34th EWGLAM and 19th SRNWP Meeting

8-11 Oct. 2012, Helsinkir-Finland

Participants

Orfila Bartolome, Majewski Detlev, Schättler Ulrich, Deckmyn Alex, Wang Yong, Fortelius Carl, Kangas Markku, Tijm Sander, Frogner Inger-Lise, Bajic Alica, Tudor Martina, Onvlee Jeanette, Macpherson Bruce, Juan Pablo Simarro Grande, Dacic Milan, Kristiansen, Bölöni Gergely, Bush Mike, Køltzow Morten, Pristov Neva, Andrae Ulf, Saarinen Sami, Tsyrulnikov Mikhail, Gofa Flora, Wilson Clive, Rõõm Rein, Fischer Claude, Eckert Pierre, Sass Bent, Bouteloup Yves, Luhamaa Andres, Toll Velle, Roberts Nigel, Faure Ghislain, Baldauf Michael, Ziemianski Michal, Pottier Patricia, Li Zhihong, Smolikova Petra, Unden Per, Körnich Heiner, Steiner Philippe, Randriamampianina Roger, Nestiak Michal, Bojarova Jelena, Bouttier Francois, Iversen Trond, Rivin Gdaliy, Rozinkina Inna, Termonia Piet, Sofiev Mikhail, Rontu Laura, Yang Xiaohua, Tascu Simona, Linkowska Joanna, Nurmi Pertti, Kurzeneva Ekaterina, Atlaskin Evgeny, Siljamo Pilvi, Strauss Franziska, Jerczynski Marek, Simarro Juan, Kucukkaraca Ersin, Marsigli Chiara, Thepaut Jean-Noel, Eito Hisaki, Suomi Irene, Eerola Kalle, Masek Jan, Niemel Sami, Essaouini Karam, Zingerle Christoph, Agersten Solfrid, Torrisi Lucio, Bjernemose Pia and Noyes Steve

