Name: CROCUS All Hands Meeting
Start: 2024-09-16T07:00:00-05:00
End: 2024-09-17T17:00:00-05:00
Location: Chicago State University

CROCUS All Hands Meeting

from Monday, September 16, 2024 (7:00 AM) to Tuesday, September 17, 2024 (5:00 PM)

Monday, September 16, 2024

7:00 AM Check In
Check In
7:00 AM - 8:30 AM
Room: Gwendolyn Brooks Library

7:30 AM Closed Session on Governance
Closed Session on Governance
7:30 AM - 8:15 AM
Room: Gwendolyn Brooks Library Institutional lead PIs and Executive Committee Only
8:30 AM Welcome and Introductions - Cristina Negri (Argonne National Laboratory)
Welcome and Introductions
- Cristina Negri (Argonne National Laboratory)
8:30 AM - 8:40 AM
Room: Gwendolyn Brooks Library
8:40 AM Keynote Speaker - Robyn Wheeler Grange (Argonne National Laboratory) Jalonne White-Newsome (White House Council on Environmental Quality)
Keynote Speaker
- Robyn Wheeler Grange (Argonne National Laboratory)
- Jalonne White-Newsome (White House Council on Environmental Quality)
8:40 AM - 9:05 AM
Room: Gwendolyn Brooks Library Dr. Jalonne White-Newsome Senior Director for Environmental Justice Summary: Dr. White-Newsome will speak about the important intersection of research, community, and data and why getting this balance right provides the foundation for groundbreaking research and long-term impact.
9:05 AM CROCUS recap and introduction to scenario co-design - Cristina Negri Chick Macal (Argonne National Laboratory)
CROCUS recap and introduction to scenario co-design
- Cristina Negri
- Chick Macal (Argonne National Laboratory)
9:05 AM - 9:30 AM
Room: Gwendolyn Brooks Library Summary: We’ll draw a quick recap of CROCUS and introduce the new activity for next year, scenario co-design. The in-depth discussion will be on Day 2, so the team has time to think about it.
9:30 AM Updates from the Executive Committee - Suzanne Beaudry (Argonne National Laboratory) Cristina Negri (Argonne National Laboratory)
Updates from the Executive Committee
- Suzanne Beaudry (Argonne National Laboratory)
- Cristina Negri (Argonne National Laboratory)
9:30 AM - 9:45 AM
Room: Gwendolyn Brooks Library
9:45 AM Coffee Break
Coffee Break
9:45 AM - 10:00 AM
Room: Gwendolyn Brooks Library
10:00 AM Science presentations from each thematic group
Science presentations from each thematic group
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Room: Gwendolyn Brooks Library
Contributions

