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S P A R C DATA ASSIMILATION WORKSHOP |
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2 - 4 October 2006 ESTEC (European Space research and Technology Centre) Noordwijk, The Netherlands UPDATES: Transportation to and from ESTEC In the morning, a bus will pick up participants at the various hotels and will take them to ESTEC; in the afternoon, the bus will take them back to the hotels. |
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The goal of this workshop is to motivate and better understand data assimilation through the science of the middle atmosphere. Data assimilation requires a knowledge of measurement and model errors which, in turn, require knowledge of the true underlying system- the middle atmosphere. Therefore, advancement of assimilation techniques requires interaction of assimilators with dynamicists, chemists and users of assimilation products. Thus, this workshop aims to bring these various groups together. While contributions from all aspects of middle atmosphere (chemical and dynamical) data assimilation are sought, a few key areas will be highlighted. Experts will be invited to speak on issues of assimilated products and help focus discussions in these areas: • Transport errors of assimilated products • Tropical Tropopause Layer (TTL) • Polar processes and the International Polar Year (IPY) |
Please also read the workshop summary of the last Joint SPARC Workshop on Data Assimilation and Stratospheric Winds which took place in September 2005 in Banff, Canada. |
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| Last update: September 28, 2006 |