Schedule

Day 1: August 22

9 – 9:15am: Welcome and workshop overview
9:15 – 10am: Intro to paleoclimate data assimilation
10 – 10:30am: Guest speaker: Paleoclimate data assimilation in practice #1
10:30 – 11am: Guest speaker: Paleoclimate data assimilation in practice #2
11 – 12am: The math of data assimilation
12 – 1pm: Lunch break
1 – 2pm: Temp12k and other proxy databases
2 – 3pm: Using PSMs to connect proxy and model data
3 – 5pm: Hackathon! Use interactive python notebooks to load and analyze proxy data (Temp12k) and data assimilation products (e.g., LMR, PHYDA, LGMR, Holocene Reconstruction)

Day 2: August 23

9 – 10am: Analyzing and compositing proxy data
10 – 11am: Transient simulations and other model priors
11 – 12am: Introduction to running a data assimilation experiment
12 – 1pm: Lunch break
1 – 5pm: Hackathon! Participants work in teams. Using interactive python notebooks, they will run data assimilation code and and analyze output.

Day 3: August 24

9 – 10am: Comparison of Hackathon results and Q&A
10 – 11am: Guest speaker: Modern data assimilation
11 – 12am: Looking forward – What’s next for paleoclimate data assimilation?
12 - 12:15pm: Workshop wrap-up

A note about time zones: Times above are given as Pacific Time. Talks will be recorded for later viewing and interactive Hackathon segments can be done as convenient for the participant. If possible, hoever, live participation is recommended.