| SUNDAY |
| 2:00 pm - 9:00 pm | Arrival and Check-in |
| 6:00 pm | Dinner |
| 7:15 pm - 7:25 pm | Welcome; Conference overview; Site logistics |
| 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | RADIATION AND CLIMATE CHANGE (Keynote Session) |
| Discussion Leader: J.T. Kiehl (National Center for Atmospheric Research, CO)
Introduction |
| 7:30 pm - 8:10 pm | V. Ramanathan (University of California - San Diego, CA)
Alexander M. Cruickshank Lecture
"Aerosols, Radiation and Climate: Regional and Global Perspectives" |
| 8:10 pm - 8:30 pm | Questions, comments and discussions |
| 8:30 pm - 9:10 pm | S. Solomon (NOAA / Aeronomy Laboratory, CO)
"Perspectives on Climate Change: Some Key Questions" |
| 9:10 pm - 9:30 pm | Questions, comments and discussions |
| 9:45 pm - 11:00 pm | Reception |
| MONDAY |
| 7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
| 9:00 am - 12:30 pm | RADIATIVE INTERACTIONS IN THE CLIMATE SYSTEM |
| Discussion Leader: J. Coakley (Oregon State University, OR)
Introduction |
| 9:00 am - 9:40 am | Q. Fu (University of Washington, WA)
"Radiation in Climate Models: Some Basic Aspects" |
| 9:40 am - 10:00 am | Questions, comments and discussions |
| 10:00 am | Coffee Break and Group Photo |
| 10:30 am - 11:10 am | R. Pincus (NOAA / Climate Diagnostics Center, CO)
"Degree of approximation in modeling clouds and radiation in large-scale models" |
| 11:10 am - 11:30 am | Questions, comments and discussions |
| 11:30 am - 12:10 pm | S. Klein (NOAA / Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory, NJ)
"The evolving treatment of cloud physical processes in climate models" |
| 12:10 pm - 12:30 pm | Questions, comments and discussions |
| 12:30 pm | Lunch |
| 1:30 pm - 4:15 pm | Free Time |
| 4:15 pm - 5:45 pm | Poster Session |
| 6:00 pm | Dinner |
| 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | CLOUD PROCESSES IN THE CLIMATE SYSTEM |
| Discussion Leader: S. Krueger (University of Utah, UT)
Introduction |
| 7:30 pm - 8:10 pm | C. Bretherton (University of Washington, WA)
"Boundary Layer Clouds and Climate" |
| 8:10 pm - 8:30 pm | Questions, comments and discussions |
| 8:30 pm - 9:10 pm | L. Donner (NOAA / Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory, NJ)
"Convection, High Clouds, and Climate" |
| 9:10 pm - 9:30 pm | Questions, comments and discussions |
| 9:45 pm - 11:00 pm | Evening Social (including informal interactions with Poster presenters) |
| TUESDAY |
| 7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
| 9:00 am - 12:30 pm | RADIATIVE FORCING OF CLIMATE CHANGE I (TROPOSPHERIC AEROSOLS) |
| Discussion Leader: J. Haywood (UK Meteorological Research Facility, UK)
Introduction |
| 9:00 am - 9:40 am | O. Boucher (University of Lille, FRANCE)
"Aerosols and the Radiative Forcing Concept" |
| 9:40 am - 10:00 am | Questions, comments and discussions |
| 10:00 am | Coffee Break |
| 10:30 am - 11:10 am | U. Lohmann (Dalhousie University, CANADA)
"Modeling of the Indirect Effects of Aerosols" |
| 11:10 am - 11:30 am | Questions, comments and discussions |
| 11:30 am - 12:10 pm | W. Collins (National Center for Atmospheric Research, CO)
"Understanding the Role of Aerosols in Climate through Synthesis of Models and Observations" |
| 12:10 pm - 12:30 pm | Questions, comments and discussions |
| 12:30 pm | Lunch |
| 1:30 pm - 6:00 pm | Free Time |
| 6:00 pm | Dinner |
| 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | RADIATIVE FORCING OF CLIMATE CHANGE II (SOLAR, STRATOSPHERIC SPECIES) |
| Discussion Leader: K. Shine (University of Reading, UK)
Introduction |
| 7:30 pm - 8:10 pm | J. Haigh (Imperial College, UK)
"The Response of Climate to Variations in Solar Activity and in Stratospheric Composition" |
| 8:10 pm - 8:30 pm | Questions, comments and discussions |
| 8:30 pm - 9:10 pm | A. Robock (Rutgers University, NJ)
"Volcanic Eruptions and Climate: Winter Warming and Summer Cooling" |
