I.1

B3

Another strategy for the physics-dynamics interface

LACE ?

2 to 3 months

I.2

A3

Study of different effects of the mountains

(dynamics and physics)

M. Siroka, R. Mladek

Morocco ? France ?

4 months

?

I.3

A3

Analysis for applying a new thermodynamics in the model

(specific heat of liquid and ice water)

LACE ?

6 months

I.4

A3

Local study of the impact of soil melting/freezing processes

Croatia (LACE)

1 month

I.5

A3 B3

Representation of lakes - 1a-b

(a : collecting observations, b : modifying 923 and 927)

a Hungary + ?

b Sandor Kertesz

a ?

b 1 month

I.6

A3 B3

Representation of lakes - 2

(new parameterization)

Sandor Kertesz

6 months

I.7

A3

New parameterization of radiation - 2

(support)

Morocco ?

2 months

I.8

A3

Forecasting skill for snow cover

(collecting informations as a support for the implementation of a new parameterization)

?

I.9

A3

Parameterization of convection - 1

(integration and validation of the latest developments, tunings)

Vladimir Pastircak

Jean-Marcel Piriou

3 months

I.10

A3

Parameterization of convection - 2

(study of dry convection)

Martin Bellus

2 months

I.11

A3

Parameterization of convection - 3

(new closure)

Mehdi El Abed

Eric Bazile

4 months

I.12

A3

Remaining problems in configuration 923

France

2 months

1 month

I.13

B3

Using new databases in configuration 923

Olivier Latinne

Ferenc Acs

2 to 3 months

I.14

B3

Introduction of liquid and ice water in the parameterization of convection

Doina Banciu (PhD)

I.15

B3

Initialization of the interception water content (water on the leaves)

(slight modification of 927, sensitivity of short range forecasts)

Antun Marki

1 month

p.m.

Improving the surface scheme and the corresponding analysis (ISBA)

E. Bazile + F. Bouyssel

p.m.

Improving the parameterization of radiation - 1

(design)

J.M. Piriou

10 months

II.1

C4

"bogussing"

(how to correct ARPEGE using ALADIN, alias anti-E927 or E927E)

Ryad El Khatib

CRC (France)

6 months

5 months

II.2

B2

Coupling surface pressure tendency

LACE ?

2 months

II.3

A4 B2

Test of the frequency of coupling

LACE ?

Morocco

1 month

1 month

II.4

A4 B2

Strategy for coupling : part of resolution

Morocco

2 months

II.5

A2

Refinement of the radiative upper boundary condition

Ryad El Khatib

2 months

II.6

A2

Extension of the Tanguay-Ritchie method to orographic terms

Petra Smolikova

2 months

II.7

A2

Design and validation of a new semi-lagrangian advection scheme

Ilian Gospodinov (PhD)

Valery Spiridonov

II.8

A2

Study of dissipative properties of semi-lagrangian advection schemes

Filip Vana (PhD)

II.9

A2

Validation of new developments on semi-lagrangian advection schemes

Petra Smolikova

1 month

II.10

A2

Testing different options available for the semi-lagrangian advection

(using the tools developed by Filip Vana)

LACE ?

2 months

II.11

B1

Development of the vertical plane version of ALADIN

Pierre Bénard

Josef Vivoda

4 months

II.12

B1

Control of elastic waves in non-hydrostatic dynamics

Almut Gassmann

2 months

II.13

B1

Temporal decentering with selection on vertical modes in non-hydrostatique dynamics

-1 (analysis)

Pierre Bénard

1 months

II.14

B1

Temporal decentering with selection on vertical modes in non-hydrostatique dynamics

- 2 (implementation)

2 months

II.15

B1

Problem of the two-time-level semi-lagrangian advection schemes in non-hydrostatic dynamics

LACE ?

6 months?

II.16

B1

Academic studies in non-hydrostatic dynamics

Josef Vivoda (LACE)

1 to 2 months

II.17

B1

Study of the lower boundary condition in non-hydrostatic dynamics

Tamas Szabo (LACE)

1 month

II.18

B1

Study of the upper boundary condition in non-hydrostatic dynamics

LACE ?

1 month

II.19

B1 B3

High resolution configuration for the validation of new developments in

(non-hydrostatic) dynamics and physics

Slovénie

II.20

A3 B1

High resolution sensitivity studies for sea-breeze situations

Portugal

II.21

A2

Small scale dynamical adaptation

Mark Zagar (PhD)

III.1

C3

3d-Var : code cleaning, technical problems in Jo

Andras Horanyi

Maria Siroka

2 months

III.2

C3

3d-Var : porting to distributed memory environment

Claude Fischer

2 months

III.3

C3

3d-Var : validation

C. Fischer, A. Horanyi,

W. Sadiki, M. Siroka,

C. Soci, R. Bubnova

12 months

III.4

C3

Tangent linear and adjoint of APACHE

LACE ?

1 to 2 months

III.5

C3

Sensitivity studies (1)

(background experiments)

Adam Dziedzic

Claude Fischer

2 months

III.6

C3

Sensitivity studies (2)

(801, 601)

Claude Fischer

student

2 months

III.7

C4

Lateral boundary conditions in configuration 801

(validation)

Cornel Soci

Claude Fischer

1 to 2 months

III.8

C3

Background error statistics for ALADIN / Maroc

Wafaa Sadiki

2 to 3 months

III.9

C3

Background error statistics for ALADIN / LACE

Yong Wang (LACE)

1 month

III.10

C2

Working plan for CANARI/ALADIN

Vincent Cassé

1 month

III.11

C2

Separating upperair and surface analyses in CANARI/ALADIN

Gabor Radnoti

1 to 2 months

III.12

C2

Tunings and developments in CANARI/ALADIN

(mainly for Diag-Pack)

G. Radnoti,, J. Jerman, M. Zitouni (LACE),

France, Morocco

6 months

III.13

C2

Study of orography related problems in CANARI/ALADIN

Jure Jerman

III.14

C2

Coding convection indices in Full-Pos (for Diag-Pack)

Interface for Diag-Pack

Harald Seidl

Akos Horvath

1 month

2 months

III.15

C2

Validation of the analysis of specific humidity in CANARI/ALADIN

Morocco

III.16

C1

Quality control of TOVS at a fine scale on the continent (for 3d:4d-Var)

LACE ?

Morocco

2 months

III.17

A4 C4

Some coupling problems in digital filter initialization

1 month

III.18

C4

Spectral blending of initial conditions

(impact of frequency, use of digital filtering, ...)

Dijana Klaric (LACE)

1 to 2 months

III.19

C4

Surface fields blending for initial conditions

(stategy, tests)

Croatie (LACE)

2 months