CICE Users Workshop and Tutorial

AGENDA

Day 1: May 21, 2024

9.00 –   9:30  Welcome, Introductions, Workshop Goals

9:30 – 10:30  Overview of CICE / Icepack Capabilities and Uses

Physics Overview

Updates from CICE Consortium member institutions

11.00 – 12:30  Wave-Ice Interactions

What is the state of the art in models and observations?

Deeper Dive: Ice Thickness and Floe Size Distribution (5 min)

Dany Dumont - observations, measurements (15 min)

Lettie Roach - modeling in CICE/Icepack (15 min)

Flash talks (4-5 min each)

Discussion

14.00 – 15.30 Atmosphere-Ocean-Ice Interactions

What matters when, and why?

Deeper Dive: Radiation (10 min)

Andrew Roberts - coupled modeling considerations (15 min)

Melinda Webster - observations, measurements (15 min)

Flash talks (4-5 min each)

Discussion

16.00 – 17.00 Roundtable and Discussion

Deeper Dive: Dynamics / A historical perspective (10 min)

Future CICE/Icepack Development Directions, Requirements

Evening          No-host Dinner at a local restaurant

Day 2: May 22, 2024

9.00 –   9:15 Opening Remarks and Goals for Day 2

9.15 – 12.00 Data Integration and Assimilation

Expanding and applying data-model fusion concepts to improve predictions

Deeper Dive: Prognostic variables in Icepack and CICE (5 min)

Panel discussion  - Mark Orzech, Yongfei Zhang, Chris Reidel, TBD

Flash talks (4-5 min each)

Discussion

13.30 – 15.00 Community Advances in CICE/Icepack Modeling I

Meeting the needs of the user community

Deeper Dive: Mushy Thermodynamics (10 min)

Nicole Jeffery - Introduction to BGC in Icepack (15 min)

Discussion

Tony Craig - Intro - Advances in CICE Model Software and Workflows (15 min)

15.30 – 17.00 Roundtable and Discussion

What can the Consortium do to help the community meet its goals?

Evening          Low-key social activity

Day 3: May 23, 2024

9.00 – 10.00 Community Advances in CICE/Icepack Modeling II

Physics, Software, Workflows, Visualization, etc.

Deeper Dive: Tracer infrastructure (10 min)

Maddie Smith - New Tracers in Icepack (15 min)

Flash talks (4-5 min each)

Discussion

Namelists, Output Overview

10.00 – 12.00 A hands-on modeling challenge

13:30 – 16:00 Further discussion, Q&A

Evening          Low-key social activity