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Working plan for ALADIN (objectives, teams and collaborations)
2002
(postscript version)
- Maintenance
- people :
- · every
team must feel concerned
- actions :
- · maintenance
- place :
- · Toulouse
mainly, but also Budapest and Prague for phasing
- · locally
for some problems
- coordination meetings :
- · along
phasing exercises
- external collaborations :
- · ECMWF
- · SRNWP
initiative for a common model interface
- Operations
- people :
- all ALADIN teams
- actions :
- · reduction
of the discrepancies between operational applications
- · harmonization of
operational schedules
- place :
- · locally
- coordination meetings :
- · during
the ALADIN workshop (Medulin, Cr, June 2002)
- external collaborations :
- Applications
- people :
- all ALADIN teams
- actions :
- · better
diffusion of information about existing tools
- · improved
portability of tools
- place :
- · locally
- coordination meetings :
- · during
the ALADIN workshop (Medulin, Cr, June 2002)
- external collaborations :
- Verification
- people :
- all ALADIN teams
- actions :
- · building
a coordinated objective verification at synoptic scales
- · searching for new
methods, more suitable for small scales
- place :
- · locally
- coordination meetings :
- · Budapest
(Hu) March 2002 (for objective verification)
- · during
the ALADIN workshop (Medulin, Cr, June 2002)
- external collaborations :
- · SRNWP
Lead Center for Verification methods
- Coupling
- people :
- Jean-Marc Audoin (Fr), Chantal Moussy (Be),
Gabor Radnoti (Hu), Raluca Radu (Ro), Piet Termonia (Be)
- + Klaus Stadlabacher (Au) for validation
- + maybe an Hungarian student
- actions :
- · coding and
validation of spectral coupling (RR, GR, PT)
- · debugging and
validation of the coupling of surface-pressure tendency (JMA, GR, RR)
- · evaluation of a
diagnostic approach for the choice of coupling frequency (PT)
- · further work on the
time-interpolation of LBC (phase-angle approach)
- · starting the work on
two-way nesting (CM)
- place :
- · Budapest,
Bruxelles, Ljubljana, Toulouse
- coordination meetings :
- · during
the ALATNET seminar (Radenci, Si, May 2002)
- · Ljubljana
(Si), November 2002
- external collaborations :
- · HIRLAM
- Dynamics
- people :
- Pierre Bénard (Fr), Radmila Brozkova
(Cz), Martin Janousek (Cz), Jan Masek (Sk), Abdelwaheb Nmiri (Tu), Chris Smith
(Uk), Petra Smolikova (Cz), Filip Vana (Cz), Jozef Vivoda (Sk), Karim Yessad (Fr)
- + Slovenian and French students
- + Ilian Gospodinov (Bu) for the interface with physics
- + Klaus Stadlbacher (Au) and Alena Trojakova
(Cz) for validation
- actions :
- · stable
and optimal version of the NH dynamics, combining the predictor / corrector
approach and the new variables within the end of 2002 (PB, PS, JV, RB, JM)
- · lower
boundary condition for NH : end and phasing of the work of CS, finding someone
to take over the study
- · radiative
upper boundary condition for NH : restarting work (MJ)
- · gridpoint
horizontal diffusion based on the dissipative properties of semi-Lagrangian
advection : resuming work with the training of a Slovenian student by FV
- · design of
an improved filtering of orography (French students + KS)
- · relaxation
of the thin layer hypothesis : continuation (KY, AN)
- place :
- · Toulouse
and Prague (main developments)
- · Ljubljana
(validation) and Bruxelles (interface)
- coordination meetings :
- · in
Toulouse and Prague (during phasing : March 2002 and ?)
- external collaborations :
- · UKMO
(comparison with the new dynamics of UM)
- · ECMWF
(predictor / corrector scheme)
- Physics : precipitations (convection, microphysics, ...)
- people :
- Doina Banciu (Ro), Eric Bazile (Fr), Martin
Bellus (Sk), Karim Bergaoui (Tu), Jean-François Geleyn (Fr), Luc
Gérard (Be), Stefan Greilberger (Au), Thomas Haiden (Au), Tomislav
Kovacic (Cr), Jean-Marcel Piriou (Fr), Siham Sbii (Mo), Harald Seidl (Au), ...
