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ALADIN Workshop 16th in parallel with the HIRLAM All Staff Meeting 2006, Sofia, Bulgaria, May 16-19, 2006


Photo of the participants

The 16th ALADIN Workshop was really a big event as it gathered in parallel for the first time :
HIRLAM All Staff Meeting 2006
3rd SRNWP Mesoscale Verification Wk

An ALADIN CSSI and HIRLAM MG meeting took also place in Sofia.

Main conclusions :
Minutes of the final discussion

Program of the ALADIN workshop

(click on the title for on-line presentation or minutes)

	Tuesday 16
08:30-11:20	Opening and general presentations on projects and models	Chair : V. Spiridonov & A. Bogatchev
08:30		Opening
08:40	J-F Geleyn	New ALADIN governance
09:10	J. Onvlee	HIRLAM science plan
09:30	R. Brozkova	ALARO
09:50	F. Bouttier	Status of AROME
10:40	A. Horanyi	Status of ALADIN-HIRLAM cooperation
11:00	Posters session	Introduction to national posters :Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech, France, Hungary, Morocco, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia
		Poster on new ALADIN governance and other useful informations
		RISk on deep CONvection indices (RISCON): a new diagnostic tool
11:20-12:20	LTM informal meeting	Working document (questionnaire on procedure of coordinated oper switches)
14:00-15:30	System maintenance session	Chair : O. Spaniel
14:00	R. El Khatib	Status of cycles, gmkpack, status of export versions
14:30	G. Boloni	ALADIN coupled with ECMWF/IFS
14:50	C. Fischer	ECMWF special project on coupling with IFS data
15:10	J-D Gril	Pinuts and geometry
15:30	Plenary discussion about LTM role and operational support	Talk master: F. Bouttier
		Report from morning LTM informal meeting
17:00-18:30	Working session	System maintenance : coordination for operational changes and phasing

	Wednesday 17
08:30-10:40	Variational assimilation (at all scales)	Chair : B. Chapnik
08:30	G. Boloni & R. Randriamampianina	Recent activities with the ALADIN/HU 3DVAR system
08:50	C. Fischer	Overview of ALADIN-France activities and plans
09:10	N.Gustafsson	Status and results of HIRLAM 4D-VAR
09:30	D. Barker	HIRLAM data assimilation plans and challenges
09:50	Discussion (start with HMG/CSSI report)	Talk master : HMG/CSSI reporter (Minutes of the discussion)
11:00-13:20	LAM-EPS session :	Chair : S. Stefanescu
11:00	A. Horanyi	An overview about the LAMEPS activities in the ALADIN project & poster presentation
11:25	Y. Wang	The future development and research plan of ALADIN Ensemble Forecasting & poster presentation
11:50	J.A. Garcia-Moya	Experiences with multi-model ensemble forecasting at INM
12:10	N. Gustafsson	Plans for a Grand Limited Area Model Ensemble (GLAMEPS)
12:30	Discussion (start with HMG/CSSI report)	Talk master: HMG/CSSI reporter
14:30-15:30	physic-dynamic interfacing session	Chair : C. Fischer
14:30	Bent HS	Plugging HIRLAM physics in ARPEGE/ALADIN
14:50		Discussion on next steps for « interface » and AAA/HIRLAM convergence
15:30-16:30	Common verification session	Talk master: HMG/CSSI reporter
15:30	S. Tijm	Common validation and verification working group: outcome and follow-up of the Oslo workshop
15:50		Discussion (start with HMG/CSSI report)
16:50-16:30	General discussion	Talk master: M. Derkova
16:50	J. Onvlee	Reporting from HMG/CSSI
17:10	A. Horanyi	Outcome of “Vision on future of NWP in Europe” scoping meeting and follow-up
17:20		General discussion on common ALADIN/HIRLAM topics
19:00	Cocktail

	Thursday 18
08:30-10:30	surface processes and surfex	Chair : D. Banciu
08:30	E. Martin	Latest scientific developments in SURFEX
08:50	L. Kraljevic	1-D and 3-D test of SURFEX in ARPEGE
09:10	G. Hello & J-D Gril	Technical aspects of the SURFEX implementation in ARPEGE/ALADIN/AROME
09:30	S. Gollvik	Surface modelling : HIRLAM recent activities
09:50		Discussion
11:00-12:10	Modelling session : physics and dynamics	Chair : P. Termonia
11:00	Y. Bouteloup	Last ingredients of the physics e-suite
11:20	S. Malardel	Latest improvements in the Meso-NH/AROME physics (part 1, part 2)
11:50	T. Kovacic	Recent development in DDH
14:00-16:25	Modelling session : physics and dynamics (following)	Chair : M. Tudor
14:00	L. Kullmann	First investigations with AROME prototype in Hungary
14:20	J. Cedilnik & R. Brozkova	Pseudo-prognostic TKE scheme in ALARO
14:40	J. Masek	Improved parametrization of the cloud optical properties for ALARO-0
15:00	M. Tudor	ALARO-0 microphysics and precipitation : current status
15:20	P. Termonia	Stability and accuracy of physics-dynamics interfaces : some results
15:40	L. Gérard	3D experiments at various resolutions of an integrated package handling cloud and precipitation processes
16:00	J. Vivoda	New developments in NH dynamics & SLHD
16:55-18:25	Parallel Working session	Data Assimilation (minutes of the discussion)
16:55-18:25	Parallel Working session	Modelling (minutes of the discussion)

	Friday 19
08:30-10:00	Long runs	Chair : R. Brozkova
08:30	S. Somot	ALADIN climate at MF
08:50	H. Toth	ALADIN/Climate : Hungarian activities
09:10	A. Farda	ALADIN - climate experiments in Prague
09:30	F. Bouttier	The EURRA reanalysis project
10:30-12:00	Verification	Chair : S. Sbii
10:30	K. Kok	Conclusions of the SRNWP verification workshop
10:50	E. Bazile	Model verification using precipitation analysis
11:10	M. Zagar	Different quantitative measures for high resolution modelling of precipitation
11:30	N. Pristov	Current status of common ALADIN verification project
11:50-12:30	Discussion on coordination of verification	Talk master: G. Hello
12:30-13:50	Final discussion (minutes)	Talk master: A. Horanyi (introduction of the final discussion)
13:50	Closure