author:
Andras Horanyi, C-SRNWP PM
Hungarian Meteorological Service
1024 Budapest, Kitaibel Pal utca 1., Hungary
date:
28 February 2010
The programme had been continued on the basis of the elements built in the previous periods especially as regards the eight Expert Teams and the Advisory Committee. The conclusions of the annual EWGLAM/SRNWP meeting were drawn and the reports of the meetings were compiled and distributed. Based on the initiative of the Expert Team on "surface and soil process (model and data assimilation)" several Services were approached in order to ask permission to obtain observational data from their specific sites for validating land-surface schemes of the SRNWP models. All the annual contribution fees were paid until the end of the year.
The main activity of the C-SRNWP programme is the coordination between the five LAM Consortia in Europe (ALADIN, COSMO, HIRLAM, LACE and Met Office). The coordination is ensured by the eight Expert Teams (data assimilation and use of observations; diagnostics, validation and verification; dynamics and lateral boundary coupling; link with applications; physical parameterization: upper air; predictability and EPS; surface and soil processes: model and data assimilation; system aspects) established in 2008 and the regular contacts between the members of the SRNWP Advisory Committee. Beside that two SRNWP-related programmes (responsible member: Met Office) are ongoing (their reports are prepared independently): SRNWP-I (Interoperability) and SRNWP-V (Verification).
The Expert Teams continued their activities based on their respective workplans (which are available at the srnwp.met.hu webpage of the SRNWP programme). The Expert Team on "surface and soil processes (model and data assimilation)" initiated to collect observational data at various sites of Europe (Lindenberg in Germany, Capofiume in Italy, Cabauw in the Netherlands, Payerne in Switzerland, Toulouse in France and Sodankylaa in Finland) for the thorough validation of the SRNWP models' surface schemes. The C-SRNWP Programme Manager compiled and sent a letter to the respective Directors for asking the permission for the use of the observational data for validation purposes. All answers were positive and the work had been started to collect the data and build an interface for their access.
The SRNWP Advisory Committee continued its activities through correspondence.
The contribution fees were collected from all the members.
The Programme Manager attended several meetings on behalf of the programme, which were as follows:
None so far.
| Income and Expenditure Statement | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | Year to date | Forecast revenue to end of year | Next year's revenue budget | ||
| 1 | Contributions from participating members | €35200 | € 35200 | € 34800 | |
| Total revenue to date | €35200 | Total Nxt Yr | € 34800 | ||
| Total Revenue to End of Year | € 35200 | ||||
| Expenditure | Year to date | Forecast expenditure to end of year | Next year's expenditure budget | ||
| 1 | Staff costs | € 30000 | € 30000 | € 30000 | |
| 2 | PM travel & subsistence | € 6828 | € 6828 | € 5000 | |
| Total expenditure to date: | € 36 828 | Total Nxt Yr | € 35000 | ||
| Total Expenditure to end of Yr | € 36828 | ||||
| Surplus / Deficit to date | -€ 1628 | ||||
| Surplus / Deficit at end of year | -€ 1628 | ||||
None to report.
None to request.
Not applicable.