[Nsa] Notes and Next Mtg. of the Climate and Human Systems Project

[Brian O'Neill]

Dear colleagues,
Thanks to all of you who were able to attend the recent Climate and 
Human Systems Project (CHSP) meeting, and to those who expressed their 
interest even if they were unable to attend. Notes and slides from that 
meeting are now up on the project wiki, which can be accessed through 
the CHSP website (http://chsp.ucar.edu/, access the wiki through the 
"Internal | Login" link on the right side of the page). Please have a 
look there especially at the "next steps" section of the Dec 3 meeting 
notes. As discussed at the meeting, we are just getting started on a 
study of avoided impacts (acronym: BRACE). Anyone interested in 
participating who has not yet submitted a short description of a 
proposed analysis (see wiki for current list) should get in touch with 
me, so that we can discuss whether their particular idea would fit 
within the study framework. The goal is to then have 2-3 page extended 
abstracts for all proposed studies by the end of January.

The next meeting will be held Tuesday, Jan 21, 2-3 pm in the Damon Room. 
Julio Bacmeister and Andrew Gettelman will be presenting plans for (and 
maybe progress on?) two proposed papers, one on simulating tropical 
cyclone activity under RCP8.5 and RCP4.5, and the other on estimating 
economic impacts of that activity.  Future monthly meetings will 
similarly be organized around presentations of plans/progress for other 
papers making up the study.

Apologies for the broadcast nature of this email. In the near future we 
will have an email list set up for CHSP so that you can sign up (or not) 
to receive these notifications, and then will switch to only using that 
list.
best
Brian


On 11/19/2013 1:06 PM, Stephanie Shearer wrote:
> TO:  NCAR Scientist Assembly
>
> FROM:  Brian O'Neill, CGD Climate and Human Systems Project
>
> SUBJECT:  Invitation to attend the December 3, 2013 Meeting
> of the Climate and Human Systems Project
>
> Dear Colleagues,
>
> As some of you may know, CGD created a new cross-cutting
> project earlier this year called the Climate and Human
> Systems Project (CHSP), intended to foster work across the
> physical, human, and ecological dimensions of climate change
> within CGD, as well as between CGD, other parts of NCAR and
> external partners. We have been meeting monthly within CGD
> since June to decide on initial goals of the project, and
> concluded that a main activity would be carrying out a
> cross-cutting research project that included all three of
> these dimensions of the climate issue. We decided to focus
> on the topic of avoided impacts; that is, the reduction in
> impacts that would occur if the world achieved a lower level
> of climate change as compared to a higher one. These impacts
> will include physical impacts on the climate system as well
> as ecological and societal impacts.
>
> We would like to invite anyone who might be interested in
> participating in
> this study to attend the next CHSP meeting on December 3,
> 2013 at 2:00pm in the Mesa Lab Damon Room. We will outline
> there the current plan and discuss any additions,
> modifications, or feedback you might have. For more
> information, you can have a look at the project website
> (http://chsp.ucar.edu/), in particular the project wiki
> which contains
> notes and slides from previous meetings, and a draft outline
> of the study
> on avoided impacts (access the wiki through the "Internal |
> Login" link on
> the right side of the page).
>
> I realize not everyone who might be interested will be able
> to make this
> meeting, due to schedule conflicts. Joining us at a future
> meeting will
> always be possible, and in the meantime you can get in touch
> with me with
> any questions or thoughts you might want to offer.
>
> Thanks, Brian
>
>
>
>
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Brian O'Neill
Climate and Global Dynamics (CGD) Division &
Integrated Science Program
National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR)
P.O. Box 3000
Boulder, CO 80307
USA
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boneill at ucar.edu
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