With links to the presentation files 28.1.2005 and extended abstracts 18.4.2005

Monday 24.1.2005


8.45 - 9.00

Opening of the workshop: Rein Rõõm, University of Tartu


General topics 9.00 - 10.50


Chairman: Jean Quiby

9.00 - 9.20
Per Unden
Physical parametrizations on the way from HIRLAM to AROME
Extended abstract (pdf)

9.25 - 9.45
Rein Rõõm and Aarne Männik
Nonhydrostatic semi-implicit semi-lagragian dynamics (NH SISL) for HIRLAM: overview and perspective for application to VHR modeling
Extended abstract (pdf)

9.50 - 10.10
Bart Catry
Towards a consistent formulation of interfaces between dynamical and physical processes

10.15 - 10.35
Bent Hansen Sass
A brief review of some key issues related to modelling of clouds and precipitation forecasting
Extended abstract (pdf)

10.40 - 11.00
coffee break

Parametrizations 11.00 - 17.20


Chairman: Rein Rõõm

11.00 - 11.40
Paul Schultz, NOAA
Explicit Microphysics and Diabatic Initialization
Extended abstract (pdf)

11.45 - 12.15
Jean-Pierre Pinty, J.-P. Chaboureau, Y. Seity and Eric Bazile
Experiments with the MesoNH-AROME microphysical scheme and evaluation by remote sensing tools
Extended abstract (pdf)

12.20 - 13.20
lunch break

13.20 - 13.40
Javier Calvo
Kain-Fritsch and Rasch-Kristjansson in HIRLAM
Extended abstract (pdf)

13.45 - 14.05
Colin Jones
Coupling a statistical cloud scheme with moist turbulence and parameterised convection. Initial results and future prospects.
Extended abstract (pdf)

14.10 -14.30
Wim de Rooy
Experiences with a statistical cloud scheme in combination with Kain-Fritsch convection in Hirlam
Extended abstract (pdf)

14.35 - 14.55
Jean-Francois Geleyn
Why do moisture convergence deep convection schemes work for more scales than those which they were in principle designed for?
Extended abstract (pdf)

15.00 - 15.20
Luc Gerard
An integrated prognostic approach for clouds, precipitation and convection
Extended abstract (pdf)

15.25 - 15.45
coffee break

15.50 - 16.10
Francois Bouyssel - Yves Bouteloup - Pascal Marquet
Implementation and validation of a prognostic large-scale cloud and precipitation scheme in ARPEGE
Extended abstract (pdf)

16.15 - 16.35
Karl-Ivar Ivarsson
Separate prognostic treatment of cloud water and ice in Hirlam - some prelimary results.
Extended abstract (pdf)

16.40 - 17.00
Dmitri Mironov
Useful analogies between the mass-flux and the Reynolds-averaged second-moment modelling frameworks
Extended abstract (pdf)

17.05-17.25
Tomislav Kovacic
Testing of bulk parameterisation of microphysics in ALARO 10
Extended abstract (pdf)

Starting the working groups 17.30 - 18.15



- defining the topics and accepting the agenda
- starting discussions

Convection and turbulence parametrizations
Chairman: Colin Jones
Report by Dmitri Mironov and Colin Jones

Development of microphysics for the fine scale
Chairman: Laura Rontu
Report by Jean Quiby

Tuesday 25.1.2004



Working groups (continuation) 8.30 - 10.15



Convection and turbulence parametrizations
Development of microphysics for the fine scale models

10.15 - 10.30
coffee break

Validation and diagnostics 10.30 - 12.40


Chairman: Marko Kaasik

10.30 - 10.50
Irene Sanz
Use of radar reflectivities to validate HIRLAM
Extended abstract (pdf)

10.55 - 11.15
Christoph Zingerle
Cloud verification using satellite data
Extended abstract (pdf)

11.20 - 11.40
Kalle Eerola
Precipitation and cloud forecasts in two HIRLAM versions (RCR and H635) in September 2004
Extended abstract (pdf)

11.45 - 12.05
Carl Fortelius
What can a LAM-NWP tell us about the atmospheric water cycle
Extended abstract (pdf)

12.10 - 12.20
Anna Kanukhina
A study on convection indexes
Extended abstract (pdf)

12.25 - 13.25
lunch break

Case studies 13.25 - 14.40


Chairman: Aarne Männik

13.25 - 13.45
Andres Luhamaa
Testing different HIRLAM convection and microphysics schemes at high resolutions

13.50 - 14.10
Sami Niemelä
The flood case 27-29 July 2004
Extended abstract (pdf)

14.15 - 14.35
Paulius Jalinskas
Case studies based on one dimensional model with Kain-Fritsch convection parameterization scheme
Extended abstract (pdf)

14.40 - 15.05
coffee break

15.05 - 17.30

Working session on analysis, diagnostics and validation

Chairman: Carl Fortelius
Notes by Carl Fortelius

- A review on cloud-related observations and their assimilation into fine-grid models - Paul Schultz

- Short description of the Helsinki testbed observations - Laura Rontu (based on Jani Poutiainen's presentation at FMI)

- Short presentation of the one-dimensional HIRLAM as a tool for validation - Javier Calvo

discussion + recommendations

19 - Workshop dinner hosted by Tartu University

Wednesday 26.1.2004


8.30 - 10.00

Parallel sessions



NetFAM project meeting
Chairman: Laura Rontu

Working session on dynamics-physics coupling in the mesoscale
HIRLAM-AROME-ALADIN
Chairman: Per Unden
Notes by Jean-Francois Geleyn


General session 10.00 - 12.00


Chairman: Laura Rontu

- results of the working groups and working sessions

- general discussion

- closure of the workshop

Lunch 12.00 -