Joint 21st ALADIN Workshop & HIRLAM All Staff Meeting 2011, 5-8 April 2011, Norrkoping, Sweden

The SMHI hosted the 21st ALADIN workshop / HIRLAM All-Staff Meeting 2011, in Norrkoping, Sweden, from Tuesday 5 April to Friday 8 April, 2011.
As usual, an HMG/CSSI meeting also took place on Monday 4 April and on Friday 8 April, in the afternoon.

• Workshop Agenda and list of participants

• For Local Team managers (or their substitutes) and CSSI members :
  • LMT meeting on Thursday (agenda, minutes) : 14:00-15:00
  • HMG/CSSI meeting on Monday (agenda, minutes): 10:00-18:00
  • CSSI meeting on Thursday (agenda, minutes) : 15:00-16:00
  • HMG/CSSI wrap-up meeting on Friday (minutes): 13:15-17:15

On-line presentations of the workshop

• Plenary opening session
  • Piet Termonia: ALADIN status and plans
  • Jeanette Onvlee : Highlights of recent and planned HIRLAM activities
  • Andras Horanyi : C-SRNWP and the Forecasting Capability Area of EUMETNET
• Plenary session 1: Data assimilation and use of observations
  • Ludovic Auger : Recent research on data assimilation at Meteo-France
  • Magnus Lindskog: 4D-Var Harmonie developments
  • Gergely Boloni : Comparison of the Ensemble Transform and the Ensemble Analysis Techniques for background error simulation
  • Jelena Bojarova:The hybrid ensemble variational data assimilation system in HIRLAM
  • Martin Ridal: Assimilation of radar data in HARMONIE :
    Activities and plans
  • Jean-Francois Mahfouf : Ongoing developments on radar data assimilation in AROME
  • Sigurdur Thorsteinsson : Studies in HARMONIE 3D-Var with 3 hourly rapid update cycling (RUC)
  • Mariken Homleid : Harmonie surface data assimilation
  • Cornel Soci : Inter-comparison of high-resolution surface reanalyses over France within EURO4M project
  • Tomas Landelius: Correcting phase errors using optical flow and image warping
  • Carlos Geijo: Data assimilation by field alignment: testing the theory
  • Alex Deckmyn and Nils Gustafsson : Report on the Joint SRNWP workshop on DA-EPS, Bologna, 22-24 March
• Plenary session 2: Probabilistic forecasting and LAMEPS
  • Trond Iversen : Status of GLAMEPS and plans for HIRLAM-B
  • Yong Wang : R&d status of ALADIN-LAEF
  • Inger-Lise Frogner: The quality of EuroTEPS vs TEPS after the latest cycle updates
  • Florian Weidle : What are the added-values of LAMEPS ?
  • Ã…ke Johansson: Impact of a hybrid ensemble – variational data assimilation system on the performance of an ETKF-based EPS system
  • Geert Smet : Economic value of GLAMEPS-LAEF over Belgium
  • Henrik Feddersen: Predicting intense precipitation using upscaled high-resolution ensemble forecasts
  • Jørn Kristiansen: High-resolution ensemble prediction of a polar low development
• Plenary session 3: Performance aspects and model physics
  • Francois Bouyssel : Recent evolutions in ARPEGE and ALADIN-Fr models
  • Yann Seity : AROME-France evolution
  • Lisa Bengtsson: An approach to deep convection organization using cellular automata
  • Kristian Pagh Nielsen: Testing cloud parametrizations in NWP models against satellite data
  • Radmila Brozkova : On the role of entrainment at the grey zone scales
  • Eric Bazile : MUSC : the 1D model for the HAAA Galaxy ?
  • Patrick Samuelsson: Implementation of multi-energy balance (MEB) into SURFEX
  • Carl Fortelius: Intercomparison of radiative fluxes in the SURFEX TEB and observations from a moving platform in the streets of Helsinki
  • Dagrun Vikharam Schuler: Snow modelling using the SURFEX-Crocus snow scheme
• Plenary session 4: Dynamics
  • Filip Vana : Recent changes in Alaro dynamics
  • Mariano Hortal: What is going on in dynamics in HIRLAM
  • Balasz Szintai : Determination of the optimal lateral boundary conditions for AROME: verification results using radar (SAL) and synop measurements
  • Jana Sanchez and Javier Calvo: Sensitivity of Harmonie to nesting strategy and initial conditions
  • Steven Caluwaerts: Boyd’s periodisation and relaxation
    for spectral LAMs
• Plenary session 5: System aspects and verification
  • Ryad El Khatib : AROME scalability
  • Xiaohua Yang : Validation of HARMONIE 36h1.3
  • Ryad El Khatib : Scalability of Bator : a problem of strong scalability ?
  • Deborah Salmond: Arpege/IFS in the OOPS framework (invited ECMWF)
  • Claude Fischer : LAM models in the OOPS framework ?
• ALADIN meeting(s)
  • LTM meeting and CSSI meeting : minutes
• HIRLAM meeting : HIRLAM internal presentations: Chair: Jeanette Onvlee
  • Laura Rontu: From orsula to HIRLAM7.4
  • Kristian Pagh Nielsen : Computationally efficient tilted independent column calculations of surface radiation
  • Karl-Ivar Ivarsson : (Very) Last updates of the Liu-Penner parametrization in Hirlam (and of the KF -scheme)
  • Ulf Andrae : Annual review of operational HIRLAM forecasts and status of the Reference System
• Plenary closing session. Chair: Jean-Francois Mahfouf
  • Patrick Samuelsson : HARMONIE for regional climate applications
  • Summary of data assimilation discussion by Per Unden
  • Summary of probabilistic and LAMEPS discussion by Yong Wang
  • Summary of physics discussion by Neva Pristov
  • Reporting back on outcome of WG on system aspects by Ulf Andrae
  • Reporting back on outcome of WG on dynamics by Pierre Bénard
  • Reporting back on outcome of HMG-CSSI meeting by Jeanette
  • General discussion
    • The meeting was judged very interesting : some participants would have liked more presentations on both convection permitting scale and turbulence. For sure, more physics presentations are expected during next year workshop.
    • The HIRLAM PM asks whether we still need the half-afternoon of separated program or we could dedicate this period to other session (users session for instance). This question will be discussed within the PMs and the HMG/CSSI .
    • The ALADIN PM reminds the venue of the next workshop in 2012 in Morocco (exact dates and place to be precised).

Posters

• Trygve Aspelien, Ole Vignes, Mariken Homleid, Magnus Lindskog, Ulf Andrae: met.no-SMHI experiences with ALARO
• M. Balogh, Horanyi A., Mile M., Gyongyosi A.Z., Weidinger T. Tasnadi P.: Development of a uniform model post-processing system of the ALADIN CHAPEAU model for education
• Jan Barkmeijer: KNMI national poster
• Patrik BenÃ¡Ä ek: BlendVar experiments at CHMI
• Vanja Blazica: Quantification of divergence in a mesoscale model
• Andrey Bogatchev: Status of operational application in Bulgaria
• Cisco de Bruijn, Wim de Rooy : Evaluation of HARMONIE using a Single Column Model in the KNMI Parameterisation Testbed
• Javier Calvo: Two case studies of heavy precipitation and strong winds in a subtropical environment. Validation of the Harmonie model
• Alex Deckmyn: Belgium national poster
• Alex Deckmyn: comparison of IC and LBC schemes
• Maria Diez: Status of surface assimilation in Harmonie
• Karam Essaouini: Morocco National Poster
• Jean-Daniel Gril: Meteo-France national poster
• Martin Gronsleth: Assimilation of radar observations in Harmonie/Norway
• Rafiq Hamdi: Regional climate of summer maximum surface air temperature over Belgium through high-resolution dynamical downscaling
• Marek Jerczynski: Weighted median filters in fields comparison tasks
• Marek Jerczynski: Aladin in Poland – recent operational and reserch activities
• Markku Kangas: On-line boundary layer verification of weather models
• Dijana Klaric and LACE management group : LACE projects : 2008-2010
• Tomislav Kovacic: NWP activities in Croatia
• Ersin Kücükkaraca: Turkish National Poster
• Andres Luhamaa: Estonia national poster
• Maria Monteiro: ALADIN – Portuguese Technical and Scientific Activities
• Mirela Pietrisi : Romanian National poster
• Emiel van der Plas : Influence of domain size and boundaries
  on the HARMONIE precipitation forecast
• Neva Pristov: Operational ALADIN in Slovenia
• Roger Randriamampianina: NWP at the Hungarian Meteorological Service
• Wim de Rooy, Pier Siebesma, Geert Lenderink, Roel Neggers, Cisco de Bruijn, Jan Barkmeijer, Toon Moene, Sander Tijm, Michou Baart de la Faille, Xiaohua Yang1, Ulf Andrae2 : Verification of EDMFm and EDKF in Harmonie
• Siham Sbii : Case study on the impact of 3DVAR assimilation on ALADIN Morocco model
• Maurice Schmeits and Kees Kok : A comparison between raw EPS output, (modi-ed) BMA and extended LR using ECMWF EPS precipitation reforecasts
• Roel Stappers, Jan Barkmeijer : Optimal linearization trajectories for linear models
• Benedik Strajnar: Recent progress of data assimilation in Slovenia
• Alena Trojakova: ALADIN@CHMI- recent evolution of the operational version
• Joris Van den Bergh: Improving the cloud geometry in APLMPHYS
• Jozef Vivoda: ALADIN related activities at SHMI
• Eoin Whelan: Operational NWP in MetEireann
• Ben Wichers Schreur and Sander Tijm: The application of high resolution weather forecasts in climate proofing
• Christoph Wittmann: NWP activities in Austria

A few photos