10:00 AM G1-Street scale +G2-City Scale

10:15 AM G3-Hydrology and land use + G4-Biogeochemistry

10:30 AM G5-Agent based modeling and scenario development

10:45 AM G6-Education and workforce development and training
11:00 AM Discussion on State of the Thematic Groups - Rao Kotamarthi (Argonne National Laboratory)
Discussion on State of the Thematic Groups
- Rao Kotamarthi (Argonne National Laboratory)
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Room: Gwendolyn Brooks Library Summary: Discuss takeaways from the presentations, including how to improve the thematic group work, whether we need to reshuffle the thematic groups, etc
12:00 PM Working Lunch
Working Lunch
12:00 PM - 1:15 PM
Room: Gwendolyn Brooks Library
1:15 PM Discussion: Data inventory and framework - Ashish Sharma (Argonne National Laboratory) Scott Collis (Argonne National Laboratory)
Discussion: Data inventory and framework
- Ashish Sharma (Argonne National Laboratory)
- Scott Collis (Argonne National Laboratory)
1:15 PM - 2:00 PM
Room: Gwendolyn Brooks Library Summary: Thematic groups and PIs share the data they have developed and how they plan to make them broadly available to the CROCUS team Deliverables: ● Develop an inventory data collected to date and available from other sources ● Review draft proposed data platform - how to add data to ESS-DIVE? ● Leveraging all data to the max: Building case study list from data available ● Discussion of accessibility and barriers to data use by scientists, educators and practitioners, translation for non-scientists. Who needs which data.
2:00 PM Urban Canyon IOP - Producing Impactful Science with Our Data - Steve Nesbitt (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (UIUC)) Rao Kotamarthi (Argonne National Laboratory)
Urban Canyon IOP - Producing Impactful Science with Our Data
- Steve Nesbitt (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (UIUC))
- Rao Kotamarthi (Argonne National Laboratory)
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
Room: Gwendolyn Brooks Library Summary: Why is this campaign important? Why does it touch everything we do? ● Discussion of the meteorological conditions during the IOP days/ synoptic and local conditions (COLLIS) (8 min + 5min Q&A) ● Study plan, instruments and data availability (COLLIS) (8 min + 5min Q&A) ● SPARC instruments, measurements and highlights (NESBITT OBO WAGNER) (8 min + 5min Q&A) ● Ballons and measurements at Comer (NESBITT) (8 min + 5min Q&A) ● Surface meteorological instrument measurements and highlights (MURADYAN or GROVER) (8 min + 5min Q&A) ● Aerosol measurements, instruments, measurements and highlights (JIAN WANG) (8 min + 5min Q&A) ● Street Temperature instruments (MOYER) (5 min + 5min Q&A)
3:30 PM Coffee Break
Coffee Break
3:30 PM - 3:45 PM
Room: Gwendolyn Brooks Library
3:45 PM Urban Canyon IOP - Planning for Data Translation, Impact, Publications, and Information Sharing - Rao Kotamarthi (Argonne National Laboratory) Alberto Martilli (CIEMAT)
Urban Canyon IOP - Planning for Data Translation, Impact, Publications, and Information Sharing
- Rao Kotamarthi (Argonne National Laboratory)
- Alberto Martilli (CIEMAT)
3:45 PM - 4:30 PM
Room: Gwendolyn Brooks Library Summary: Focus on going forward working together. Rao and Jing will offer a few example titles for discussion, team to pitch in their ideas, volunteer for co-authors. ● Analysis of PBL heights from various instruments during the field study (GROVER & B. JACKSON) (8min + 2min Q&A) ● Early model analysis from street scale models (FYTANIDIS & S. WANG) (8min + 2min Q&A) ● Plans for modeling with high resolution WRF, LES scale and regional scale (TAN, MARTILLI, JIALI WANG, & SHARMA TEAM) (8min + 2min Q&A) ● Open Forum discussion – teams and manuscripts, how to communicate results to the community Deliverable: produce titles and TOCs for potential manuscripts
4:30 PM Discussion: Proposed Manuscripts, Authors, and TOC - Paytsar Muradyan (Argonne National Laboratory) Dev Niyogi (The University of Texas at Austin) Ashish Sharma (Argonne National Laboratory) Miguel Gonzalez-Meler (University of Illinois Chicago (UIC))
Discussion: Proposed Manuscripts, Authors, and TOC
- Paytsar Muradyan (Argonne National Laboratory)
- Dev Niyogi (The University of Texas at Austin)
- Ashish Sharma (Argonne National Laboratory)
- Miguel Gonzalez-Meler (University of Illinois Chicago (UIC))
4:30 PM - 5:00 PM
Room: Gwendolyn Brooks Library Manuscript Leads: Ashish Sharma & Paytsar Muradyan Building Trust & Collaboration Leads: Dev Niyogi and Miquel Gonzalez Meler Summary: Are there other synergies that could deliver more manuscripts or other communication? Do we have what it takes to have an all-of-CROCUS high impact paper to which others could be references? If so what would that be? During this time we will discuss collectively the ideas presented earlier and seek to improve them with a cross-CROCUS contribution. Including guidelines for impactful publications that are inclusive, respectful of community wishes, and enhance the CROCUS Code of Conduct. Also we will discuss how to engage the larger community in sharing results. Leads will summarize and provide assignments to team - which then will huddle in small groups for 15-20 minutes to further plan.
5:00 PM Postdoc and Graduate Student Mixer (all invited)
Postdoc and Graduate Student Mixer (all invited)
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Room: Gwendolyn Brooks Library
Tuesday, September 17, 2024

