday, 29 July, 2010 - Saturday, 31 July, 2010
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VAMOS/WGSIP joint group
Location: 29-30 July, Sindicatura General de la Nación (SIGEN) - 31 July, Instituto Tecnológico Buenos Aires (ITBA) Buenos Aires, Argentina.
VPM13 Agenda in 
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Attendees
Logistic Information
Agenda:
Last update: Final
• Issues/actions for VAMOS Panel
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Thursday, July 29, 2010 - Morning Session, Plenary - Reports
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Chair: Hugo Berbery
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| 09.00 | Welcome - Local welcome - VAMOS Co-Chairs |
H. Berbery |
| 09.10 | Local | Carolina Vera |
| 09.20 | VAMOS Chairs' Report | H. Berbery/J. Marengo |
| 09.35 | US CLIVAR | D. Legler presented by H. Berbery |
| 09.45 | CLIVAR SSG issues & outcomes | C. Ereño |
| 10.00 | Update on NOAA Climate Program | J. Huang |
| 10.20 | Morning Break | |
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Chair: Tereza Cavazos
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| 10.50 | WCRP (Reestructuration) | Carolina Vera |
| 11.10 | NAME's New Sience Priorities | Dave Gochis |
| 11.40 | Tropical bias in the tropical Atlantic | Ping Chang |
| 12.00 | YOTC Task Force on MJO | Chidong Zhang |
| 12.20 | Lunch | |
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Afternoon Session, Plenary - Reports
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Chair: Iracema Cavalcanti
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| 14.00 | An Update on VAMOS Extremes Working Group Activities and Plans | S. Schubert/I. Cavalcanti |
| 14.20 | VOCALS Progress and Plans | Roberto Mechoso |
| 14.40 | MESA's Achievements | Jose Marengo/Tercio Ambrizzi |
| 15.00 | IASCLIP Progress | Dave Enfield |
| 15.20 | IASCLIP observations | Paquita Zuidema |
| 15.40 | Afternoon Break | |
| 16.00 | VAMOS and THORPEX | Celeste Saulo |
| 12.20 | Capacity Building | L. Goddard |
| 16.20 | General Discussion on VAMOS and the Climate across the Americas | Hugo Berbery |
| 18.00 | Adjourn | |
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Friday, July 30, 2010 - Morning Session, Plenary – Climate Science in the Region
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Chair: Chidong Zhang
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| 09.00 | VAMOS Project Office | Jose Meitin |
| 09.20 | Climate predictability in Southeastern South America | Marcelo Barreiro |
| 09.40 | El Nino events in different PDO phases | Tercio Ambrizzi |
| 10.00 | Climate Variability at Interannual and interdecadal timescales | Aldo Montecinos |
| 10.20 | Morning Break | |
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Chair: Dave Gochis
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| 10.50 | Regional datasets | Olga Penalba |
| 11.10 | Mesoscale Convective Systems | Paola Salio |
| 11.30 | Biomass burning and transports | Graciela Ulke |
| 11.50 | Land surface forcing in climate modeling | Anna Sörensson |
| 12.10 | ACC in VAMOS | Tereza Cavazos |
| 12.30 | Lunch | |
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Friday, July 30, 2010 - Afternoon Session, Plenary – Climate across the Americas
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Chair: Hugo Berbery
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| 14.00 | Aquarius/SAC-D Mission Overview | Monica Rabolli (CONAE) |
| 14.20 | • General discussion on interactions with other Panels: Model biases workshop, AIP/VOCALS/IASCLIP • VAMOS Future Plans and Paths |
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| 15.40 | Afternoon Break | |
| 16.00 | Executive Session | |
