DRAFT: May 7, 2012
MONDAY 6.2.2012 |
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Notice: All presentations are 30’ (45’ slots include 15’ of questions). |
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09:00-09:20 |
Registration in ISSI Hallerstrasse 6, 1st floor |
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09:20-09:30 |
Introduction to ISSI and the Workshop |
R.-M. Bonnet, L. Bengtsson |
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1. Introduction |
Chairman: W. Lahoz |
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09:30-10:15 |
Challenges and Opportunities in Addressing Global Water and Energy Cycle: Meeting the Decision Makers Needs for Water Resources Information in a Changing Climate |
Ghassem Asrar |
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10:15-10:45 |
Coffee break |
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10:45-11:30 |
Overview talk 1: The response of the global water cycle to climate warming |
Lennart Bengtsson
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11:30-12:15 |
Overview talk 2: Quantifying and reducing uncertainty in the large-scale response of the water cycle |
Martin Gill |
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12:15-14:00 |
Lunch |
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2. Review of our present understanding; observations, theory and modelling |
Chairman: L. Bengtsson |
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14:00-14:30 |
Physically consistent responses in the atmospheric hydrological cycle in models and observations |
Richard Allan |
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14:30-15:15 |
Discussion |
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15:15-15:45 |
Coffee break |
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15:45-16:15 |
Sea Surface Salinity Observations from Space: a new tool to monitor the oceanic freshwater cycle as well as ocean/land & ocean/ atmosphere interactions |
Nicolas Reul |
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16:15-16:45 |
Towards improved estimation of the dynamic topography and ocean circulation for the high latitude and Arctic Ocean |
Johnny Johannessen |
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16:45-17:30 |
Discussion |
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17:30 |
Welcome reception |
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TUESDAY 7.2.2012 |
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2. Review of our present understanding; observations, theory and modeling (cont.) |
Chairman: Gia Destouni |
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09:00-09:30 |
Models and Images - two approaches to a heterogeneous reality |
Wolfram Mauser |
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09:30-10:00 |
Estimating Precipitation from Space: new methodologies geared towards preservation of extremes and spatial coherence |
Efi Foufoula-Georgiou |
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10:00-10:45 |
Discussion |
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10:45-11:15 |
Coffee break |
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11:15-11:45 |
Global surface water flows: observations and modeling |
Paul Bates |
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11:45-12:15 |
Discussion |
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12:15-13:30 |
Lunch |
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Chairman: Robert Gurney |
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13:30-14:00 |
cancelled |
James Famiglietti |
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14:00-14:30 |
A Physically-Based Modelling Approach to Assess the Impact of Climate Change on Canadian Surface and Groundwater Resources |
Edward Sudicky |
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14:30-15:00 |
Discussion |
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15:00-15:30 |
Coffee break |
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15:30-16:00 |
The Role of Snow in the Water Cycle and Climate System – Observations and Modelling |
Helmut Rott |
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16:00-16:30 |
Mountain glaciers and ice caps in the warming climate |
Valentina Radic |
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16:30-17:00 |
Skype Presentation: Global Changes and the Amazon |
Carlos Nobre |
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17:00 |
Discussion |
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18:00 |
Evening Lecture: Application of GRACE time-dependent gravity measurements to the understanding of land surface hydrology |
Dick Peltier |
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WEDNESDAY 8.2.2012 |
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3. Regional integration Convener: |
Chairman: Michael Rast |
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09:00-09:45 |
Modelling and observing changes in the Arctic |
Robert Gurney |
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09:45-10:30 |
Distinguishing main drivers and effects of long-term change in a regionally integrated terrestrial hydrological system: the Central Asia example |
Gia Destouni |
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10:30-11:00 |
Coffee break |
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11:00-11:45 |
Water cycle variability in the Sahel |
Thierry Pellarin |
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11:45-12:30 |
River networks as ecological corridors for species, populations and pathogens of water-borne diseases |
Andrea Rinaldo |
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12:30-13:15 |
Role of ocean in the variability of Indian summer monsoon rainfall |
Porathur Vareed Joseph |
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13:15-14:00 |
Lunch |
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Social activity |
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15:00-17:00 |
Einstein tour at the Historical Museum |
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19:00 |
Dinner at the Restaurant “Zunft zu Webern” |
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THURSDAY 9.2.2012 |
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3. Regional integration (cont.) |
Chairman: Niklaus Kämpfer |
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09:00-09:45 |
Current status and future challenges in Mediterranean hydrology: The Mistrals program |
Ghani Chehbouni |
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09:45-10:30 |
Cross-cutting discussion |
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10:30-11:00 |
Coffee break |
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4. Where are the key gaps in our present knowledge? |
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11:00-11:30 |
Conceptual problems: Where are the key gaps in our present knowledge? |
William Lahoz |
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11:30-12:00 |
Data Gaps and Observational Issues |
Yann Kerr |
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12:00-12:30 |
Discussion |
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12:30-14:00 |
Lunch |
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Convener: |
Chairman: Yann Kerr |
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14:00-14:30 |
Conceptual problems: Land surface data assimilation: where are we at? |
Gabriëlle De Lannoy |
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14:30-15:15 |
Discussion |
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15:15-15:45 |
Coffee break |
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15:45-16:15 |
Perspectives in modelling climate - hydrology interactions |
Stefan Hagemann |
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16:15-16:45 |
Initialization of land surface variables for Numerical Weather Preditction |
Patricia de Rosnay |
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16:45-17:30 |
Discussion |
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FRIDAY 10.2.2012 |
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4. Where are the key gaps in our present knowledge? (cont.) |
Chairman: Johnny Johannessen |
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09:00-09:45 |
Extreme events: potential and limitations of regional climate models |
Christoph Schär |
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09:45-10:30 |
Discussion |
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10:30-11:00 |
Coffee break |
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11:00-11:30 |
Challenges for the global water cycle |
Kevin Trenberth |
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11:30-12:45 |
The Challenge (all conveners, moderator: Lennart Bengtsson) |
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12:45-14:00 |
Lunch |
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14:00- |
Conveners meeting |
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