Welcome to CCSM
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CCSM Chemistry Climate Working Group
The Chemistry Climate Working Group was formed to focus on the coupling between the climate system, aerosols, atmospheric composition and chemistry. [whitepaper]
Upcoming Meetings
15th Annual CCSM Workshop, The Great Divide Lodge, Breckenridge, CO, week of 28 June 2010. [event details] [agenda + presentations] [participants] [webcast]
Review archives of past meeting agendas, reports, and presentations.
Topics of Discussion
Contributed plans for incorporation of chemistry into the CCSM (not yet endorsed or fully reviewed by the WG):
- Atmospheric chemistry impacts and feedbacks on the global carbon cycle, David Erickson and Don Wuebbles
- Aerosol Effects on Clouds, Energy and Hydrologic Cycle, Steven Ghan, Trond Iversen, Jon Egill Kristjansson, Athanasios Nenes, and Joyce Penner
- Atmospheric Chemistry Impacts on the Land Biosphere, Philip Cameron-Smith, and Natalie Mahowald
- Hemispheric Pollution to Regional Air Quality: An Issue of Resolution, Louisa Emmons, Lyatt Jaegle, and Loretta Mickley
- Chemistry, Transport and Washout in Convection and Microphysics Parameterizations; see Workshop on Advancing Microphysics in Global Models and the Roadmap.
Chem-WG Community Liaison:
Francis Vitt is the Chem-WG Liaison. [email]
Co-Chair Contact Information:
Professor Michael J. Prather
University of California, Irvine, Earth System Science, 3329 Croul Hall, Irvine, CA 92697-3100
Tel: 949-824-5838, Fax: 949-824-3256, e-mail: mprather@uci.edu, URL
Dr. Peter G. Hess
Cornell University, 2140 Snee Hall, Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Ithaca, NY 14853
e-mail: pgh25@cornell.edu
Dr. Jean-Francois Lamarque
NCAR-ACD, P.O. Box 3000, Boulder, CO 80307-3000
Tel: 303-497-1495, Fax: 303-497-1700, e-mail: lamar@ucar.edu