- actions :
- · identification
of weaknesses, end of the feasibility study for the "Functional
Boxes" approach
- · to be defined more
precisely along the next meetings
- place :
- · Toulouse,
Bruxelles and Vienna at least
- coordination meetings :
- · during
the ALADIN workshop (Medulin, Cr, June 2002) + intensive exchanges before
- external collaborations :
- · HIRLAM
- Physics : turbulent processes, boundary layer
- people :
- Martin Gera (Sk), Alexander Kann (Au), Janko
Merse (Si), André Simon (Sk), Martina Tudor (Cr) + Toulouse team on Processes
- actions :
- · correction
of CYCORA_ter bugs !
- · to be defined more
precisely along the next meetings
- place :
- · Toulouse
and Bruxelles at least
- coordination meetings :
- · maybe
during the mid-term ALATNET review (Bruxelles, Be, April 2002)
- external collaborations :
- · HIRLAM
- Physics : radiation
- people :
- Yves Bouteloup (Fr), Helga Toth (Hu)
- actions :
- · progressive improvement
of the present scheme
- place :
- · Toulouse, Budapest
- coordination meetings :
- · not scheduled
- external collaborations :
- Physics : surface
- people :
- Eric Bazile (Fr), Dominique Giard (Fr), Olivier
Latinne (Be), ...
- actions :
- · operational
implementation of higher resolution databases
- · operational
implementation of an improved snow parameterization
- + ... (additional tasks depending mainly on
MAE stays)
- place :
- · Toulouse, Bruxelles
- coordination meetings :
- · not scheduled
- external collaborations :
- · HIRLAM
- Physics : orography
- people :
- François Bouyssel (Fr), Bart Cathry (Be),
Dunja Dvrar (Cr), Jean-François Geleyn (Fr), Dominique Giard (Fr),
Thomas Haiden (Au), Klaus Stadlbacher (Au), Yong Wang (Au)
- actions :
- · optimization
of orography for each model
- · to be defined more
precisely along the dedicated mini-workshop
- place :
- · locally
(retunings, use of higher resolution data)
- · Toulouse
- · Bruxelles
/ Gand
- · Vienna
- · Ljubljana
- coordination meetings :
- · Toulouse (Fr),
March 2002
- external collaborations :
- Physics : simplified physics
- people :
- François Bouyssel (Fr), Cécile Loo
(Fr), Cornel Soci (Ro)
- actions :
- · transfer of
knowledge about ALADIN constraints from CS to CL
- · further improvements
(but mainly in the framework of ARPEGE for this year)
- place :
- · Toulouse
- coordination meetings :
- · in
Toulouse before the end of the stay of CS
- external collaborations :
- · ECMWF
- · UKMO
- · HIRLAM
- Physics : validation
- people :
- Romanian team + Toulouse team for Processes + ...
- actions :
- · systematic
validation, at different resolutions, of new developments in physics
(especially those likely to move to operations)
- · design of new
strategies / tools for validation at high resolution
- · PhD work of Jean-Marcel Piriou
- place :
- · locally
(whenever volunteering) for experiments and brainstorming
- · Toulouse, Bucarest
- coordination meetings :
- · maybe
during the ALADIN workshop (Medulin, Cr, June 2002)
- external collaborations :
- · SRNWP
Lead Center for Verification methods
- Physics : interface to dynamics
- people :
- Ilian Gospodinov (Bu) + authors of modifications
- actions :
- · must not be omitted !
