Sunday
2:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Arrival and Check-in
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 7:40 pm
Introductory Comments by GRC Site Staff / Welcome from the GRC Chair
7:40 pm - 9:30 pm
The Radiation Budget from Cloud to Global Scale
7:40 pm - 8:25 pm
"Monitoring Clouds with Satellite Imagers: Recent Progress and Future Challenges for Climate Applications"
8:25 pm - 8:30 pm
Discussion
8:30 pm - 9:15 pm
"What Is the Effect of 3D Cloud-Radiation Interactions on the Earth's Radiation Budget?"
9:15 pm - 9:20 pm
Discussion
9:20 pm - 9:30 pm
General Discussion
Monday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
8:30 am - 9:00 am
Group Photo
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
The Changing Arctic from the Cloud to Ice Age Scale
9:00 am - 9:45 am
"A Changing 'New Arctic' Atmosphere as Seen from Satellites"
9:45 am - 9:55 am
Discussion
9:55 am - 10:25 am
Coffee Break
10:25 am - 11:10 am
"Frozen No More: The Role of Water Above, in, and Around Earth's Ice Sheets in Their Present and Future Demise"
11:10 am - 11:20 am
Discussion
11:20 am - 12:05 pm
"A Frozen Ocean in a Warming Climate: Changing Ice and Changing Light"
12:05 pm - 12:15 pm
Discussion
12:15 pm - 12:30 pm
General Discussion
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Free Time
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Greenhouse Gases in the Climate System
7:30 pm - 8:15 pm
"Forcing by Greenhouse Gases in Earth System Models: Minding the Gap Between Process and Parameterization"
8:15 pm - 8:25 pm
Discussion
8:25 pm - 9:10 pm
"The Elusive Budget of Atmospheric Methane"
9:10 pm - 9:20 pm
Discussion
9:20 pm - 9:30 pm
General Discussion
Tuesday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Aerosols and Radiation from In Situ to Satellites and Global Models
9:00 am - 9:45 am
"Constraining the Drivers of Aerosol Mass and CCN with Observations"
9:45 am - 9:55 am
Discussion
9:55 am - 10:25 am
Coffee Break
10:25 am - 11:10 am
"'That Which No Hand Can Reach, No Hand Can Clasp': What Can Remote Sensing Tell Us About Aerosol-Cloud Interactions?"
11:10 am - 11:20 am
Discussion
11:20 am - 12:05 pm
"Aerosol Effects on Precipitation: Towards a Comprehensive Understanding Across Scales"
12:05 pm - 12:15 pm
Discussion
12:15 pm - 12:30 pm
General Discussion
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Free Time
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Atmospheric Dynamics and Climate from Gravity Waves to Global Circulations
7:30 pm - 8:15 pm
"The Roles of SST Patterns and the Stratosphere for the Jet Stream Response to Greenhouse Gas Forcing"
8:15 pm - 8:25 pm
Discussion
8:25 pm - 9:10 pm
"Effects of Gravity Waves on Tropical Cirrus Clouds"
9:10 pm - 9:20 pm
Discussion
9:20 pm - 9:30 pm
General Discussion
Wednesday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Ice Processes and Properties and Their Impact on Radiation and Climate from the Micro to Global Scale
9:00 am - 9:45 am
"Glaciation Processes in Convective Clouds"
9:45 am - 9:55 am
Discussion
9:55 am - 10:25 am
Coffee Break
10:25 am - 11:10 am
"Ice Crystal Sub-Micron Features Defining Ice Cloud Short-Wave Radiative Properties"
11:10 am - 11:20 am
Discussion
11:20 am - 12:05 pm
"Adventures in Cloud Phase and Ice Microphysical Retrievals from the A-Train Satellite Constellation"
12:05 pm - 12:15 pm
Discussion
12:15 pm - 12:30 pm
General Discussion
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Free Time
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:00 pm - 7:30 pm
Business Meeting
Nominations for the Next Vice Chair; Fill in Conference Evaluation Forms; Discuss Future Site and Scheduling Preferences; Election of the Next Vice Chair
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Cloud Observations from Microphysics to Global Systems
7:30 pm - 8:15 pm
"Finding the Silver Lining: Challenges and Improvements in In Situ Observations of Clouds"
8:15 pm - 8:25 pm
Discussion
8:25 pm - 9:10 pm
"Pride and Prejudice: Satellite Retrieved vs. GCM Simulated Clouds"
9:10 pm - 9:20 pm
Discussion
9:20 pm - 9:30 pm
General Discussion
Thursday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Climate Sensitivity from Current Cloud Processes to Paleo-Climate
9:00 am - 9:45 am
"Learning About Earth's Climate Sensitivity from Models"
9:45 am - 9:55 am
Discussion
9:55 am - 10:25 am
Coffee Break
10:25 am - 11:10 am
"The Past Is Not the Future: Inferring Climate Sensitivity (or Not) from Transient Observations"
11:10 am - 11:20 am
Discussion
11:20 am - 12:05 pm
"Clouds and Crocodiles: Considering Past Warm Climates When Improving Cloud Parameterizations"
12:05 pm - 12:15 pm
Discussion
12:15 pm - 12:30 pm
General Discussion
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Free Time
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Selected Poster Presentations
7:30 pm - 7:45 pm
"An Emulator Approach to the Radiative Effect of Stratocumulus Clouds"
7:45 pm - 7:50 pm
Discussion
7:50 pm - 8:05 pm
"Observed Influence of SST on the Tropical Atmospheric Water Cycle"
8:05 pm - 8:10 pm
Discussion
8:10 pm - 8:25 pm
"Investigating the Impact of Local Anthropogenic Pollution on Cloud Properties at the North Slope of Alaska from Different Perspectives"
8:25 pm - 8:30 pm
Discussion
8:30 pm - 8:50 pm
"Insights into the Processes Controlling Shallow Cumulus Short-Wave Cloud Radiative Effect at the Surface"
8:50 pm - 8:55 pm
Discussion
8:55 pm - 9:15 pm
"Importance of Above and Below Cloud Aerosols in Determining Cloud Properties in Stratocumulus over the South East Atlantic Ocean"
9:15 pm - 9:20 pm
Discussion
9:20 pm - 9:30 pm
General Discussion
Friday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am
Departure