Notes: Big Group

Linda: Impacts

• Aggregation: # 1 common grid
• Statistics: daily precipitation (Table 1), weekly, 10-day, monthly means…
• Space for user contributed scripts.
• Aggregation by political boundary
• Link to GIS to superimpose shapefiles, clearinghouse for masks, shapefiles
• Key users: information brokers, intermediaries
• Description of models, quality of data, use, etc.
• Conversion across units
• Trends or other diagnostics
• Short texts on verification
• Observational data, depends on purpose, need climatology for delta
• Other tools: formats (geotiff), displays, Google Earth, linking with population/socio-economic data
• User forum, blog, wiki, etc.
• Annotation

Melissa: Climate Analysis

• Precalculated variables, diagnostics, 3-D data set (too big to download), examples: 3-hour monthly average, storm track metrics, jet stream location, cape/shear, cin, etc.
• List of years la nina, el nino, enso, etc.
• 2-D extremes
• Driving model or run identifier (AR4) dataset
• More detail on parameterization, links to model references
• References/links to NARCCAP papers
• "Recommended" reanalysis datasets
• Driving models relate to the distribution of other AR4 models
• List of caveats for users on how to use the data

Eric: Downscaling

• Monthly 30-year climatology
• Identify community members, a "who-to-call" list
• Guidance: more about driving models
• Tools: make sure user defined tools, datasets, etc. have citations
• Statistical downscaling ??
• Observational datasets: links at least, promote commonality
• Station data versus gridded data
• ESG: predictors all there, user contributed grids,

Comments:

• Pretty quiet…

Next Steps:

• Get on the users mailing list. Get registered. Get drafted (just kidding…)
• Paragraphs on what they want to do, connect those with similar interests.
• Wiki, blog, etc.?
• This group represents the "core" users' group.
• Individual users profiles, webpages, slides, etc.
• Put the User's Workshop booklet on online.
• Recommendation: a users' users' workshop, let the intermediaries work with their stakeholders.
• Mugs, hats, t-shirts, magnets, stickers,…