SAMSI/NCAR Workshop on Massive Datasets in Environment and Climate: February 13-15, 2013
Workshop Information
Location: Mesa Lab, National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR), Boulder, Colorado
In recent years, modernization of environmental observation instrumentation has produced a wealth of available data for which classical analytical routines are not scaled to handle efficiently. Further, increasing complexity of climate models limit execution by only the world's most sophisticated computing systems, which in turn archive the massive data sets of intermediary model outputs for analysis by the climate research community. The workshop will unite researchers from the statistical and climate research communities to address the challenges posed by the scale of these environmental observation and climate model data sets.
Hotel Information
Participants need to make their own hotel reservations.
The workshop hotel is the Millennium Harvest House Boulder.
Select Group Code from the drop-down menu, located under the Corp/Promo Code and use the following code: 1302SAMSIN
or you may click here to access the reservation page set up for SAMSI/NCAR.
E-Mail: Guests may e-mail their reservation request to millboulderres@mill-usa.com
Telephone: Guests may call the hotel toll free at 800-545-6285 and refer to the group code: 1302SAMSIN.
The room block will be available for booking until Sunday, January 13, 2013
APPLICATION
To begin the application process login and register, then click on "Apply for Workshop" button at the top of this page. When you have completed the form, be sure to click on the green "Complete Application" button.
This form also includes the application for financial support. You will be notified in a timely manner if your participation will be possible; regrettably, limited seating will preclude acceptance of all applications. New researchers (graduate students, postdocs, and faculty in the early stages of their careers) and members of underrepresented groups are especially encouraged to apply.
The application/registration deadline is January 11, 2013. Note, however, that capacity might be reached before this deadline. Also, any application that requests support for expenses should typically be submitted at least 6 weeks in advance of the workshop.
If you need further information please send an email to md@samsi.info.
Schedule
Wednesday, February 13, 2013
Mesa Laboratory, NCAR
| 7:30 a.m. | Shuttle to NCAR, Mesa Lab |
| 8:30-8:45 | Introduction Steve Sain, NCAR and Richard Smith, SAMSI |
| Session 1: Climate Observations | |
| 8:45-9:30 | Amy Braverman, Jet Propulsion Laboratory Massive Data Set Analysis for NASA's Atmospheric Infrared Sounder |
| 9:30-10:15 | Elizabeth Mannshardt, North Carolina State University Analysis of NASA Aquarius Sea Surface Salinity Data |
| 10:15-10:45 | Break |
| 10:45-11:30 | Andrew Finley, Michigan State University Bayesian Dynamic Modeling for Large Space-Time Data Sets Using Gaussian Predictive Processes |
| 11:30-12:00 | Floor Discussion |
| 12:00-1:30 | Lunch on your own (NCAR cafeteria - cash only - ATM available) |
| Session 2: Climate Models | |
| 1:30-2:15 | Doug Nychka, NCAR Mining Spatial Structure in Regional Climate |
| 2:15-3:00 | Claudia Tebaldi, Climate Central and NCAR Multi-model Ensemble Reduction and Expansion: Pattern Scaling and Resampling |
| 3:00-3:30 | Break |
| 3:30-4:15 | Emily Kang, University of Cincinnati Spatial Analysis of High-Resolution Regional Climate-Change Projection in North America |
| 4:15-4:45 | Floor Discussion |
| 4:45-5:45 | Breakout Sessions Breakout Session 1: Chair: Richard Smith, SAMSI, Rapporteur Martin Tingley, Harvard University Breakout Session 2: Chair: Doug Nychka, NCAR, Rapporteur Grant Weller, Colorado State University |
| 6:00-8:00 | Poster Session and Reception |
| 8:00 | Shuttle to Hotel |
Thursday, February 14, 2013
Mesa Laboratory, NCAR
| 7:45 a.m. | Shuttle to NCAR, Mesa Lab |
| Session 3: Data Assimilation | |
| 8:30-9:15 | Christopher Jones, UNC Challenges of Lagrangian Data Assimilation |
| 9:15-10:00 | Tom Auligne, NCAR Data Assimilation for Numerical Weather Prediction and Climate: challenges with massive datasets |
| 10:00-10:30 | Break |
| Session 4: Computing Techniques for Data Producers I | |
| 10:30-11:15 | Rich Loft, NCAR Rethinking Cyberinfrastructure for Climate Data Analysis Workflows |
| 11:15-11:45 | Floor Discussion on Morning Sessions |
| 11:45-1:30 | Lunch on your own (NCAR cafeteria - cash only - ATM available) |
| Session 5: Computing Techniques for Data Producers II | |
| 1:30-2:15 | Dorit Hammerling, SAMSI |
| 2:15-3:00 | Eric Fetzer, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology Merging Water Vapor, Temperature and Cloud Observations from the A-Train |
| 3:00-3:30 | Break |
| 3:30-4:15 | Annmarie Eldering, Jet Propulsion Laboratory Watching the Earth Breathe - Measuring Global Carbon Dioxide From Space |
| 4:15-4:45 | Floor Discussion |
| 4:45-5:45 | Breakout Sessions Breakout Session 3: Chair: Steve Sain, NCAR, Rapporteur Tamara Greasby, NCAR Breakout Session 4: Chair: Amy Braverman, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Rapporteur Jessica Matthew, Cooperative Institute for Climate and Satellites |
| 5:30 | Shuttle to Hotel |
Friday, February 15, 2013
Mesa Laboratory, NCAR
| 7:45 a.m. | Shuttle to NCAR, Mesa Lab |
| Session 6: Regional Climate Datasets | |
| 8:30-9:15 | Seth McGinnis, NCAR Distilling Regional Climate Model Data from NARCCAP for Use in Impacts Analysis |
| 9:15-9:30 | Break |
| Session 7: Computing Techniques for Data Producers III | |
| 9:30-10:15 | Forrest Hoffman, Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
| 10:15-11:00 | Dean Williams, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Climate Science Responds to “Big Data” Challenges: Accessing and Analyzing Model Output and Observations |
| 11:00-11:30 | Break |
| 11:30-Noon | Floor Discussion |
| Noon-12:30 | Brief Reports on Breakout Groups (Chairs and Rapporteurs) |
| 12:30 | Adjourn. Lunch on your own. (NCAR cafeteria - cash only - ATM available) |
| 1:00 | Shuttle to Hotel |