| Monday, December 6 | ||
| 09:00-10:00 | Jennifer Logan, Harvard University, MA |
Interannual variability and trends in the vertical distribution of ozone in the lower stratosphere. |
| 10:00-10:18 | Vitali Fioletov, ARQX, MSC Downsview |
Total ozone variations over middle and polar latitudes and on the global scale. |
| 10:18-10:36 | Dmitry Vyushin, University of Toronto |
A new statistical model for total ozone variability. |
| 10:36-11:02 | Coffee break. | |
| 11:02-11:20 | Thomas Birner, University of Toronto |
A high resolution climatology of the extratropical tropopause region. |
| 11:20-11:38 | Michaela Hegglin, ETHZ, Zurich, Switzerland |
Tracer correlations between NOy, O3 and N2O in the lowermost stratosphere during the SPURT project. |
| 11:38-11:56 | Ian Folkins, Dalhousie University |
Lapse rates in the lower tropical troposphere: a puzzle. |
| 11:56-12:14 | Yoshihiro Tomikawa, University of Toronto |
Neutral wave observed in the Antarctic stratosphere. |
| 12:14-12:32 | James Anstey, University of Toronto |
Stratospheric variability in CMAM and its coupling to the troposphere. |
| 12:32-12:50 | Erich Becker, Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Kuehlungsborn, Germany |
Self-generated mesospheric gravity wave drag in a mechanistic GCM. |
| 12:50-13:40 | Lunch (Faculty Club Upper Dining Room). | |
| 13:40-13:58 | Charles McLandress, University of Toronto |
Comparison of the GCM response to dissipation mechanisms employed in current GWD parameterizations: implications for middle atmosphere modelling. |
| 13:58-14:58 | Steven Pawson, NASA Goddard |
Middle atmospheric data assimilation: limitations and challenges. |
| 14:58-15:16 | Shuzhan Ren, University of Toronto |
Sudden warmings identified from CMAM-DA analyses. |
| 15:16-15:34 | David Sankey, University of Toronto |
Comparison of initialization methods for a climate assimilation run. |
| 15:34-16:00 | Coffee break. | |
| 16:00-16:18 | Yan Yang, University of Toronto |
First results of assimilating OSIRIS ozone measurements into CMAM. |
| 16:18-16:36 | Yves Rochon, ARQX, MSC Downsview |
Study and improvement of ozone and temperature retrievals in data assimilation. |
| 16:36-16:54 | Martin Charron, RPN, MSC Dorval |
Current status of GEM-Strato and future work. |
| 16:54-17:12 | Mateusz Reszka, University of Toronto |
A semigeostrophic balance constraint for data assimilation in the tropics. |
| 17:12-17:30 | Josep Aparicio ARMA, MSC Dorval |
Radio occultation observations and the experiments made at MSC to assimilate them. |
| 18:00 | Complimentary cocktails and dinner (Faculty Club Pub). | |
| Tuesday, December 7 | ||
| 09:00-10:00 | John Austin, GFDL, Princeton, NJ |
Coupled chemistry climate models: some uncomfortable issues and how to resolve them. |
| 10:00-10:18 | Stephen Beagley, York University |
CMAM GCM modelling of PSC chemistry: the good the bad and the ugly. |
| 10:18-10:36 | Jean de Grandpré, McGill University |
Transport processes in the lower stratosphere. |
| 10:36-10:54 | Andreas Jonsson, York University |
Analysis of uncertainties in ozone photochemistry in the middle atmosphere. |
| 10:54-11:20 | Coffee break. | |
| 11:20-11:38 | William Ward, University of New Brunswick |
An analysis of the dynamics in the Extended CMAM. |
| 11:38-11:56 | Jason Russell, University of New Brunswick |
Comparison of WINDII airglow/atomic oxygen diurnal airglow features with extended CMAM simulations. |
| 11:56-12:14 | David MacKenzie, University of New Brunswick |
Hough mode decomposition of CMAM tidal features. |
| 12:14-12:32 | Victor Fomichev, York University |
Response of the middle atmosphere to the CO2 doubling. |
| 12:32-12:50 | Shengpan Zhang, York University |
Winds at altitudes of 90-110 km and at latitudes of 40S-40N: comparison of WINDII and CMAM 2-year results. |
| 12:50-13:40 | Lunch (Faculty Club Upper Dining Room). | |
| 13:40-13:58 | Mark Fruman, University of Toronto |
The effects of nonhydrostatic terms on conditions for equatorial symmetric stability. |
| 13:58-14:16 | Kirill Semeniuk, York University |
Modelling the October-November 2003 solar proton event in CMAM. |
| 14:16-14:34 | Michel Bourqui, ETHZ, Zurich, Switzerland |
A new fast stratospheric ozone chemistry scheme in an intermediate general circulation model. |
| 14:34-14:52 | Gerd Folberth, University of Victoria |
The role of atmospheric chemistry in the global CO2 budget. |
| 14:52-15:10 | Betty Croft, Dalhousie University |
Black carbon ageing in the CCCma Global Climate Model. |
| 15:10-15:28 | Julia Marshall, Dalhousie University |
The effect of black carbon within cloud droplets. |
| 15:28-15:54 | Coffee break. | |
| 15:54-16:12 | Andrew Ryzhkov, McGill University |
A theoretical study of the reactions of criegee intermediate with water clusters. |
| 16:12-16:30 | Jiming Sun, McGill University |
Preliminary modeling study of bacteria on the ice cloud formation. |
| 16:30-16:48 | Xihong Wang, York University |
Modelling polar stratospheric clouds. |
| 16:48-17:06 | Keith Broekhuisen, University of Toronto |
Formation of CCN by aerosol aging processes in the atmosphere. |
| 17:06-17:24 | Cathy Reader, University of Victoria |
Dust transport in the CCCma GCM. |
| END OF WORKSHOP | ||