Table of Contents - Grouped by Day and Topic

• Day 1 - Mon 21 July

  • Why care about El Niño? (M. Glantz)
    • Summary of Discussion

  • The ENSO System (K. Trenberth)
    • Summary of Discussion

  • Multiscale climate variability: Besides ENSO, what else? (D. Enfield)
    • Summary of Discussion

• Day 2 - Tue 22 July

  • What's going on in the Ocean during ENSO? (P. Gent)
    • Summary of Discussion

  • What's going on in the Atmosphere during ENSO? (M. Hoerling)
    • Summary of Discussion

  • The Ocean Observing System and what's going on now (A. Busalacchi)
    • Summary of Discussion

  • How do interactions between the atmosphere and the land/ocean/sea ice affect climate? (D. Battisti)
    • Summary of Discussion

• Day 3 - Wed 23 July

  • Global coupled general circulation models (GCMs) and ENSO (G. Meehl)
    • Summary of Discussion

  • Strengths and weaknesses of observations (J. Hurrell)
    • Summary of Discussion

  • Role of statistics in research on ENSO and teleconnections (R. Katz)
    • Summary of Discussion

  • ENSO and Anthropogenic Climate Variations (K. Trenberth)
    • Summary of Discussion

  • Round table discussion of climate change (W. Washington discussion leader)
    • Summary of Discussion

• Day 4 - Thu 24 July

  • What is an ENSO forecast? A sea surface temperature (SST) forecast? A Southern Oscillation Index (SOI) forecast? What goes into it? (E. Sarachik)
    • Summary of Discussion

  • Discussion Session on Usable Science
    • Summary of Discussion

  • Teleconnections associated with ENSO (G. Kiladis)
    • Summary of Discussion

  • The big oscillations, or why care only about ENSO? (H. van Loon)
    • Summary of Discussion

• Day 5 - Fri 25 July

  • Impacts of ENSO-generated climate variations in North America (J. O'Brien)

  • Added value of having ENSO predictions (E. Sarachik)
    • Summary of Discussion

  • Societal and perceptual constraints on the use of forecasts, followed by Round Table discussion (R. Pulwarty, Round Table presenter and discussion leader)
    • Summary of Discussion

  • Mid-Course Correction (led by Glantz)

• Day 6 - Mon 28 July

  • Known and suggested societal impacts (geographic and functional): Trends in extreme events and societal impacts (R. Pielke)
    • Summary of Discussion

  • Cuba and El Niño (L. Naranjo)
    • Summary of Discussion

  • Climate, salmon and adaptive management in the Columbia River Basin (R. Pulwarty)

  • Peruvian agriculture and ENSO(P. Lagos)
    • Summary of Discussion

  • El Comercio review (A. Martinez)

  • Climate, salmon abundance and the political economy of the Pacific Salmon Treaty (K. Miller)
    • Summary of Discussion

  • ENSO information and food security in southern Africa: the 1991-92 drought (M. Betsill)
    • Summary of Discussion

  • Use of ENSO information as drought early warning: The case of Ethiopia (T. Wolde-Georgis)
    • Summary of Discussion

  • Effect of ENSO on agriculture (L. Mearns)
    • Summary of Discussion

  • Summary Discussion of Problems Faced by Societal Impacts Researchers

• Day 7 - Tue 29 July

  • ENSO and PDO impacts on the marine ecology of the NE Pacific (N. Mantua)
    • Summary of Discussion

  • Effects of ENSO on coral reefs (J. Kleypas)
    • Summary of Discussion

  • ENSO and ecosystems (G. Sharp)
    • Summary of Discussion

  • Ecological impacts of ENSO in Australia (N. Nicholls)
    • Summary of Discussion

  • The effect of El Niño on birds in the tropical Pacific Ocean (P. Gent)
    • Summary of Discussion

  • Uses and values of climate forecasts in agriculture and utilities (S. Changnon)

• Day 8 - Wed 30 July

  • Systems approach to ENSO revisited (N. Nicholls)
    • Summary of Discussion

  • Putting the pieces back together: What are the problems we need to "tackle" in the next five years (M. Cane)
    • Summary of Discussion

  • Mystery lecture (M. Glantz)
    • Summary of Discussion

  • How are forecasts made and issued (A. Leetmaa)
    • Summary of Discussion

• Day 9 - Thu 31 July

  • To be truly useful, what needs to be changed?
    • N. Nicholls
    • A. Leetmaa
    • M. Cane
    • Summary of Discussion

  • Interview with Klaus Wyrtki plus Participants responding to the same questions

  • Monitoring the climate system in real time: A briefing (NOAA/CIRES Climate Diagnostics Center) http://www.cdc.noaa.gov

• Day 10 - Fri 1 Aug

  • ENSO and the Future (Open Forum)

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