Transcript Rogers - NCAR ICE Initiative

NCAR ICE Initiative
Outline:
NCAR “Strategic Initiative” Process
Clouds, Ice and Precipitation
2003 - Opportunity Fund, “ICE Initiation in Clouds”
2004 - Proposal
February 12, 2004 meeting
What is a “Strategic Initiative”
What is a “Strategic Initiative”
• encourage NCAR division partnerships
(ATD + ACD + MMM + ..)
• hire early-career scientists
• enhance university interactions
• involve the scientific community
• provide a leadership role
• multi-year
How does it work ?
Internal proposals submitted to NCAR
Director (Tim Killeen)
• deadline ~ October
Funding is modest
• hold back a fraction of base funds and
redistribute to initiatives
• NCAR division support (salaries, equipment)
• participants outside NCAR find their own
funding (NSF, NASA, ..)
– except some visitor support, travel, workshops
Proposal selection criteria
• scientific excellence
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broader impacts – beyond narrow discipline
uniqueness – fit NCAR’s capabilities
appropriateness – fit NCAR’s mission
staff commitment
timeliness
opportunity
Initiatives at NCAR
Existing:
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Biogeosciences
Weather and Climate Impact Assessment Science
Water Cycle
Wildland Fire R&D Collaboratory
& others
New this year:
• Upper Troposphere / Lower Stratosphere
Future:
• Clouds, Ice and Precipitation
2003 - Opportunity Fund – one year
“Ice Initiation in Clouds: A Proposal to Develop an NCAR
Ice Initiative”:
• scientific need for studying ice formation
• form working groups NCAR + outside
scientific steering committee
• workshops & guest speakers
• support visitors at MMM
– Axel Seifert, post-doc
– Ottmar Möhler (Karlsruhe), visitor
– part-time scientist to help organize the Initiative
• develop science overview document
Why now?
• New instruments:
– Airborne IN measurements
– SID, CPI
– Lab facilities – AIDA
– mm radar
• Improved understanding of Homog-Fz
– Theory & obs
• Greater modeling complexity
• Agency interest, field programs
– NASA CRYSTAL-FACE
– AMMA
Clouds, Ice and Precipitation
2004 - Proposal
Ice, Clouds & Precipitation
Steering Committee Meeting Agenda
Feb. 12-13, 2004
NCAR Foothills Lab, FL-3 room 2072
8:40 - 9:00 Ice, Clouds & Precipitation – NCAR’s initiative program – Rogers
9:00 - 10:30 Recent studies – talks & discussion
observational studies – DeMott
remote sensing – Sassen
lab studies – Moehler
10:30 - 10:45
Break
10:45 – 11:15 Instrument needs – Stith
11:15 – noon
Discuss workshop goals, strategy, draft agenda – Heymsfield