SPARC Data Assimilation Workshop Programme and Abstracts
Monday 21 June
0900: Welcome (David Jackson)
0910: Overview of SPARC and the SPARC DA Working Group (Saroja Polavarapu) Seamless Prediction / Model Error
0925: Model evaluation using seamless assessment (Keith Williams) (Invited)
1010: Nudged Version of the Unified Model (Paul Telford)
1040: Tea/coffee break
1110: Covariance modelling and estimation for chemical data assimilation (Richard Menard)
1140: Estimation of ozone loss in the winter 2006/07 using a data assimilation method (Yvan Orsolini)
1210: Poster adverts (6 x 3 mins (approx))
1230: Poster viewing / lunch (authors in attendance 1230 to 1330)
1400: Weak Constraints 4D-Var for the Stratosphere (Yannick Tremolet) (invited)
1445: On the Implementation of an "Outer Loop" for Ensemble-Based Data Assimilation (Craig Bishop)
1515: Assimilation of stratospheric temperature and ozone with an ensemble Kalman Filter in a Chemistry-Climate Model (Thomas Milewski)
1545: Discussion on Seamless Prediction / Model Errors Theme
1600: Tea/coffee break Observations and Impacts 1630: Assessing additions to the future observing system: the role of OSSEs (William Lahoz)
1700: Optimizing ADM-Aeolus' vertical sampling for the stratosphere (Heiner Kornich)
1730: Close
Tuesday 22 June
Stratosphere / Troposphere Interaction
0900: Stratosphere / Troposphere Interaction (Adam Scaife) (Invited)
0945: Assimilation of Earth Orientation Parameters into an Atmosphere Model (Lisa Neef)
1015: Large-scale equatorial waves in the middle atmosphere of the ECMWF model (Nedjeljka Zagar)
1045: Tea/coffee break
1115: Mechanisms of stratosphere-troposphere interaction and implications for data assimilation (Andrew Charlton-Perez) (Invited)
1200: The stratospheric influence on the troposphere in the context of operational medium-range weather forecasts (Saroja Polavarapu)
1230: Low Ozone Events in the Southern Polar Summer Stratosphere as Indicated by Met Office Ozone Analyses (David Jackson)
1300: Lunch / poster viewing (authors not in attendance) Stratosphere / Mesosphere
1400: Intrinsic middle atmosphere predictability (Keith Ngan)
1430: The constraint of data assimilation in the stratosphere and troposphere on mesospheric motions (Shuzhan Ren)
1500: Investigations of polar stratopause temperatures using a high-altitude version of GEOS-5 (Lawrence Coy)
1530: Tea/coffee break
1600: Assessment of middle atmosphere representation in GCMs using satellite temperature data (Andrew Bushell)
1630: The Impact of Mesospheric Observations on the 2-day Wave in a Middle Atmosphere Data Assimilation System (Martin Keller)
1700: Discussion on troposphere / stratosphere / mesosphere interactions theme
1730: Close evening: Conference Dinner (time and other details TBA)
Wednesday 23 June
Constituents
0930: Integrating satellite observations of tropospheric ozone and its precursors for improved air quality prediction and assessment (Dylan Jones) (invited)
1015: Routine assimilation of ground-based ozone observations: A case study (Frank Baier)
1045: Tea/coffee break
1115: Can Ozone Assimilation Constrain Inorganic Chlorine in the Stratosphere? (Quentin Errera)
1145: Integrated and near-real time forecasts of atmospheric composition with focus on aerosols (Angela Benedetti) (Invited)
1230: A desert dust forecasting and assimilations scheme (Keith Ngan)
1300: Discussion on aerosol and air quality issues
1330: Date and location of next meeting, other SPARC issues (Saroja Polavarapu)
1345: End of meeting
POSTERS
The Radio Occultation Processing Package (ROPP) - Huw Lewis
Validation of Mesospheric Analyses - David Long
Impact of the representation of the stratosphere on tropospheric weather forecasts - Sana Mahmood
CO2 fluxes estimated with satellite, aircraft, and surface observations using an ensemble-based 4D data assimilation system - Kazuyuki Miyazaki
Improved assimilation of trace gas retrievals from satellite - Andrea Kaiser-Weiss and Stefano Migliorini
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