9th International SRNWP-Workshop on Non-Hydrostatic Modelling

16-18 May 2011, Bad Orb-Germany, organized by Deutscher Wetterdienst

Agenda, presentations and posters

Monday, 16/05/2011
09:00-09:30 Opening
D. Majewski, DWD, Offenbach, Germany Opening by acting Head of Department Research and Development
A. Horanyi, EUMETNET, SRNWP Programme Manager, Budapest, Hungary Address of SRNWP Representative
H. Uhl, Bad Orb Address of Mayoress of Bad Orb
J. Steinhardt, Bad Orb Director of the Tourist Board
M. Baldauf, DWD, Offenbach, Germany Organizer
Numerical Developments Chair: M. Baldauf
09:30-09:50 Michael D. Toy, National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR), USA Using hybrid isentropic-sigma vertical coordinates in nonhydrostatic atmospheric modeling
09:50-10:10 Juan Simarro, M. Hortal, AEMET, Valencia, Spain A semi-implicit non-hydrostatic dynamical kernel using spectral representation in the horizontal and finite elements in the vertical
10:10-10:30 Paul D. Williams, Univ. of Reading, UK The RAW Filter: An Improvement to the Robert-Asselin Filter
10:30-11:00Coffee break
11:00-11:20 Nils P. Wedi, ECMWF, Berkshire, UK Global non-hydrostatic, cloud-permitting medium-range forecasts: progress and challenges
11:20-11:40 Joseph Klemp, B. Skamarock, M. Duda, S.-H. Park, L. Fowler, NCAR, Boulder, USA Preliminary Testing of the Nonhydrostatic MPAS Model
11:40-12:00 William Skamarock, J. Klemp, M. Duda, S.-H. Park, L. Fowler, NCAR, Boulder, USA A Nonhydrostatic Atmospheric Model for Prediction Across Scales (MPAS): Test on Variable-Resolution Meshes
12:00-12:20 Günther Zängl, DWD, Offenbach, Germany ICON - the next-generation global model of DWD and MPI-M: current status of development
12:20-14:00Lunch
Chair: G. Zängl
14:00-14:20 Jürgen Steppeler, University of Frankfurt, Germany High Order Difference Schemes on Triangular and Polygonal Meshes
14:20-14:40 Sarah-Jane Lock, A. Gadian, S. Mobbs, University of Leeds, U.K. Demonstration of a cut-cell representation of 3D orography for studies of flow over very steep hills
14:40-15:00 Oswald Knoth, St. Jebens, R. Weiner, IfT- Leipzig, Germany Partially Implicit Time Integration Methods for the Compressible Euler Equations
15:00-15:20 Hiroe Yamazaki, T. Satomura, Kyoto University, Japan Development of Ultra-High Resolution Model Using Cut Cells
15:20-15:50Coffee break
15:50-16:10 Felix Rieper, U. Achatz, University of Frankfurt, Germany Validation of a new non-linear WKB theory for gravity wave propagation
16:10-16:30 Piotr K. Smolarkiewicz, NCAR, Boulder, USA, J. Szmelter, University of Loughborough, Leicestershire, U.K. A Nonhydrostatic Unstructured-Mesh Soundproof Model for Simulation of Internal Gravity Waves
16:30-16:50 Jan Masek, CHMI, Prague, Czech Republic Spurious orographic response to linear diffusion and its suppression
16:50-17:10 Andreas Will, J. Ogaja, BTU Cottbus, Germany Convergence properties of higher order advection schemes in the COSMO model
(poster) Guy de Morsier, MeteoSwiss, Zürich, Switzerland, M. Müllner, University of Chemnitz, Germany A fully three dimensional advection scheme for the COSMO dynamical core
(poster) Daniel Reinert, DWD, Offenbach, Germany Finite-Volume scalar transport in ICON: results for a challenging idealized transport test case
(poster) Michael Baldauf, DWD, Offenbach, Germany Development of a new fast waves solver for the split-explicit Runge-Kutta scheme in the COSMO model
(poster) Jack Ogaja, A. Will, BTU, Cottbus, Germany Requirements on investigations of convergence of advection schemes in COSMO model
17:10-17:30Coffee break
Data Assimilation Chair: Ch. Schraff
17:30-17:50 Junya Fukuda, T. Fujita, Y. Ikuta, Y. Ishikawa, K. Yoshimoto, JMA, Tokyo, Japan Development of the JMA Local Analysis
17:50-18:10 Helen Buttery, D. Simonin, S. Ballard, University of Reading, U. K. Assimilation of Doppler Radial Winds in the UK Met Office 4-km Forecasting System
18:10-18:30 Virginia Poli, T. Paccagnella, P. P. Alberoni, P. Patruno, ARPA-SIMC, Bologna, Italy Comparison of two assimilation methods of radar derived surface rain rate over Northern Italy
18:30-19:30Invitation of IBL
Tuesday, 17/05/2011
Data Assimilation Chair: U. Blahak
9:00-9:20 Christoph Schraff, H. Reich, A. Rhodin, DWD, Offenbach, Germany Overview of the COSMO Priority Project KENDA for Km-scale Ensemble Data Assimilation
9:20-9:40 Hendrik Reich, A. Rhodin, Ch. Schraff, DWD, Offenbach, Germany LETKF for the COSMO-DE
(poster) Yasutaka Ikuta, Y. Honda, JMA, Tokyo, Japan 1D+4DVAR data assimilation of ground based radar reflectivity using radar simulator
