February 2004 ARCSS Committee Meeting | Agenda

ARCSS Committee Meeting
Boulder, Colorado
2-5 February 2004

Agenda

Monday, February 2
8:00a.m. Continental breakfast (in Century room)
8:30 a.m. Introduce goals of meeting
  • Outline new ARCSS Science plan and implementation strategy
    • Major scientific issues for next ARCSS Science Plan
    • Coordination and outreach issues
    • Formulate data plan for ARCSS
    • ARCSS web presence
    • Ways to better incorporate modeling into ARCSS
  • Follow-up on summer 2003 Synthesis Retreat outcomes
  • Begin planning next Synthesis Retreat
    (form subcommittee, suggest participants, location)
  • Jonathan Overpeck
    Chair, ARCSS Committee
9:00 a.m. NSF update on ARCSS Program
Neil Swanberg
ARCSS Program Director
9:30 a.m. Committee discussion of key scientific issues for next ARCSS Science Plan
10:30a.m. BREAK
10:45 a.m. ARCSS Science Plan discussion continues
12:30p.m. LUNCH
1:15 p.m. Update from ARCSS ad hoc Data Committee
and general discussion of ARCSS data
John Weatherly
Chair, ARCSS Data Committee
Robin Webb
Member, ARCSS Data Committee
2:00 p.m. ARCSS data discussion and plan development
3:15 p.m. BREAK
3:30 p.m. Overview of SMO/SPO issues:
What's the best way to coordinate the ARCSS Program?
Jonathan Overpeck
3:45 p.m. ARCSS Internet presence
Matthew Sturm
4:00 p.m. Committee discussion of ARCSS coordination and outreach
5:30 p.m. Meeting adjourns for day
7:00 p.m. ARCSS Committee dinner
Tuesday, February 3
8:00 a.m. Continental breakfast (in Century room)
8:30 a.m. Improved integration of global to regional modeling in ARCSS
John Weatherly
Marika Holland
Julie Schramm
National Center for Atmospheric Research
10:30 a.m.

BREAK

10:45 a.m. ARCSS Science Plan and implementation strategy discussion
12:30 p.m.

LUNCH

1:15 p.m.

ARCSS Science Plan writing groups

3:15 p.m. BREAK
3:30 p.m.

ARCSS Science Plan writing groups

5:30 p.m.

Meeting adjourns for day

Wednesday, February 4
8:00 a.m. Continental breakfast (in Century room)
8:30 a.m. ARCSS Science Plan discussion
9:30 a.m.

Discussion with representatives from:

ARCSS Data Coordination Center (ADCC)
Rudy Dichtl

Joint Office for Science Support (JOSS)
Jim Moore

Paleoenvironmental Arctic Sciences data office (PARCS)
Mathieu Duvall
10:30 a.m. BREAK
10:45 a.m. ARCSS Science Plan and implementation discussion
12:30 p.m. LUNCH
1:30 p.m. ARCSS Science Plan writing groups
3:15 p.m. BREAK
3:30 p.m. ARCSS Science Plan writing groups
5:30 p.m. Meeting adjourns for day
Thursday, February 5
8:00 a.m. Continental breakfast (in Century room)
8:30 a.m. Follow-up on 2003 Synthesis Retreat Outcomes
Jonathan Overpeck
8:30 a.m. Discussion of summer 2004 Synthesis Retreat
  • Assign working group
  • Discuss potential participants
  • Discuss location
10:30 a.m. BREAK
8:30 a.m. Finalize list of action items from meeting
  • Assign responsibilities and deadlines for drafting science plan
  • Assign responsibilities and deadlines for wrap-up of Big Sky Synthesis
  • Assign responsibilities and deadlines for Summer04 Synthesis Planning
  • Other action items?
12:00 p.m. LUNCH
1:00 p.m. Meeting adjourns