Joint COST Action 731 and NetFAM Workshop on

Uncertainty in High-Resolution Meteorological and Hydrological Models

Vilnius, Lithuania, 26-28 April 2006

Programme

Wednesday, April 26th

09:30 - 10:00	Registration
10:00 - 10:15	Workshop Opening Welcome Note - by prof. Kestutis Kilkus, Dean of Faculty of Natural Sciences
Morning Session - Observations and Applications Chaired by Christian KEIL, DLR Institute of Atmospheric Physics
10:15 - 11:00	Treatment and impact of specification of errors in data assimilation Susan BALLARD, The University of Reading, United Kingdom Presentation pdf, 1.51 MB
11:00 - 11:30	Tea/Coffee
11:30 - 12:00	Comparison of the forecast background errors for nested grids in COAMPS Bogumil JAKUBIAK, Warsaw University, ICM Abstract Presentation pdf, 1.82 MB
12:00 - 12:30	Current state of radar data assimilation at Météo-France Olivier CAUMONT, Météo-France/CNRS, France Abstract Presentation pdf, 2.28 MB
12:30 - 14:00	Lunch
Afternoon Session Chaired by Uta GJERTSEN, Norwegian Meteorological Institute
14:00 - 14:30	Using HIRLAM data to forecast weather radar propagation conditions Joan BECH, Meteorological Service of Catalonia, Spain Abstract Presentation pdf, 2.84 MB
14:30 - 15:00	Notes on verification of radar radial winds Kirsti SALONEN, Finnish Meteorological Institute, Finland Abstract Presentation pdf 930 KB
15:00 - 15:30	Radar data quality control procedures in the VOLTAIRE project applied to data from Switzerland, Cyprus and Spain Thomas EINFALT, einfalt&hydrotec GbR, Germany Abstract Presentation pdf, 1.20 MB
15:30 - 16:00	Tea/Coffee
16:00 - 16:30	Radar data for high resolution NWP Malcolm KITCHEN, Met Office, United Kingdom Abstract Presentation pdf, 1.86 MB
16:30 - 17:00	Ensemble radar precipitation estimation in a mountainous region Urs GERMANN, MeteoSwiss, Switzerland Abstract Presentation pdf, 1.53 MB
17:00 - 17:30	Radar rainfall assimilation and short-range QPF in a high-resolution ensemble prediction system: a case study of summer convection Andrea ROSSA, Regional Agency for Environmental Prevention and Protection in Veneto, Italy Abstract Presentation pdf, 11.57 MB
18:30 -	Guided Vilnius Tour
Thursday, April 27th Morning Session - Ensemble Prediction Systems and Verification Chaired by Laura RONTU, Finnish Meteorological Institute
09:00 - 09:45	MOGREPS - The Met Office Short-range Ensemble Prediction System Ken MYLNE, Met Office, United Kingdom Abstract Presentation pdf, 1.99 MB
09:45 - 10:30	Experience with operational LAMEPS at met.no Trond IVERSEN, Norwegian Meteorological Institute, Norway Presentation pdf, 11.57 MB
10:30 - 11:00	Multimodel Ensemble Prediction System at INM Jose A. GARCIA-MOYA, Instituto Nacional de Meteorologia (INM), Spain Abstract Presentation pdf, 6.44 MB
11:00 - 11:20	Tea/Coffee
11:20 - 11:50	Entity-based verification and uncertainty issues Pertti NURMI, Finnish Meteorological Institute, Finland Abstract Presentation pdf, 2.12 MB
11:50 - 12:20	Experiences in calibration of EPS forecasts Juha KILPINEN, Finnish Meteorological Institute, Finland Abstract Presentation pdf, 3.46 MB
12:20 - 12:50	Probabilistic approach in comparative verification of high resolution models Kees KOK, Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute (KNMI), Netherlands Abstract Presentation pdf, 398 KB
12:50 - 14:00	Lunch
Afternoon Session Chaired by Michael BRUEN, University College Dublin
14:00 - 14:45	Hydrologic Ensemble Prediction: challenges and opportunities John SCHAAKE, U.S. National Weather Service, USA Abstract Presentation pdf, 3.47 MB
14:45 - 15:30	Evaluation of operational hydrological ensemble forecasts in Sweden Jonas OLSSON, Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute, Sweden Abstract Presentation pdf, 330 KB
15:30 - 16:00	Verification of hydrological ensemble forecasts Emmanuel ROULIN, Institut Royal Météorologique de Belgique, Belgium Abstract Presentation pdf, 184 KB
16:00 - 16:30	Tea/Coffee
16:30 - 17:00	Ensemble 10 days streamflow forecast over France with the SAFRAN - ISBA - MODCOU chain Eric MARTIN, Météo-France, France Abstract Presentation pdf, 1.79 MB
17:00 - 18:00	Final discussion Chaired by Andrea ROSSA, Regional Agency for Environmental Prevention and Protection in Veneto
19:30 -	Workshop Dinner
Friday, April 28th COST Action 731 WG and MC Meeting at Europa City Hotel Draft Agenda of COST-731 Management Committee Meeting
NetFAM Meeting at Lithuanian Hydrometeorological Service Agenda of NetFAM Meeting and Discussion on Numerical Weather Prediction
	LHMS 2005 Activity Report and Main Priorities for 2006 Vida Auguliene, Lithuanian Hydrometeorological Service, Lithuania Presentation pdf, 1.40 MB
	Weather modelling at FMI - HIRLAM Laura Rontu, Finnish Meteorological Institute, Finland Presentation pdf, 1.30 MB
	The institutional strengthening in preparation for updating of Lithuanian meteorological network Kari Ahti, Finnish Meteorological Institute, Finland Presentation pdf, 0.21 MB
	HIRLAM research at LHMT and VU Paulius Jalinskas, Lithuanian Hydrometeorological Service, Lithuania Presentation pdf, 0.47 MB

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