2013 Gordon Research Conference (GRC) on Radiation & Climate GRC/Graduate Research Seminar (GRS); New London, New Hampshire; July 7-12, 2013

2013年戈登辐射与气候研究会议(GRC)的目标是将在现场和遥感观测技术、观测数据集合成和广泛尺度的数值模拟领域工作的研究人员聚集在一起，以解决云-气候相互作用的关键悬而未决的问题。会议主题广泛，包括大气辐射和气候方面的重大挑战，跨时间尺度辐射强迫的气候响应，辐射与地表的相互作用，辐射与云和行星尺度动力学的相互作用，模型评估的新观测，遥感方面的挑战，以及理解冰云形成和光学特性的挑战。GRC将于2013年7月7-12日在新汉普郡的Colby-Sawyer Colleg举行。在此之前，将于2013年7月6-7日举行第二次相关研究生研究研讨会(GRS)。这些会议将共同聚焦于关于气候变化悬而未决问题的前沿研究，特别是那些辐射、云和气候系统之间的相互作用发挥重要作用的问题。了解云在气候系统中的作用仍然非常重要，这一领域的科学进步具有重大而广泛的影响。GRC的主要目标之一是弥合老牌科学家和刚刚进入该领域的科学家之间的差距，并鼓励对关键科学主题的深入讨论。为了促进这些互动，GRC的特点是有充足的时间在报告厅外进行非正式讨论。国家科学基金会的资金将用于参与者登记，优先考虑博士后和/或研究生，以期增加妇女和代表性不足的少数群体参与会议。

The goal of the 2013 Radiation and Climate Gordon Research Conference (GRC) is to bring together researchers working in the fields of in-situ and remote sensing observational techniques, synthesis of observational datasets, and numerical modeling across a wide range of scales, to address critical outstanding issues of cloud-climate interactions. The conference will feature a broad range of topics, including grand challenges in atmospheric radiation and climate, climate responses to radiative forcing across timescales, interactions of radiation and the surface, interactions of radiation with cloud-scale and planetary-scale dynamics, novel observations for model evaluation, challenges in remote sensing, and the challenges of understanding ice cloud formation and optical properties.The GRC will be held at Colby-Sawyer Colleg in New Hampshire, July 7-12, 2013. This will be preceded by the second associated Graduate Research Seminar (GRS) on July 6-7, 2013. Together, these meetings will focus upon cutting-edge research on outstanding issues in climate change, particularly those in which the interactions between radiation, clouds, and the climate system play a major role. Understanding the role of clouds in the climate system continues to be of great importance and scientific progress in this area has significant broader impacts. One of the GRC's main goals is to bridge the gap between established scientists and those just entering the field and to encourage intensive discussion of key scientific topics. To facilitate these interactions, GRCs are characterized by plenty of time for informal discussions outside the lecture theatre. NSF funds will be used for participant registration with preference to post docs and/or graduate students, with an eye to increasing participation in the meeting by women and under-represented minorities.