Agenda of the 3rd COSMO General Meeting

Held at HNMS, Athens, Greece, 3-5 October 2001


At the conference center

Passing by Corinth Isthmus

At lunch

Wednesday, 3 October, 09.00 hrs - 17.35 hrs
Opening of the meeting G. Sakellaridis 09.00 - 09.05
Organization of the meeting G. Sakellaridis 09.05-09.15
Reports
Report of the Steering Committee M. Capaldo 09.15-09.25
Report of the SPM G. Doms 09.25-09.35
Status reports of the COSMO Working Groups and related scientific work
Working Group 1: Data assimilation
Overview/summary C. Schraff 09.35-09.40
Developments and results on the nudging of GPS, aircraft and surface pressure data C. Schraff 09.40-10.20
Results of the EUCOS OSEs with LM J.-M. Bettems 10.20-10.40
Coffee 10.40-11.10
Comparison of forecasts with/without nudging: surface parameters and vertical structure and results of verification F. Schubiger and M. Arpagaus 11.10-11.30
Progress Report of the COST 717 action: Assimilation Aspects A. Rossa 11.30-11.45
Upward spreading of surface observations: Implementation in the LM nudging scheme D. Cesari 11.45-11.55
Working Group 2: Numerical Aspects
Overview/summary J. Steppeler 11.55-12.00
Idealized experiments using the z-coordinate H.-W. Bitzer 12.00-12.20
A two timelevel integration scheme for the LM A. Gassmann 12.20-12.40
Lunch 12.40-14.00
The Schär vertical coordinate in the LM J. Quiby 14.00-14.20
The two-way nesting option E. Avgoustoglou and U. Schättler 14.20-14.40
3rd order spatial approximation for the LM J. Steppeler 14.40-14.55
Working Group 3: Physical Aspects
Status Report M. Arpagaus 14.55-15.00
Current status of the operational TKE-based turbulence and surface layer scheme M. Raschendorfer 15.00-15.20
The water surface roughness length for scalars - an observational study D. Mironov 15.20-15.40
Coffee 15.40-16.10
The LM cloud ice scheme G. Doms 16.10-16.30
The Kain-Fritsch convection scheme M. Arpagaus 16.30-16.40
Freezing and melting in the new multi-layer soil model E. Heise 16.40-16.50
Working Group 4: Interpretation and Applications
Overview/summary P. Eckert 16.50-16.55
WG4 realised and planned activities P. Eckert 16.55-17.15
Statistical postprocessing of surface weather parameters S. Theis 17.15-17.35
Ice-breaker 18.00-19.30
Thursday, 4 October 9.00 hrs - 18.30hrs
Working Group 4: Interpretation and Applications
First results with COSMO-LEPS (limited area ensemble forecasts) during the MAP season A. Montani 09.00-09.30
Working Group 5: Verification and Case Studies
Overview/summary C. Cacciamani 09.30-09.35
Verification Results of LM in Germany U. Damrath 09.35-10.05
Some results of verification of LM-Greece against observations (ziped powerPoint, 1.3Mb) G. Galanis 10.05-10.25
Verification results of surface parameters over Italy C. Cacciamani 10.25-10.35
Coffee 10.35-11.05
High resolution verification of precipitation with hydrostatic and non-hydrostatic models M. Ferri 11.05-11.25
High resolution verification of precipitation using non-GTS data R. Pelosini 11.25-11.35
Verification of precipitation using radar A. Rossa 11.35-11.55
Verification results of surface parameters over Switzerland: LM with/without TKE and LM-MCH/LM-DWD F. Schubiger 11.55-12.05
Working Group 6: Reference Version and Implementation
Overview/summary U. Schättler 12.05-12.10
Implementation of LM and GME2LM at the different institutes U. Schättler 12.10-12.30
Lunch 12.30-14.00
The interpolation program LM2LM G. de Morsier 14.00-14.10
The interpolation program IFS2LM D. Cesari 14.10-14.20
Runs with IFS data L. Torrisi 14.20-14.30
The nudging implementation at CSCS  E. Zala and A. Mangili   14.30-14.40
Reference version and update procedure in other groups J. Quiby 14.40-14.50
Reference version and update procedure: Draft presentation U. Schättler 14.50-15.10
Plenum Session: Proposals and Discussion of Work Packages
Revision of work done and tasks to be done M. Capaldo, G. Doms 15.10-15.40
Coffee break 15.40-16.10
Proposals and discussion for WG 1 C. Schraff 16.10-16.30
Proposals and discussion for WG 2 J. Steppeler 16.30-16.50
Proposals and discussion for WG 3 M. Arpagaus 16.50-17.10
Proposals and discussion for WG 4 P. Eckert 17.10-17.30
Proposals and discussion for WG 5 C. Cacciamani 17.30-17.50
Proposals and discussion for WG 6 U. Schättler 17.50-18.30
Dinner at ... 20.00-22.00
Friday, 5 October  9.00 hrs - 18.00 hrs
Workshop Session: Definition of Work Packages
Organization G. Sakellaridis 09.00-09.05
Parallel Workshops of the Working Groups (including coffee break) 09.05-11.00
Meeting of the Steering Committee 09.05-11.00
Plenum Session: Presentation of the workshop results
R&D 1 C. Schraff 11.00
R&D 2 J. Steppeler 11.10
R&D 3 M. Arpagaus 11.20
R&D 4 P. Eckert 11.30
R&D 5 C. Cacciamani 11.40
R&D 6 U. Schättler 11.50
Plenary discussion M. Capaldo and G. Doms 12.00-12.30
Lunch 12.30-14.00
Plenum Session: Perspectives
Plenary discussion M. Capaldo  14.00-15.00
Representation of EUMETNET/SRNWP J. Quiby 15.00-15.20
Lead Centre for Nonhydrostatic Modelling: Workshop Report J. Steppeler 15.20-15.30
Coffee break 15.30-16.00
Status Reports of International Projects 16.00-16.45
 - EUMETSAT: AEG Regional NWP M. Capaldo  
 - COST 716: GPS and NWP J. Quiby  
 - COST 717: Radar for NWP A. Rossa  
 - EUROGRID: European grid computing U. Schättler  
 - CLIWANET: Cloud liquid water network G. Doms  
 - EFFS: European flood forecasting system E. Heise  
 - SEAROUTES D. Frühwald  
New International and National Projects 16.45-17.30
 - Euro-THORPEX A. Montani  
 - INTAS E. Heise  
 - ELDAS C. Schraff
 - COSMO-LEPS T. Paccagnella  
 - INTERREG IIIb: CADSES T. Paccagnella
 - others NN  
Any other buisness M. Capaldo 17.30-18.00
End of the 3rd COSMO meeting 17.30