Agenda, presentations and posters

Monday, 8th October
08:30-09:00 Registration and Poster set-up
09:00-09:10 Opening, introduction (Director Juhan Damski, FMI)
09:10-09:15 NWP Programme Manager summary of SRNWP membership changes, introduction of "newcomers", introduction to the meeting"s programme
Consortia Presentations (chair: Detlev Majewski)
09:15-09:30 Piet Termonia ALADIN
09:30-09:45 Michal Ziemianski COSMO
09:45-10:00 Jeanette Onvlee HIRLAM
10:00-10:15 Dijana Klaric LACE
10:15-10:30 Mike Bush Met Office
10:30-11:00 Jean-Noel Thepaut ECMWF
11:00-11:30tea/coffee break
chair: Philippe Steiner. Review talks
11:30-12:00 Roger Randriamampianina Data Assimilation The WMO Observation Impact Conference - developments outside Europe and lessons for SRNWP
12:00-12:30 Timo Vihma Upper Air Physical Parametrizations GEWEX Atmospheric Boundary Layer Model Inter-comparison Studies
12:30-13:00 Ulrich Schaettler System Aspects
Mike Bush System Aspects and Interoperability )
13:00-14:10lunch break
14:10-14:40 Chiara Marsigli Predictability and EPS: The SRNWP-EPS project
14:40-15:10 Laura Rontu Surface Aspects: Summary of the Lake workshop held in Helsinki 18-20 September
15:10-15:40 Link with Applications
Jeanette Onvlee Part A: Summary and outcomes of the WMO workshop on the use of NWP in Nowcasting
Mike Bush Part B : On the continued use of empirical techniques by forecasters in the 21st century despite high resolution NWP
15:40-16:10tea/coffee break
16:10-16:40 Clive Wilson Diagnostics, Validation and Verification : JWGFVR 5th Verification workshop & SRNWP-V programme report
National posters (chair: Michal Ziemianski)
16:40-18:00 Poster Introduction Session
Austria: Yong Wang, Belgium: Alex Deckmyn, Croatia: Alica Bajic, Czech Republic: Jan Masek, Denmark: Bent Hansen Sass, Estonia: Andres Luhamaa, Finnland: Kangas Markku / Mikhail Sofiev, France: Patricia Pottier, Germany: Detlev Majewski, Greece: Flora Gofa, Hungary: Roger Randriamampianina, Italy: Lucio Torrisi, Netherlands: Sander Tijm, Poland-ALADIN: Marek Jerczynski, Poland-COSMO: Joanna Linkowska, Russia: Inna Rozinkina / Rivin Gdaliy, Slovakia: Michal Nestiak, Slovenia: Neva Pristov, Spain: Orfila Bartolome, Sweden: Heiner Körnich, Switzerland: Philippe Steiner, Turkey: Ersin Kücükkaraca and United Kingdom: Bruce Macpherson
18:00-19:00Icebreaker, hosted by Cray, inc.
Tuesday, 9th October
Thematic sessions of Expert Teams: data assimilation, dynamics, upper air physics, surface
Session on data assimilation (chair: Francois Bouttier)
08:30-08:50 Lucio Torrisi (on behalf of Christoph Schraff) Status of the KENDA project
08:50-09:10 Jelena Bojarova Overview of HIRLAM data assimilation activities
09:10-09:30 Claude Fischer Progress and plans on observations and other features in Météo-France"s assimilation systems
09:30-09:50 Zhihong Li The UK Met Office Nowcasting Demonstration Project
09:50-10:10 Tomislav Kovacic LACE data assimilation activities
  Danieal Michelson, Günter Haase,
Anders Henja, Lars Norin
Quality control of polar weather radar data using the Baltrad toolbox
10:10-10:20discussions
10:20-10:50tea/coffee break
Session on dynamics and lateral boundary conditions (chair: Piet Termonia)
10:50-11:10 Juan Simarro A non hydrostatic global spectral model with height based vertical coordinate formulation and results
11:10-11:30 Petra Smolikova Recent developments related to dynamics in the LACE consortium
11:30-11:50 Michael Baldauf The "conservative dynamical core" priority project and other current dynamics developments in the COSMO model
11:50-12:10 Clive Wilson (on behalf of Nigel Wood) The ENDGame - Even Newer Dynamics
12:10-12:15 Hisaki Eito An operational high resolution regional NWP system at JMA and poster
12:15-12:25discussion
12:25-13:40lunch break
Session on upper air physics (chair: Sander Tijm)
13:40-14:00 Neva Pristov Recent development of the ALARO physics
14:00-14:20 Mike Bush UK Met Office physics developments
14:20-14:40 Yves Bouteloup Recent developments in Météo-France physics
14:40-14:50discussion
14:50-15:20tea/coffee break
Session on surface (chair: Bruce Macpherson)
15:20-15:40 Jean-Noel Thepaut Surface aspects at ECMWF
15:40-16:00 Yves Bouteloup Surface aspects in ALADIN/LACE
16:00-16:20 Detlev Majewski Surface aspects in COSMO
16:20-16:40 Ekaterina Kurzeneva Surface aspects in HIRLAM
16:40-17:00 Bruce Macpherson Surface aspects at UKMO
17:00-17:10discussion
17:10-19:30 ALADIN LTM meeting (location: FMI building: Dynamicum, Room: Terra)
Wednesday, 10th October
Thematic sessions of Expert Teams: verification, predictability, link with applications
Session on verification (chair: Carl Fortelius)
08:30-08:45 Flora Gofa Conditional and Weather-Defined Verification: Tools to analyze COSMO model performance
08:45-09:00 Kalle Eerola 20 years of HIRLAM verification at FMI
09:00-09:15 Irene Suomi How to verify gusts in boreal environment?
09:15-09:30 Christoph Zingerle Common Hirlam / Aladin plans in verification
09:30-09:40discussion
09:40-10:10tea/coffee break
Session on predictability (chair: Chiara Marsigli)
10:10-10:30 Yong Wang New development in ALADIN-LAEF
10:30-10:50 Detlev Majewski Evaluation of the operational convection-permitting COSMO-DE-EPS for the summer of 2012
10:50-11:10 GLAMEPS and HarmonEPS Inger-Lise Frogner and Alex Deckmyn
11:10-11:30 Francois Bouttier AROME-EPS developments in Meteo-France
11:30-11:50 Nigel Roberts UK Met Office convection-permitting MOGREPS-UK ensemble
11:50-12:00discussions
12:00-13:10lunch break
Session on link with applications (chair: Jeanette Onvlee)
13:10-13:30 Mikhail Sofiev Impact of meteorological input on atmospheric composition modeling methodology and outcome
13:30-13:50 Clive Wilson Met Office Nowcasts and Forecasts for the 2012 Olympics
13:50-14:10 Gdaly Rivin and Inna Rozinkina Project CORSO: Consolidation of Operation and Research results for the Sochi Olympic Games
14:10-14:30 Pierre Eckert Detection of clear air turbulence (CAT) in aviation meteorology
14:30-14:50 Franziska Strauss INCA-CE achievements and status
14:50-15:00discussion
15:00-EXCURSION AND DINNER (Visit at the Vaisala factory)
Thursday, 11th October
Thematic sessions of Expert Teams: system and interoperability
Session on system (chair: Claude Fischer)
09:00-09:20 Clive Wilson on behalf of Glenn Greed ENDGame - The "Even Newer Dynamics" - system progress
09:20-09:40 Sami Saarinen Offloading I/O in AROME
09:40-10:00 Ulrich Schaettler Running a Boundary Condition Ensemble - Benefits from Interoperability
10:00-10:20 Milan Dacic Integrated Earth Modeling System at Hydrometeorological Service of Serbia
10:20-10:30discussion
10:30-11:00tea/coffee break
EWGLAM final discussion, SRNWP business meeting and SRNWP Advisory Committee meeting
11:00-11:50 Chair: Ersin Kücükkaraca. EWGLAM final discussion
11:50-12:50 SRNWP business meeting (chair: Gergely Bölöni)
Gergely Bölöni actual coordination activities and Expert Team issues
Steve Noyes update on future EUMETNET Programmes/Projects
Minutes
12:50closure of the "official" part of the meeting
12:50-14:00lunch break
14:00-15:30SRNWP Advisory Committee Meeting
15:30-16:00tea/coffee break
16:00-17:00SRNWP Advisory Committee Meeting