| • VAMOS Future and Priorities • VAMOS ICPO plans • WG on Extremes • WG on ACC • VAMOS Modeling and interactions with WGSIP and WGCM • Initiative in Outreach, Capacity Building, and Education (should VAMOS have one?) • Next issue of VAMOS newsletter, funding and themes • VAMOS panel membership |
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| 18.00 | Adjourn | |
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Saturday, July 31, 2010 - Morning Session, Joint VAMOS/WGSIP
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Chair: Adam Scaife
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| 09.00 | Overview of S. American Projects | |
| • CLIVAR/GEWEX Project for La Plata Basin (LPB)/CLARIS-LPB • CORDEX plans for S. America |
Hugo Berbery Silvina Solman |
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| Model biases | R. Mechoso | |
| Overview of SIP in S. America | Pedro Leite | |
| VAMOS-WGSIP Modeling Collaboration | ||
| Forecast metrics for VAMOS applications | Celeste Saulo | |
| Update of CHFP project & VAMOS Modeling Plan | Ben Kirtman | |
| Develop Plans for Implementation and Future Experiments | Ben Kirtman | |
| 12.30 | Lunch | |
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Saturday, July 31, 2010 - Afternoon Session, Joint VAMOS/WGSIP
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Chair: Celeste Saulo
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| 14.00 | Subseasonal Prediction | A. Kumar |
| Invited talks on S. American research | ||
| Downscaling applications to hydrological models | Ramiro Saurral | |
| Land-atmosphere coupling | Anna Sörensson | |
| Climate variability and extremes | Federico Robledo | |
| Seasonal Forecast at National Meteorological Service of Argentina | L. Aldeco/J.M. Stella | |
| 17.30 | VPM13 & WGSIP13 ends | |
Attendees:
Hugo Berbery VAMOS co-chair
Tereza Cavazos
David Enfield
Luis Farfan
Dave Gochis
Lisa Goddard
Ben Kirtman WGSIP co-chair
C. Roberto Mechoso
Aldo Montecinos
Celeste Saulo
Paquita Zuidema
Carlos Ereño
Laura Aldeco
Tercio Ambrizzi
Julian Baez
Marcelo Barreiro
Inés Camilloni
Claudia Campetella
Iracema Cavalcanti
Ping Chang - AIP panel member
Jin Huang
Jose Meitin
Claudio Menéndez
Matilde Nicolini
Mario Núñez
Olga Penalba
Federico Robledo
Paola Salio
Ramiro Saurral
Siegfred Schubert
Anna Sorensson
José Luis Stella
Graciela Ulke
Carolina Vera
Chidong Zhang
Logistics:
Accomodation
A block of rooms has been reserved in the following hotels:
562 Nogaro Hotel
Av. Julio A. Roca 562
Single/double room at US$96.80/night. The rate includes: taxes (21% VAT) American buffet breakfast, Internet access, free use of gym and business center.
725 Continental Hotel
Av. Roque Saenz Peña 725
Single/double room is US$127.05/night, which includes: taxes (21% VAT) American buffet breakfast, Internet access, business center, and free use to pool, gym and sauna.
Both hotels are located in downtown Buenos Aires (see map).
To book a room at any of the two hotels, contact Mr. Alejandro Korngold mentioning the block booking name "CLIVAR Group":
Tel: (+54) (11) 4131-8000 x 179
Fax (+54) (11) 4131-8028
Email: akorngold "at" 725continental.com
We recommend participants make their reservations as soon as possible. The deadline for reservations is 30 APRIL 2010
Meeting location
The VAMOS and WGSIP meetings (29-30 July) will be held at the SIGEN (Sindicatura General de la Nación), Corrientes 381, within walking distance of the recommended hotels. The joint session of both groups (31 July) will be held at the ITBA (Instituto Tecnologico de Buenos Aires), Av. E. Madero 399. See the map below
References:
M1: Meeting room for days 29th and 30th July, SIGEN, Av. Corrientes 381
M2: Meeting room for Saturday, 31st July, ITBA, Av. Eduardo Madero 399 (corner with Av. Corrientes)
H1: 562 Nogaro Hotel, Av. Julio A. Roca 562
H2: 725 Continental Hotel, Av. Roque Saénz Peña 725