- place :
- · Bruxelles
- · wherevever
developments are performed
- external collaborations :
- · ECMWF
- · HIRLAM
- Data assimilation : methods
- people :
- Radi Ajjaji (Mo), Steluta Alexandru (Ro),
Margarida Belo Pereira (Pt), Loïk Berre (Fr), Gergö Boloni (Hu),
Philippe Caille (Fr), Alex Deckmyn (Be), Claude Fischer (Fr), Vincent Guidard
(Fr), Andras Horanyi (Hu), Sandor Kertesz (Hu), Wafaa Sadiki (Mo), Cornel Soci
(Ro), Simona Stefanescu (Ro)
- + Adam Dziedzic (Pl), ... depending on MAE stays
- + maybe Maria Monteiro (Pt) and Maria Siroka (Sk)
- actions :
- · local
pre-operational 3d-var assimilation suites using raw ATOVS or aircraft data
end 2002 (including local tunings of statistics, observation use, cycling
and initialization) (a)
- · local
implementation and tuning of blending
- · prototype
version of 3d-FGAT (PC, CF, VG) (b)
- · investigation
of the problems related to double-nesting (SA, AH, AD) (c)
- · a
posteriori validation tools and tuning of Jb / Jo (WS, CF, Hungarian student)
(d); completion of the PhD work of WS (e)
- · improved
Jb (LB, MB, SA, GB, SS, ...) : new methods, geographical modulation, part of
humidity, ... (f)
- · completion
of the PhD work of CS (sensitivity studies) (g)
- place :
- · locally
(implementation of blending)
- · Toulouse
(topics : a, b, d, e, f, g)
- · Budapest
(topics : a, c, d, f)
- · Casablanca
(topics : a, e, f)
- · Prague
(topics : a, f)
- · Bucarest
(topics : f, g)
- coordination meetings :
- · during
the ALADIN workshop (Medulin, Cr, June 2002) or the EWGLAM meeting (De Bilt,
Ne, October 2002)
- external collaborations :
- · HIRLAM
- Data assimilation : observations
- people :
- Martin Benko (Sk), Gergö Boloni (Hu), Nihed
Bouzouita (Tu), Philippe Caille (Fr), Claude Fischer (Fr), Vincent Guidard
(Fr), Marian Jurasek (Sk), Sandor Kertesz (Hu), Roger Randriamampianina (Hu),
Zahra Sahlaoui (Mo), Malgorzata Szczech (Pl), Rashyd Zaaboul (Mo)
- + Toulouse team for observations
- + Gregor Gregoric (Si), Cornel Soci (Ro) ?
- actions :
- · ODB
: training, design of new tools for ALADIN (1) + local implementations
- · screening : problem of
observations close to lateral boundaries (3) , local tunings
- · using
aircraft data in local ALADIN 3d-var suites
- · using observations of
Hu2m for upperair assimilation (MJ) (4)
- · impact of the drift of
radiosondes (MB) (4)
- · use of raw ATOVS
data in ALADIN 3d-var (RR, GB, ZS, CF) (1, 2, 3)
- · use of
pseudo-observations (from MAP) in 3d-var (VG, CF) (1)
- · use of IASI data over
land : continuation (MS - PhD) (1)
- · + improved vertical
interpolations in observation operators (MJ) (1) ... if the stay is kept
- · small team ready to
work on radar data at the end of the year (CS, GG, MJ)
- place :
- · locally
(implementation of ODB and / or screening)
- · Toulouse (1)
- · Budapest (2)
- · Casablanca
(3)
- · Prague (4)
- external collaborations :
- · HIRLAM
- internal collaborations :
- · TOWARDS A
SAFE EXCHANGE OF LOCAL OBSERVATIONS WITHIN THE ALADIN PARTNERSHIP
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-->action required at the level of Directors !
- Data assimilation : surface
- people :
- Gianpaolo Balsamo (It), François Bouyssel
(Fr), Adam Dziedzic (Pl), Lora Gaytandjieva (Bu), Stjepan Ivatek-Sahdan (Cr),
Olivier Latinne (Be), Françoise Taillefer (Fr), Jean-Louis Ricard (Fr),
Yong Wang (Au)
- + ... (additional contribution from Bulgaria
and Morocco depending mainly on MAE stays)
- + ... (local implementations)
- actions :
- · local
implementation and update of Diagpack
- · use of
aircraft data in Diagpack (JLR, FB)
- · analysis
of snow cover : alleviating problems related to orography, tuning
for operational implementation in ARPEGE, use of satellite data for
snow-cover edge (FT, LG, FB), + maybe ... : use of
pseudo-observations, tuning for ALADIN, use of new fields
- · analysis
of precipitations : design (YW, FB)
- · analysis
of soil moisture and temperature : retuning of surface analysis
(observation errors, smoothing, ...) for the operational ARPEGE and ALADIN
assimilations and Diagpack (SIS, FB, OL), combination with spectral blending
and retuning for ALADIN (AD), prototype version of a variational assimilation
for ALADIN (GB, FB)
- place :
- · locally
(implementation of Diagpack)
- · Toulouse
(main developments)
- · Prague
(combination with spectral blending)
- coordination meetings :
- · not scheduled
- external collaborations :
- Predictability
- people :
- Claude Fischer (Fr), Andras Horanyi (Hu), Sandor
Kertesz (Hu), Jean Nicolau (Fr), Jean Néméghaire (Be)
- actions :
- · starting exchanges of ideas
- · defining a PhD topic
for Sandor Kertesz
- place :
- · Toulouse
- · Budapest
- coordination meetings :
- · not scheduled
- external collaborations :
- · HIRLAM
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