Dear GCSS participants 

We will be holding a joint Microphysics/Polar Cloud Working Group
meeting at the University of Washington in Seattle on the 24-25th June
2010.  Since Microphysics is a cross-cutting activity, there will also
be participation from many of the other working groups.  Further
details will follow, but it is likely that topics of discussion will
include: 

- the 1D kinematic microphysics intercomparison 
- polar cloud modelling and observations 
- polar cloud/climate interactions 
- the SHEBA intercomparison 
- the TWP-ICE intercomparison 
- the RICO intercomparison 
as well as discussion of future cases we might like to consider. 

Further details will be forthcoming, but If you would like to
participate then please email ben.shipway@metoffice.gov.uk.  If you
would like to give a talk on one of the above topics or suggest an
additional area for discussion, then please include a short abstract
by 15th March (but note that since this is only a 2 day workshop we
won't be able to accommodate a large number of talks). 

The dates of the meeting have been chosen to immediately precede the
AMS cloud and radiation conferences in nearby Portland
(http://www.ametsoc.org/Meet/fainst/201013atmosrad13cloudphysics.html).  

Look forward to seeing you there. 

Ben 

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Dr Ben Shipway, Research Scientist 
Atmospheric Processes & Parametrizations 
Met Office   FitzRoy Road   Exeter   EX1 3PB   United Kingdom 
Tel: +44 (0)1392 886065   Fax: +44 (0)1392 885681 
E-mail: ben.shipway@metoffice.gov.uk   http://www.metoffice.gov.uk