40th EWGLAM and 25th SRNWP Meeting

1-4 October 2018, in Salzburg-Austria

Participans

Andrea Ehrlich, Christoph Wittmann, Yong Wang, Clemens Wastl, Florian Meier, Benedikt Bica, Aitor Atencia, Filippos Tymvios, Balazs Szintai, Emily Gleeson, Petra Smolikova, Oldrich Spaniel, Martin Bellus, Michal Nestiak, Jozef Vivoda, Maria Derkova, Christian Kühnlein, Claude Fischer, Patricia Pottier, Daniel Rieger, Detlev Majewski, Bruce Macpherson, Mohamed Zied Sassi, Boryana Tsenova, Roger Randriamampianina, Ulf Andrae, Tadashi Fujita, Jeanette Onvlee, Yann Seity, Inger-Lise Frogner, Henrik Feddersen, Neva Pristov, Piet Termonia, Bent Sass, Alex Deckmyn, Alfons Callado Pallares, Christoph Zingerle, Raluca-Mihaela Pomaga, Bogdan-Alexandru Maco, Xiaohua Yang, Anke Finnenkoetter, Anastasia Bundel, Antonín Bučánek, Lucio Torrisi, Andrzej Mazur, Antonio Stanešić, Clive Wilson, Kristian Horvath, Philippe Steiner, Ljiljana Dekic, Dmitrii Mironov, Jadwiga Woyciechowska, Alena Trojakova, Mike Bush, Lee Hawkness-Smith, Mohamed Arab Benamara, Joanna Linkowska, Daniel Muñoz, Mihaly Szucs, Abdenour Ambar, Javier Calvo, Gema Morales, Gdaliy Rivin, Inna Rozinkina, Dick Blaauboer, David Walters, Martina Tudor, Michael Baldauf, Karoliina Hämäläinen, Patrick Samuelsson, Jure Cedilnik, Michael Tsyrulnikov, Wafa Khalfaoui, Alper Guser, Ekaterina Kurzeneva, Maria Monteiro, Sander Tijm, Carlos Geijo, Nigel Roberts, Cécile Loo, Dominik Jacques, Heiner Körnich, Chiara Marsigli, Fabrice Voitus and Sreerekha Thonipparambil.

