Welcome to CCSM

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

13th Annual CCSM Workshop, The Village at Breckenridge, Breckenridge, CO, 17-19 June 2008. [register] [logistics] [agenda]

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: hess@ucar.edu, URL

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

CCSM Project

The Community Climate System Model (CCSM) is a fully-coupled, global climate model that provides state-of-the-art computer simulations of the Earth's past, present, and future climate states.

CCSM is sponsored by the National Science Foundation (NSF) and the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE). Administration of the CCSM is maintained by the Climate and Global Dynamics Division (CGD) at the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR).