Joint 22nd ALADIN Workshop & HIRLAM All Staff Meeting 2012, 7-10/05/2012, Marrakech, Morocco

The DMN of Morocco hosted the 22nd ALADIN workshop / HIRLAM All-Staff Meeting 2012 on 7-10 May 2012 in the "Palais des congrès" in Marrakech (practical information) . This workshop was followed by the HIRLAM MG & ALADIN CSSI meeting on Friday 11 (full day).

Agenda and list of participants

• For Local Team managers (or their substitutes) and CSSI members :
  • LMT meeting on Thursday (minutes)
  • CSSI meeting on Thursday (preparation meeting to HMG/CSSI)
  • HMG/CSSI meeting on Friday (minutes)

On-line presentations of the workshop

• Plenary opening session
  • Piet Termonia: ALADIN organizational relevant aspects
  • Jeanette Onvlee : HIRLAM organizational relevant aspects
  • Dijana Klaric : LACE program future
  • Gergely Boloni : C-SRNWP and the new EUMETNET programme phase (2013-2017)
• Plenary session 1 : Data assimilation and use of observations
  • Fatima Zahra Hdidou & Zahra Sahlaoui : Data assimilation in ALADIN-MOROCCO : State of art
  • Pierre Brousseau : Recent research on AROME-France data assimilation
  • Tomislav Kovacic : Data assimilation at RC LACE
  • Jan Barkmeijer : Harmonie suite at KNMI and future plans
  • Roger Randriampianina : The use of High-resolution winds in ALADIN/Hu
  • Loïk Berre : Variational ensemble data assimilation
  • Per Dahlgren : Using Jk in AROME 3DVAR, some initial test
  • Jelena Borajova : Flow-dependent data assimilation in HIRLAM/Harmonie
  • Geijo Carlos : Assimilation of AEMET Radar Reflectivity Data in HARMONIE using the Field Alignment Technique
  • Claude Fischer : Progress and plans on Observations in MF
  • Roger Randriampianina : On the use of satellite radiances in ALADIN/HARMONIE
  • Sibbo van der Veen: MSG cloud mask initialisation in the Rapid Update Cycle of Hirlam
  • Ekaterina Kurzeneva : Data Assimilation over lakes: introduction and first results
  • Cornel Soci : Improvements to the surface analysis in EURO4M project
  • General discussion : Summary by Gergely Boloni
• Plenary session 2: Probabilistic forecasting and LAMEPS
  • Yong Wang : R&D status of ALADIN-LAEF
  • Mihaly Szucs : Latest developments around the LAMEPS in Hungary
  • Alex Deckmyn : GLAMEPS setup and verification
  • Inger-Lise Frogner : Plans for GLAMEPS, HarmonEPS and FROST-14
  • General Discussion
• Plenary session 3: Dynamics
  • Pierre Bénard : Recent developments in AROME dynamics
  • Daan Degrauwe : The implementation of Boyd’s proposal in the HARMONIE system
  • Steven Caluwaerts : Potential innovations for the ALADIN-dynamical core ? The future of the ALADIN dynamical core
  • General discussion
• Plenary session 4: Model physics
  • Piet Termonia : ALARO-1: an overview
  • Joris Van den Bergh : Prognostic graupel and new cloud overlap scheme in ALARO
  • Eric Bazile : Evolution of the ARPEGE physics
  • Yann Seity : Status and plans on AROME-France configuration (model part)
  • Javier Calvo : Representation of deep convection in HARMONIE/AROME model
  • Laura Rontu : Le Monde Physique de l’HARMONIE
  • Rafiq Hamdi : Coupling SURFEX/TEB to the high-resolution (4km) ALARO: Which benefits for a highly urbanized area, Belgium
  • Patrick Samuelsson : Status of multi-energy balance in SURFEX
  • Margarita Choulga : Estimations of mean lake depth for boreal lakes
  • Eric Martin : Recent advances in the SURFEX governance, scientific and technical aspects
  • Sami Niemelä : Winter-time convection in Harmonie - a heavy snowfall case in Southern Finland
  • General discussion
• Plenary session 5: System aspects and verification
  • Ryad el Khatib : Optimization of CANARI
  • Enda Obrien : Stabilizing high-resolution HARMONIE
  • Claude Fischer : A tentatively brilliant overview of cycles and objects
  • Theresa Gorgas : On the uncertainty of verification measures by reference data
  • Ulf Andrae : Status of the HIRLAM/HARMONIE reference systems
  • Xiaohua Yang: Evaluation of Harmonie Cy37h1
  • Xiaohua Yang: Verification methods
  • Tijm Sander : Experiences and user requirements for HARMONIE
  • Christoph Zingerle : Verification activities in ALADIN
  • General discussion
• Working group 1 : use of high-resolution observations
• Working Group 2 : system aspects (minutes)
• Plenary closing session

