[RegCNET] Regional climate modeling session at Fall AGU meeting

[Raymond Arritt]

Dear colleagues,

We are convening session GC17 entitled "Regional Climate Modeling" at 
the Fall Meeting of the American Geophysical Union (AGU), 10–14 December 
2007 in San Francisco, California USA.  There is a great range of 
interesting projects in RegCNet and we encourage you to present your 
results in the session.  I have appended the session description at the 
end of this message.

Abstracts are due not later than 2359 UTC on 6 September 2007.  Be aware 
that this is a strict deadline and AGU will *not* accept late abstracts. 
  You can submit your abstract using the link from the scientific 
program at http://www.agu.org/meetings/fm07/?content=program

The abstract submittal fee is waived for contributors from certain 
countries.  See http://www.agu.org/meetings/fm07/?content=program for 
details.  Usually, registration fees also are reduced or waived for 
contributors from these countries although this has not yet been 
formally announced. There is no support for travel costs.

The web link for the session is at: 
http://www.agu.org/meetings/fm07/?content=search&show=detail&sessid=27

Let us know if you have questions.  We hope to see you in San Francisco!

Ray Arritt

(for the conveners:  Ray Arritt, Ruby Leung and Linda Mearns)



GC17: 	Regional Climate Modeling

Description: 	Regional climate models (RCMs) have become standard tools 
for studying climate processes on small scales and for dynamically 
downscaling global climate model (GCM) simulations to finer spatial 
resolution. This session will provide an overview of the current state 
of the art in regional climate modeling, including both limited-area and 
global time slice models, and will summarize outstanding issues in the 
development and application of RCMs. Contributions are solicited on 
topics including but not limited to RCM model development; RCM 
intercomparison projects; design of RCM experiments for climate impacts 
and process studies; effects of resolution and physical 
parameterizations on RCM accuracy; RCM performance when applied to 
different climate regimes; and diagnostic studies to understand and 
address RCM model biases.


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