Agenda, presentations and posters

Monday, 1st October
08:30-09:00Registration and Poster set-up
09:00-09:10 Opening: Dr. Yong Wang, Head of Department for Forecasting Models
09:10-09:15 NWP Programme Manager introduction to the meeting's programme
Consortia Presentations (chair: Detlev Majewski)
09:15-09:35 David Walters Met Office/Unified Model
09:35-09:55 Piet Termonia ALADIN
09:55-10:15 Martina Tudor LACE
10:15-10:35 Jeanette Onvlee HIRLAM
10:35-10:55 Dmitrii Mironov COSMO
10:55-11:25coffee break
11:25-11:55 Christian Kühnlein ECMWF
Review talks (chair: Bruce Macpherson)
11:55-12:25 Lee Hawkness-Smith Data Assimilation: Precipitation Assimilation: a review and latest developments at the Met Office
12:25-13:30lunch break
13:30-13:55 Yong Wang and Aitor Atencia Challenges on seamless precipitation forecast from minutes to days (invited talk)
EUMETNET talks
13:55-14:10 Dick Blaauboer Developments in EUMETNET: Preparation of new Programme Phase (2019-2023); EUMETNET Forecasting Programme
14:10-14:30 Balázs Szintai Actual coordination activities within C-SRNWP
14:30-15:00coffee break
Session on Upper-air Physics (chair: Mike Bush)
15:00-15:20 Yann Seity Recent progress and plans in MF's Arpege and Arome-France forecasting models
15:20-15:40 Neva Pristov ALARO status overview
15:40-16:00 Anke Finnenkoetter Model developments in the second release of the UM regional atmosphere configuration
16:00-16:20 Sander Tijm Overview of the HIRLAM physics developments
16:20-16:30discussions
Poster Session (chair: Philippe Steiner)
16:30-18:00Introduction to national posters
18:00-20:00Icebreaker and poster viewing session
Japan: Tadashi Fujita presentation & poster, Austria: Christoph Wittmann, Belgium: Alex Deckmyn, Bulgaria: Tsenova Boryana, Croatia: Antonio Stanesic, Czech Republic: Alena Trojakova, Finland: Ekaterina Kurzeneva, France: Patricia Pottier, Germany: Detlev Majewski, Hungary: Mihály Szûcs, Ireland: Emily Gleeson presentation, MÉRA & Radiation, Italy: Lucio Torrisi, Poland ALADIN: Jadwiga Woyciechowska, Poland COSMO: Joanna Linkowska: Portugal: Maria Monteiro, Romania ALADIN: Raluca Pomaga, Romania COSMO: Bogdan Maco, Russia: Gdaly Rivin and Inna Rozinkina, Serbia: Ljiljana Dekiæ, Slovakia: Maria Derkova, Slovenia: Jure Cedilnik, Spain: Javier Calvo, Sweden: Heiner Körnich, Switzerland: Philippe Steiner, Turkey: Alper Güser.
Tuesday, 2nd October
Session on Verification (chair: Clive Wilson)
09:00-09:20 Nigel Roberts Determining predictable scales in precipitation forecasts and the spatial spread and skill of ensembles.
09:20-09:40 Bent Sass A spatial verification scheme based on analyzing local extremes
09:40-10:00 Christoph Zingerle R and HARP packages: new data and enhanced tools
10:00-10:20 Clive Wilson Insights into behaviour of long term trends of the fractional skill score
10:20-10:25 Clive Wilson Robust verification procedures for model change upgrades (poster)
10:25-10:30 Javier Calvo, Gema Morales and Daniel Martín Verification of precipitation forecasts in HARMONIE-AROME high resolution model (poster)
10:30-10:40discussions
10:40-11:10coffee break
Session on Dynamics (chair: Piet Termonia)
11:10-11:30 Christian Kühnlein Recent numerics development at ECMWF
11:30-11:50 Petra Smolikova Recent developments in LACE: new variable for vertical motion in nonhydrostatic dynamics of the ALADIN/HIRLAM system
11:50-12:10 Michael Baldauf Recent numeric developments in the COSMO model
12:10-12:30 Daniel Rieger Transition of COSMO to ICON
12:30-12:40discussions
12:40-13:40lunch break
Session on Data assimilation (chair: Claude Fischer)
13:40-14:00 Dominik Jacques Latent Heat Nudging in the Canadian Regional Deterministic Prediction System
14:00-14:20 Roger Randriamampianina Highlights of recent progress in HIRLAM upper-air data assimilation.
14:20-14:40 Bruce Macpherson Developments in the Met Office hourly 4DVAR system
14:40-15:00 Cecile Loo Recent Progress and Plans in Meteo-France's Arpege and Arome-France data (and ensemble) assimilation suites
15:00-15:20 Antonin Bucanek Data assimilation activities in RC LACE
15:20-15:30discussions
15:30-16:00coffee break
16:00-18:00ALADIN LTM meeting
16:00-18:00 Research to Operations: an informal discussion on the process of implementing new model versions
Wednesday, 3rd October
Parallel Sessions
08:30-10:00Parallel session on surface aspects
08:30-10:00Parallel session on verification
10:00-10:20coffee break
Session on Predictability (chair: Alex Deckmyn)
10:20-10:40 Predictability review talk (Chiara Marsigli) EUMETNET SRNWP EPS Programme
10:40-11:00 Inger-Lise Frogner HarmonEPS developments
11:00-11:20 Martin Bellus LAM-EPS activities in RC LACE
11:20-11:40 Nigel Roberts Hourly cycling and time-lagging: a new configuration for MOGREPS-UK
11:40-11:55 Chiara Marsigli Ensemble developments in the COSMO Consortium
11:55-12:10 Clemens Wastl the C-LAEF system of ZAMG
12:10-12:25 Claude Fischer Recent progress with the MF global and LAM EPS
12:25-12:30 Andrzej Mazur ANN post-processing of EPS (poster)
12:30-12:40discussions
12:40-13:40lunch break
Parallel Sessions
13:40-15:10Parallel session on data assimilation
Zied Sassi Study of satellite observations synergy in order to improve surface temperature in NWP
Michael Tsyrulnikov Estimation and modeling of model errors with COSMO
Sreerekha Thonipparambil EUMETSAT Future Satellite Programs: User Preparation
13:40-15:10 Parallel session on predictability
15:10-22:00 Excursion and dinner
Thursday, 4th October
Session on Surface aspects (chair: Ekaterina Kurzeneva)
08:50-09:10 Christian Kühnlein Land surface updates at ECMWF for data assimilation and modelling components
09:10-09:30 Patrick Samuelsson Overview of surface activities in HIRLAM
09:30-09:50 Anke Finnenkoetter Implementation of an urban morphology parametrization scheme (MORUSES) in the 300m London Model
09:50-10:10 Piet Termonia Overview of ALADIN surface activities
10:10-10:15 Balázs Szintai Biomass and soil moisture simulation and assimilation over Hungary using an offline land surface model with prognostic vegetation
10:15-10:25discussions
10:25-10:50coffee break
Session on Link with Applications (chair: Jeanette Onvlee)
10:50-11:10 Anastasia Bundel Post-processing within COSMO
11:10-11:30 Jeanette Onvlee Extending operational cooperation on NWP production between the HIRLAM countries
11:30-11:50 Mike Bush Links between the NWP and Climate communities
11:50-12:00discussions
Closing Session (chair: Balázs Szintai)
12:00-12:20Summary of parallel sessions by Expert Team Chairs
12:20-12:30 EWGLAM final discussion
12:30Closure of the "official" part of the meeting
12:30-13:30lunch break
13:30-15:30SRNWP Advisory Expert Team Meeting