Posters

• Banciu Doina : ALADIN Operational activities in Romania
• Barkmeijer Jan : Netherlands national poster
• Bogatchev Andrey : Status of the operational applcation in BULGARIA
• Bucanek Antonin : The Evolution of Dispersion Spectra in Blending cycle
• Calvo Javier : Fog and low clouds in HARMONIE/AROME. Validation and sensitivity studies
• Deckmyn Alex : Belgian national poster
• Derkova Maria : ALADIN related activities at SHMI
• Diez Maria : Status of surface assimilation in HARMONIE
• Driss BARI : Verification of operational ALADIN-MAROC forecasts using MET package
• El Ouarini Rachida : Sensitivity of ensemble-based variances to initial background perturbations
• Gustafsson Nils et al : Recent developments in HIRLAM 4D-VAR
• Hamadache Bachir : Modelisation of the desert dust atmospheric cycle in ALADIN
• Hamdi Rafiq : Regional climate of summer maximum surface air temperature over Belgium through high-resolution dynamical downscaling
• Jerczynski Marek : Aladin in Poland - recent operational and R&D achievements
• Klaric Dijana : LACE Activity
• Kornich Heiner : Preparing for the Atmospheric Dynamics Mission Aeolus using ensemble data assimilation
• Kristiansen Jørn : A proposed high-resolution EPS for forecasting polar lows
• Kucukkaraca Ersin : Turkey National Poster
• Lindskog Magnus et al : Correction of phase errors
• Lindskog Magnus et al : Warping and balancing
• Meier Florian : Austrian National Poster - activities in the framework of ALADIN/ALARO at ZAMG
• Meier Florian : Implementation of and experiments with AROME 2.5km over Austria
• Monteiro Maria : ALADIN - Portuguese Technical and Scientific activities
• Nielsen Kristian Pagh et al. : HIRLAM-B Radiation Physics 2012
• Pottier Patricia : French National Poster
• Pristov Neva : ALADIN in Slovenia
• Rontu Laura : HIRLAM lake experiences
• Sbii Siham : Using Satellite Ozone data as pseudo-observations in ALADIN
• Smet Geert : Probabilistic forecasting of extreme air pollution peaks
• Stanesic Antonio : NWP activities in Croatia
• Stanesic Antonio : A diagnostic study of the background error statistics in ALADIN/HR data assimilation system
• Szucs Mihaly : NWP at the Hungarian Meteorological Service
• Trojakova Alena : ALADIN@CHMI - operational status in Czech Republic
• Vignes Ole : MetCoOp - Swedish/Norwegian Operational Cooperation
• de Vries John : Validation of Land Carbon products over the Netherlands
• Whelan Eoin : Operational NWP in Met Eireann
• Whelan Eoin : Assimilation of new radiosonde observations in Harmonie
• Zaaboul Rashyd : National Poster
• Zhuang Shiyu et al. : Seasonal variability of the structure function and their dependency on day/night variability, weather regime