8:00 AM Check In
Check In
8:00 AM - 8:45 AM
Room: Gwendolyn Brooks Library
8:45 AM Opening Remarks - Looking Forward - Cristina Negri (Argonne National Laboratory)
Opening Remarks - Looking Forward
- Cristina Negri (Argonne National Laboratory)
8:45 AM - 9:00 AM
Room: Gwendolyn Brooks Library
9:00 AM Preparing for the Spring 2025 Field Campaign - Max Berkelhammer (University of Illinois Chicago (UIC)) Beth Drewniak (Argonne National Laboratory)
Preparing for the Spring 2025 Field Campaign
- Max Berkelhammer (University of Illinois Chicago (UIC))
- Beth Drewniak (Argonne National Laboratory)
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM
Room: Gwendolyn Brooks Library Summary: During this time, we will work on developing the main goals of the next field campaign, focused on precipitation and flooding, learning from the Urban Canyons. Naming the campaign (communities), scientific goals, define sub-questions that can be addressed by the instrumentation available, based on that determine what we will measure. MST will be engaged but focus on the science first. Deliverable: Further breakdown of science questions into actionable items for modelers and observation planning team.
10:00 AM Coffee Break
Coffee Break
10:00 AM - 10:15 AM
Room: Gwendolyn Brooks Library
10:15 AM Preparing for Scenario Development and Analysis - Daniel Block (Chicago State University (CSU)) Chick Macal (Argonne National Laboratory) Robyn Wheeler Grange (Argonne National Laboratory)
Preparing for Scenario Development and Analysis
- Daniel Block (Chicago State University (CSU))
- Chick Macal (Argonne National Laboratory)
- Robyn Wheeler Grange (Argonne National Laboratory)
10:15 AM - 11:30 AM
Room: Gwendolyn Brooks Library Summary: As we gain a better resolution of the impacts of climate change at the neighborhood level, and we better understand how to represent potential actions and the decisions that will lie ahead, we need to start envisioning scenarios that communities want. What do communities want for their neighborhoods? Deliverable: action plan to start introducing discussions on scenarios.
11:30 AM WORKING LUNCH – Presentation: CSU’s New Programs
WORKING LUNCH – Presentation: CSU’s New Programs
11:30 AM - 1:00 PM
Room: Gwendolyn Brooks Library
1:00 PM Planning the Careers of the Future Workshop - Tekleab Gala (Chicago State University (CSU)) Akilah Easter (Olive-Harvey College, City Colleges of Chicago) Miguel Gonzalez-Meler
Planning the Careers of the Future Workshop
- Tekleab Gala (Chicago State University (CSU))
- Akilah Easter (Olive-Harvey College, City Colleges of Chicago)
- Miguel Gonzalez-Meler
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Room: Gwendolyn Brooks Library Summary: This session will plan for a winter workshop on careers of the future that will examine what is the outlook for a new workforce, what competencies will be needed, what will the new curricula need, and how CROCUS can help. Deliverable: a draft agenda with potential speakers, content, and discussion topics, and the formation of a planning committee to own this out of G6.
2:00 PM Summary of Action Items and Closing Remarks - Cristina Negri (Argonne National Laboratory) Suzanne Beaudry (Argonne National Laboratory)
Summary of Action Items and Closing Remarks
- Cristina Negri (Argonne National Laboratory)
- Suzanne Beaudry (Argonne National Laboratory)
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Room: Gwendolyn Brooks Library
3:00 PM All Hands adjourn
All Hands adjourn
3:00 PM - 3:01 PM
Room: Gwendolyn Brooks Library

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