[RegCNET] RegCNET related session at EGU assembly

[Raymond Arritt]

Dear fellow RegCNETters,

We ask that you consider presenting your results in session CL21, 
"Generality of Climate Models and their Components", at the European 
Geosciences Union 2007 General Assembly to be held 16-20 April 2007.

In the context of RegCM3, we are especially interested in studies that 
look at the suitability of parameterizations across different regions. 
An example of such a study might be the need to use one type of 
parameterization for simulations in Europe but another type of 
parameterization for simulations in Africa.

Please note the deadline for abstract submissions is 15 JANUARY 2007, 
that is, five days from now, at 24:00 Central Europe Time (Monday night).

The web page for the EGU 2007 General Assembly is:
http://meetings.copernicus.org/egu2007/
and the web page for the session is:
http://www.cosis.net/members/meetings/sessions/information.php?p_id=237&s_id=4174

The session description is appended below. If you have any questions 
about the session, please do not hesitate to ask.

We look forward to seeing you in Vienna!

Best regards,
Raymond Arritt
Burkhardt Rockel
David Williamson


CL21 Generality of Climate Models and their Components (co-listed in AS 
& NP)

Climate models and their component parameterizations do not perform 
equally well for all regions of the globe or for all climate regimes. 
These disparities in model performance will become increasingly 
important as demand grows for climate-change information on regional 
scales. This session solicits contributions that explore the generality 
of climate models and their components across varying locations and 
across varying scales of space and time. Both global and regional 
climate models as well as reanalyses and data assimilation systems that 
use such models are relevant to this session. Examples of appropriate 
contributions include but are not limited to comparisons of model 
performance in different regions of the globe; independent verification 
of reanalyses for different regions or climate regimes; conflicts 
between the need for model "tuning" versus the conceptual ideal of 
generality; performance of parameterizations across a range of spatial 
scales; and relative performance of physical parameterizations when 
applied to differing climate regimes. Contributions that compare model 
performance across several GEWEX Continental Scale Experiment (CSE) 
regions are especially encouraged.


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