Agenda for the Fifth Meeting of the DAOS
Meeting program, dated 21 September 2012: Individual presentations as PDF files.
| Wednesday, 19th September 2012 | |||
| 09:00 - 09:15 | 1 | Organisation of the Meeting | |
| 1.1 | Welcome from UW-SSEC Director Hank Revercomb, CIMSS Director Steve Ackerman, and WMO Secretariat Representative T. Nakazawa | ||
| 1.2 | Aims of the meeting | ||
| 1.3 | Adoption of the agenda | ||
| 1.4 | Working arrangements and introduction of invited experts | ||
| 09:15 - 10:15 | 2 | Reports and Actions | |
| 2.1 | Actions and reports from the recent ICSC and WWRP/JSC meetings | (J. Caughey) | |
| 2.2 | Post THORPEX plans | (J. Caughey) | |
| 2.3 | Report on THORPEX Africa Meeting | (S. Majumdar) | |
| 2.4 | Links to WWRP/MWFR group | (D. Barker) | |
| 2.5 | Report from WMO Observation Impacts Workshop in Sedona | (R. Gelaro) | |
| 2.6 | Actions from previous meeting | (R. Saunders) | |
| 10:15 - 10:35 | Coffee/Tea | ||
| 10:35 - 12:00 | 3 | Discussion on Data Targeting | |
| 3.1 | Effectiveness of targeting methods (Invited) (25') | (B. Hoover, UW-CIMSS) | |
| 3.2 | Update on BAMS paper (10') | (S. Majumdar) | |
| 3.3 | Analysis of ECMWF results (20') | (T. Hamill) | |
| 3.4 | NASA/GMAO GEOS-5 Observation Impact Monitoring | (R. Gelaro) | |
| 3.5 | Discussion (30') | ||
| 12:00 - 13:15 | Lunch | ||
| 13:15 - 14:00 | 4 | Updates on Campaigns and Activities (15min each) | |
| 4.1 | CONCORDIASI | (Ron/Carla/Rolf ) | |
| 4.2 | DIAMET/T-NAWDEX | (Slides from G. Vaughn) | |
| 4.3 | HyMeX | (Slides from Y. Michel ) | |
| 4.4 | FROST-2014 | (M.Tsyrulnikov) | |
| 14:00 - 17:15 | 5 | General Observational Developments | |
| 5.1 | Update on Geo Hyperspectral Sounders (Invited) (25'+5') | (H. Revercomb) | |
| 5.2 | Topic 1 Satellite observations (15') | (R. Saunders, C. Velden) | |
| 5.3 | Topic 2 IWWG AMV impact studies (30') | (D. Santek, C. Velden, R. Gelaro) | |
| 15:00 - 15:30 | Coffee/Tea | ||
| 5.4 | Topic 3 In-situ observations (30') | (S. Klink + T. Keenan + any slides from B. Calpini) | |
| 5.5 | Discussion (What are the most important, cost-effective observing systems to keep and/or add in the coming decades [global perspectives, meso perspectives]? Is there something beyond the current-generation OSSE methodology for evaluating the potential value? etc) | ||
| 18:00 | Gather for cocktails (own expense) at Steenbock's on Orchard (WID) | ||
| 19:00 | Dinner in the Mesozoic Garden, Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery | ||
| Thursday, 20th September 2012 | |||
| 09:00 - 15:00 | 6 | Advances in Data Assimilation | |
| 6.1 | Topic 1 Comparison of model analyses/errors (30') | (R. Langland+T. Hamill+ M. Tsyrulnikov) | |
| 6.2 | An Integrated Ensemble/Variational Hybrid Data Assimilation System (Invited) (25'+5') | (T. Auligne) | |
| 6.3 | Topic 2 Ensemble DA (30') | (A. Lorenc + C. Cardinali, D. Kleist, M. Buehner, B. Wang, et al.) | |
| 10:30 - 11:00 | Coffee/Tea | ||
| 6.4 | Using regional-scale OSSEs to explore the impact of infrared brightness temperature observations | (J. Otkin) | |
| 6.5 | Topic 3 Aerosol DA (Invited) (25'+5') | (B. Pierce) | |
| 6.6 | Aerosol DA discussion ? (30') | (R.Saunders+ C. Cardinali,.. ) | |
| 12:00 - 13:15 | Lunch | ||
| 6.7 | Topic 4 Convective scale DA (15') | (D. Barker,….) | |
| 6.8 | Topic 5 Tropical Cyclone mesoscale DA (15') | (S. Majumdar, C. Velden) | |
| 6.9 | Discussion (What's the next leap forward in assimilation techniques beyond hybridizations of variational and ensemble techniques currently in vogue? How can DAOS promote the development of these techniques?) | ||
| 15:00 - 15:30 | Coffee/Tea | ||
| 15:30 - 16:00 | 7 | Working Group Issues (Closed Session) | |
| 7.1 | Membership | ||
| 7.2 | Review of meeting outcomes, decisions and actions | ||
| 7.3 | Representation at forthcoming meetings | ||
| 7.4 | Linkages to other groups | ||
| 16:00 - 16:30 | 8 | Other Business and Wrap-up | R. Saunders + T. Hamill + T. Nakazawa |
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