We need to add a long coupled control run using CSM 2.0 to the proposal. The SSC will decide each working group s allocation and meet with the working group co-chairs to discuss any needed changes. If the full requested allocation is not received, all experiments will be cut evenly across the board. Blackmon will draft the next CSM Planning Document, which will be updated annually and will guide the project and CSL proposal allocation requests. Milestones will be defined for the next three years that address the science and policy goals, physics, and how it relates back to the goals.
More interest needs to be generated in the biogeochemical and atmospheric chemistry areas.
Blackmon will talk to Bonan and Doney regarding the carbon cycle and ask them to help identify people outside of NCAR who would be interested in working in that area. Dickinson and Bonan will talk to Jon Foley about his interest in a carbon cycle project in the Land Surface Working Group. Other suggestions were incorporating David Erickson more and possibly asking Ray Najjar to visit NCAR for several months. The Paleoclimate Working Group is expected to receive additional funding from NSF to broaden their project and add staff. Future topics to be discussed are working group productivity and the need for a coupled model working group.