(poster) Ulrich Blahak, DWD, Offenbach, Y. Zeng, D. Epperlein, KIT-Karlsruhe, Germany, D. Leuenberger, MeteoSwiss, Switzerland Radar forward operator for data assimilation and model verification for the COSMO model
Initiation of Convection
09:40-10:00 Martin Kähler, O. Stiller, DWD, Offenbach, T. Heus, MPI, Hamburg, Germany Does convection select moist environments?
10:00-10:20 Didier Ricard, Ch. Lac, Météo-France, CNRM-GAME, Toulouse, France A comparison of two nonhydrostatic models for a convective situation using a kinetic energy spectral analysis
10:20-11:00Coffee break
Chair: M. Kähler
11:00-11:20 Antonella Morgillo, F. Grazzini, ARPA-SIMC, Bologna, Italy Sensitivity of convection initiation respect to different boundary conditions in COSMO model at very high resolution
11:20-11:40 Linda Schlemmer, J. Schmidli, Ch. Schär, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, C. Hohenegger, MPI, Hambug, Germany Diurnal equilibrium convection and land surface atmosphere interactions in an idealized cloud resolving model
11:40-12:00 Emilie Carter, H. Lean, C. Halliwell, University of Reading, U. K. Very high resolution model simulations of convective cases
12:00-12:20 Dennis Stich, C. Forster, A. Tafferner, DLR, Wessling, T. Zinner, LMU München, Germany Convection initiation nowcasting and verification
12:20-13:30Lunch
13:30-14:30Guided tour visiting Bad Orb
Physical Parameterisation, Chair: B. Ritter
14:30-14:50 Zbynek Sokol, D. Rezacova, P. Zacharov, ASCR, Prague, Czech Republic Comparison of convective precipitation forecasts using one and two moment microphysical parameterization
14:50-15:10 Kwinten van Weverberg, A. M. Vogelmann, H. Morrison, J. Milbrandt, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, USA Sensitivity of Idealized Squall Line Simulations to the Level of Complexity Used in Two- Moment Bulk Microphysics Schemes
15:10-15:30 Satoshi Moriyasu, T. Ishimizu, Y. Hirahara, JMA, Tokyo, Japan Comparison of convective behaviors in meso scale models depending on the horizontal resolutions
15:30-17:00Poster session and Coffee
17:00-17:20 Wolfgang Langhans, J. Schmidli, Ch. Schär, ETH-Zürich, Switzerland Bulk convergence of kilometer-scale simulations of moist convection over complex terrain
17:20-17:40 Günther Heinemann, D. Schräder, L. Ebner, M. Bauer, S. Adams, S. Willmes, University of Trier, Germany COSMO simulations of air-sea-ocean interaction processes and impacts on polynya formation and sea ice production
17:40-18:00 Zbigniew P. Piotrowski, IMGW, Warschau, Poland, P. K. Smolarkiewicz, NCAR, Boulder, USA Under-resolved LES of Rayleigh-Bénard convection; effects of Prandtl number anisotropy
(poster) Balázs Szintai, A. Horanyi, Hungarian Meteorological Service, Budapest Hungary Impact of different PBL parameterizations on the resolved deep convection in the AROME model 1 and 2
(poster) Victor Venema, F. Ament, C. Simmer, University of Bonn, A. Schomburg, DWD, Offenbach, Germany Application of an adaptive radiative transfer scheme in a mesoscale numerical weather prediction mode
12:20-13:30Dinner
Wednesday, 18/05/2011
Predictability, Chair: T. Satomura
09:00-09:20 Nigel Roberts, G. Leoncini, Ch. Wang, University of Reading, U.K. Forecasting convection using a storm-permitting NWP model ensemble
(poster) Jørn Kristiansen, S. Sørland, T. Iversen, D. Bjørge, M. Køltzow, I. A. Seierstad, Norwegian Meteorological Institute, Oslo, Norway High-resolution ensemble prediction of a polar low development
(poster) Takehiko Satomura, H. Kamimera, M. Katsumata, J. Matsumoto, S. Mori, S.-Y. Ogino, S. Yokoi, N. Mahavik, Kyoto University, Japan Numerical Simulation and radar observation of landed tropical storms in tropics
(poster) Adam Jaczewski, J. Parfiniewicz, P. Baranski, IMGW, Warschau, Poland Concerning tornado prediction: a real case conclusion
Operational applications, verifications
09:20-09:40 Jorge Bornemann, Met Office, Reading, UK Operational convective scale NWP in the Met Office
(poster) Ulrich Damrath, DWD, Offenbach, Germany Application of different bootstrap techniques to estimate the statistical significance of systematic model differences
09:40-10:00Coffee break
10:00-11:20

Working Groups

Working Group 1: Initiation of convection
Chair: M. Kähler, Protocol: U. Blahak

Working Group 2: Numerical aspects of Global high resolution modelling
Chair: G. Zängl, Protocol: M. Baldauf

11:20-11:50Coffee break
11:50-12:30Presentation of Discussion Groups
13:00End of Workshop