Workshop Program

Moist Processes in Future High Resolution NWP/Climate Models

SMHI, Norrköping, June 15-17 2009

Monday June 15
Session: Overview - challenges in high resolution modelling
Room: Hörsalen

09:00-09:20

Welcome

09:20-10:20

Experience of transition from shallow to deep convection in the Met Office Unified Model at convective scales
Invited speaker Peter Clark (UK Met-Office). Download a movie

10:20-10:40

Coffee

10:40-11:40

Challenges for bridging the gap between theory and parameterisation practice for precipitating clouds. The multi-scale and convective-memory-oriented 3MT approach in ALARO-0
Invited speaker Jean-Francois Geleyn (LACE)

11:40-12:10

Status and plans for AROME
Francois Bouyssel (MF)

12:10-12:40

Investigations on COSMO 2.8 Km precipitation forecast
Frederico Grazzini (ARPA-SIMC)

12:40-14:00

Lunch

Session: Overview - challenges in high resolution modelling
Room: Plenisalen

14:00-14:30

Cloud/radiation parameterization issues in high resolution NWP

Bent Hansen Sass

14:30-15:00

3MT in ARPEGE/ALADIN
Jean-Marcel Piriou (MF)

15:00-15:45

Discussion on challenges in high-resolution modelling

Discussion leader Peter Clark (UK Met-Office)

15:45-16:15

Coffee



Session: Aerosols and microphysics
Room: Plenisalen

16:15-16:45

Impact of explicit and non-explicit treatment of aerosols on simulated deep convective cloud properties

Annica Ekman (MISU)

16:45-17:15

The impact of cloud condensation nucleus concentration on clouds and precipitation in HIRLAM

Karl-Ivar Ivarsson (SMHI)

17:15-17:35

Explicit cloud microphysics for non-hydrostatic HIRLAM

Andres Luhamaa (UT). Download movies

17:35-18:00

Discussion on important aspects of aerosols
Discussion leader Annica Ekman (MISU)

Tuesday June 16
Session: Deep convection
Room: Hörsalen

09:00-10:00

Global aspects of convection and waves
Invited speaker Peter Bechtold (ECMWF)

10:00-10:30

Use of a deep convection parameterization scheme at high resolution
Luc Gerard (RMI Belgium)

10:30-11:00

Coffee

11:00-11:30

Behaviour of resolved convection in ALARO and AROME
Sander Tijm (KNMI)

11:30-12:00

Impact of semi-langrangian horizontal diffusion on resolved deep convection in ALARO-0
Lisa Bengtsson (SMHI)

12:00-12:30

The difficult life of a cloud within NWP models

Eric Bazile (MF)

12:30-14:00

Lunch

14:00-15:00

Academic case studies of resolved convection on a small planet
Invited speaker Sylvie Malardel (ECMWF)

15:00-16:30

Discussion on deep convection issues and Coffee
Discussion leader Peter Bechtold (ECMWF)

16:45-17:45

Meeting on inter-comparison study of deep convection
Group meeting with representatives from COSMO/UM/HARMONIE/ECMWF/…

18:00

Bus leaves SMHI for excursion and Workshop dinner


Wednesday June 17
Session: Evaluation
Room: Hörsalen

09:00-09:30

Evaluation of modelled clouds using passive satellite imagery (AVHRR) and active sensors from the A-Train satellites (CloudSat/CALIPSO)
Karl-Göran Karlsson (SMHI)

09:30-10:00

Verification of high-resolution precipitation forecasts by using the SAL method

Sami Niemelä (FMI)

10:00-10:30

Coffee

10:30-11:00

Radar-based precipitation forecasts
Magnus Lindskog (SMHI)

11:00-12:30

Closing up discussion

12:30

Lunch