date: Mon Dec 22 15:59:25 2008
from: Phil Jones <p.jones@uea.ac.uk>
subject: Re: idagmeeting: need hotel bookings, prov. agenda, need
to: Peter Stott <peter.stott@metoffice.gov.uk>

    Peter,
       I'm racing back from IDAG to go somewhere else.
    I'd be keen to be kept in the loop as it has links to one thing
    I'm doing and is also linked to the UKCIP08 work.
    Cheers
    Phil
   At 14:00 22/12/2008, you wrote:

     Dear All,
     On the Monday following the IDAG meeting, that is 26 January, at NCAR
     there is going be a meeting funded by the UK Foreign and Commonwealth
     Office to discuss UK US collaboration on operational attribution. The
     purpose of this meeting is to discuss the basic concept of operational
     attribution and to set out the scientific challenges that need to be
     addressed for such an operational capability to become reality. Such an
     operational attribution system would be part of a wider "climate
     services" capability providing information in near real time on weather
     events, their causes and relationship with climate variability and
     change, and forecasts for timescales from days to decades. There has
     been activity on both sides of the Atlantic along along these lines and
     the FCO have funded this gathering to facilitate further collaboration
     with a specific outcome of the meeting being an outline of an article
     for BAMS discussing and promoting these ideas. In addition, we hope the
     meeting will facilitate a continuing program of work in this area.
     Representatives from NCAR and NOAA including Kevin Trenberth and Marty
     Hoerling as well as myself, Myles Allen and Simon Tett from the UK will
     be participating.
     While this meeting is a specific focused activity for a particular
     funder and is not part of the annual IDAG meeting, anybody from IDAG
     would be welcome to attend, although if you do want to attend the
     meeting I'd be grateful if you could let me know. In addition anybody
     who wishes to contribute will be very welcome to participate in our
     proposed BAMS article. I will circulate the outcome of the meeting as
     well as drafts of the BAMS article amongst IDAG members.
     Best wishes for happy holidays and the New Year,
     Peter
     On Wed, 2008-12-17 at 16:08 +0000, Gabi Hegerl wrote:
     > Hi IDAG meeting people,
     > I attach a provisional list of people coming, and talk titles (or broad
     > ideas of topics - latter is fine too, for now, I just need to know when
     > to slot you!)
     > Also, the millennium hotel block booking needs to be confirmed in theory
     > THIS SUNDAY, although Tara negotiated a slight extension. However, it would
     > help hugely if you'd get in touch with her asap about hotel and flight
     > if you have not yet done so.
     > I also made a very provisional agenda, attached. MaryAnne will make this
     > into something much nicer and put it on the old IPCC chapter 9 webpage
     >
     > [1]http://www.nicholas.duke.edu/downloads/chapter9/IDAG_JAN2009.html
     > login attribution, pw 2gr00nhu7
     > (pw was what the IT lady at Duke came up with, nothing I imade up!)
     > please protest if I am misrepresenting your plans or your talk, if I
     > have forgotten or lost you please shout its not on purpose!
     >
     > looking forward to seing you
     >
     > Gabi
     >
     >
     >
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