Meteorology 590e: Special Topics - Climate Modeling

Spring 2004

Instructor: William J. Gutowski, Jr.

gutowski@iastate.edu					294-5632 [tel]
3021 Agronomy						294-2619 [fax]

Objectives

1. To conduct a critical review of some of the current literature on regional climate modeling
2. To share and discuss our understanding of regional climate modeling

What Students Should Provide

1. I need each of you to send me two candidate papers for discussion. I will select one, if possible, or else direct you to find additional candidates.
2. For the selected paper, find the full citation information (authors, year, journal, etc.) and email it to me. The best format for this is the format the Science Citation Index (see Web of Science below) uses when you email references found in the Index (including abstract) to yourself.
3. Prepare a PowerPoint presentation to use in the classroom, to lead the discussion. Send me a copy of the presentation electronically so that I can add it to this web site.
4. The presentation should give:
   • Basic citation information
   • Author's motivation for the research reported in the paper
   • Methods used
   • Critical review of the results
   • Suggestions for how their work might be extended.
5. And of course, come to class prepared to discuss. You should read the abstract (see below) ahead of time.

Some Links

• Iowa State Library

  Use this to get to the ISU Library online catalogue and other e-resources. You might find electronic access to a journal's paper if you search for it in the online catalogue and find an entry that states it is an "electronic resource".

• Web of Science

  You can go directly to the Science Citation Index from this. Web of Science is also accessible through the ISU libary's online resources.

• Science Direct

  Science Direct provides online access to some journals.

Papers Covered (with discussion leader)

1. Jan. 14 - Diffenbaugh et al., 2004, Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. (Gutowski)
2. Jan. 26 - Anderson et al., 2003, J. Hydrometeor. (Anderson)
3. Feb. 4 - Wang et al., 2003, Int. J. Climatology (Clark)
4. Feb. 9 - Arnell et al., 2003, J. Geophys. Res. - Atmospheres (Mudoni)
5. Feb. 11 - Denis et al., 2003, Climate Dynamics (Correa)
   [Extra abstract: Termonia P., 2003, Mon. Wea. Rev.]
6. Feb. 23 - Gao et al., 2001, Adv. Atmos. Sci. (Deng)
7. Feb. 25 - Harrison et al., 2003, Climate Dynamics (Otieno)
8. Mar. 1 - Liang et al., 2001, J. Climate (Park)
9. Mar. 3 - Evan, J.P., 2003, J. Hydrology (Herzmann)
10. Mar. 8 - Pal, J. & Eltahir, E.A.B., 2003, QJRMS (Anderson)
    Mar. 10 - no class
11. Mar. 31 - Qian et al. 2003, Mon. Wea. Rev. (Flory)
12. Apr. 5 - Qian et al. (continued)
13. Apr. 7 - Jenkins, G.G. & Barron, E.J., 2000, Glob. Plan. Change (Herzman)
14. Apr. 14 - Pan et al., 1999, Mon. Wea. Rev. (Gutowski)
15. Apr. 19 - Pan et al. (continued)
16. Apr. 28 - Caya, D., & Biner, S., 2004, Clim. Dyn. (Correa)

Special notes

• 19 - 23 January 2004 (Mon-Wed-Fri), inclusive.
• 16 - 18 February 2004 (Monday-Wed), inclusive.
• 22 - 26 March 2004 (the week after spring break).

Students Needing Disability Accommodation

Iowa State University complies with the Americans with Disabilities Act and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act. Please address any special needs or special accommodations with me at the beginning of the semester or as soon as you become aware of your needs. Those seeking accommodations based on disabilities should obtain a Student Academic Accommodations Request (SAAR) form from the Disabilities Resources (DR) office (515-294-6624), located on the main floor of the Student Services Building, Room 1076.

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