Program for MAM Scientific Workshop

Thursday, November 24, 1994
McGill University
Burnside Hall, Rm. 934

8:00 - Progress with MAM II.Stephen Beagley and Jean deGrandpré, York University.

8:30 - 3-D semi-Lagrangian transport of moisture in GCM6.Richard Harvey, UQAM.

8:50 - WINDII observations, chemical heating and the upper boundary of MAM.William Ward, ISTS.

9:10 - The influence of the sponge layer on the zonal mean circulation.Kirill Semeniuk, University of Toronto.

9:30 - A tour of the new ``Downward Control" diagnostic deck: dwncntrl.dk.John Koshyk, University of Toronto.

9:50 - Coffee break, Burnside Hall, Rm. 942.

10:10 - Gravity waves naturally resolved by MAM.Xiaoqing Li, University of Toronto.

10:30 - Vertical evolution of the GW spectrum and parameterization of wave drag and heating.Alex Medvedev, York University.

11:00 - Mountain waves in the RCM.V. Balaji, York University.

11:20 - Unbreakable gravity waves?Len Sonmor, Alan Manson, Chris Meek, University of Saskatchewan, and GaryKlaassen, York University.

11:40 - A comparison of several different gravity wave drag schemes using a quasi-geostrophic model.Charles McLandress, ISTS.

12:00 - Lunch, Burnside Hall, Rm. 942.

1:00 - Three-dimensional photochemical calculations using the GFDL SKYHI GCM.Lori Perliski, GFDL, Princeton, N.J.

1:40 - Developing a chemistry package for MAM. Stephen Beagley, Jean deGrandpré and Jack McConnell, York University.

2:00 - Updates to the IR radiation code in MAM.Victor Fomichev, UQAM.

2:20 - On the analysis of cold anomalies in the lower stratosphere.Jean-Pierre Blanchet, UQAM.

2:40 - Coffee Break, Burnside Hall, Rm. 942.

3:00 - Empirical normal mode analysis of atmospheric data.Gilbert Brunet, RPN.

3:20 - On the calculation of normal modes of oscillation using 13 years of stratospheric data.Dinh Hai Tran, McGill University.

3:40 - Stratospheric ozone analysis and forecasts using the Canadian Global Spectral Forecast Model.Hal Ritchie, RPN.

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