| 9:10 pm - 9:30 pm | Questions, comments and discussions |
| 9:45 pm - 11:00 pm | Evening Social (including informal interactions with Poster presenters) |
| WEDNESDAY |
| 7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
| 9:00 am - 12:30 pm | PALEOCLIMATE CHANGES |
| Discussion Leader: C. Covey (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, CA)
Introduction |
| 9:00 am - 9:40 am | B. Otto-Bliesner (National Center for Atmospheric Research, CO)
"Milankovitch Orbital Variations of Insolation and Interglacial Climates" |
| 9:40 am - 10:00 am | Questions, comments and discussions |
| 10:00 am | Coffee Break |
| 10:30 am - 11:10 am | A. Clement (University of Miami, FL)
"The Link Between Solar Forcings and Climate on Millennial to Orbital Timescales" |
| 11:10 am - 11:30 am | Questions, comments and discussions |
| 11:30 am - 12:10 pm | T. Crowley (Duke University, NC)
"Role of Solar Variability in Decadal/ Millennial Scale Climate Change" |
| 12:10 pm - 12:30 pm | Questions, comments and discussions |
| 12:30 pm | Lunch |
| 1:30 pm - 4:15 pm | Free Time |
| 4:15 pm - 5:45 pm | Poster Session |
| 6:00 pm | Dinner |
| 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | RECENT CLIMATE VARIATIONS AND CHANGE |
| Discussion Leader: J. Hack (National Center for Atmospheric Research, CO)
Introduction |
| 7:30 pm - 8:10 pm | D. Seidel (NOAA / Air Resources Laboratory, MD)
"Upper-Air Temperature Changes in Satellite and Radiosonde Datasets" |
| 8:10 pm - 8:30 pm | Questions, comments and discussions |
| 8:30 pm - 9:10 pm | B. Soden (NOAA / Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory, NJ)
"Satellite-Observed Variations in the Atmospheric Hydrologic and Energy Cycles and their Implications for Climate Modeling" |
| 9:10 pm - 9:30 pm | Questions, comments and discussions |
| 9:45 pm - 11:00 pm | Evening Social (including informal interactions with Poster presenters) |
| THURSDAY |
| 7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
| 9:00 am - 12:30 pm | CLIMATE FEEDBACKS AND SENSITIVITY |
| Discussion Leader: B. Wielicki (NASA - Langley Research Center, VA)
Introduction |
| 9:00 am - 9:40 am | A. Hall (University of California - Los Angeles, CA)
"Variations in the Shortwave Optical Properties of the Earth's Surface and their Relevance for Climate Variability and Change" |
| 9:40 am - 10:00 am | Questions, comments and discussions |
| 10:00 am | Coffee Break |
| 10:30 am - 11:10 am | S. Bony (Laboratoire de Meteorologie Dynamique, FRANCE)
"On the Analysis of Climate Feedback Processes in Models and Observations" |
| 11:10 am - 11:30 am | Questions, comments and discussions |
| 11:30 am - 12:10 pm | D. Hartmann (University of Washington, WA)
"Tropical Cloud, Water Vapor and Circulation Feedbacks" |
| 12:10 pm - 12:30 pm | Questions, comments and discussions |
| 12:30 pm | Lunch |
| 1:30 pm - 4:45 pm | Free Time |
| 4:45 pm - 5:45 pm | Business Session
(evaluation forms; future of Conference; elect new Vice-Chairs for the 2005 Conference; topics for 2007 meeting; etc.) |
| 6:00 pm | Dinner |
| 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | DETECTION AND ATTRIBUTION OF CLIMATE CHANGE |
| Discussion Leader: D. Karoly (University of Oklahoma, OK)
Introduction |
| 7:30 pm - 8:10 pm | B. Santer (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, CA)
"Recent Developments in Climate-Change Detection and Attribution Research" |
| 8:10 pm - 8:30 pm | Questions, comments and discussions |
| 8:30 pm - 9:10 pm | P. Stott (UK Meteorological Office / Hadley Center, UK)
"Past and Future Climate Change: From 20th Century Attribution to Constraining 21st Century Predictions" |
| 9:10 pm - 9:30 pm | Questions, comments and discussions |
| 9:45 pm - 11:30 pm | Final Evening Social |
| FRIDAY |
| 7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
| 9:00 am | Depart |