Annual Seminar 2018 - Programme

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Monday, 10 September

13:00 Registration in the Weather Room

13:30 Welcome by Andy Brown, Director of Research at ECMWF

Introduction to earth system data assimilation - Chair: Massimo Bonavita, ECMWF

13.45-14:00	Introduction Stephen English, ECMWF
14:00-14:45	Motivation and methods in earth system data assimilation Mark Buehner, Environment and Climate Change Canada
15:00-15:30	Coffee break
15:30-16:15	Evolution of global observing systems John Eyre, Met Office
16:30-17:15	Towards coupled assimilation in operational systems Patricia de Rosnay, ECMWF
17:30	Drinks reception

Tuesday, 11 September

Challenges in data assimilation - Chair: John Eyre, Met Office

09:30-10:15	Non-linearity and non-gaussianity in variational data assimilation Massimo Bonavita, ECMWF
10:30-11:00	Coffee break
11:00-11:45	Ensemble data assimilation and particle filters for NWP Roland Potthast, Deutscher Wetterdienst
12:00-12:45	Characterizing and modelling background error Anthony Weaver, CERFACS
13:00-14:00	Lunch break
14:00-14:45	Model error and parameter estimation Chiara Piccolo, Met Office
15:00-15:30	Coffee break
15:30-16:15	Issues specific to data sparse systems Marc Bocquet, Ecole des Ponts Paris Tech
16:30-17:15	Characterising and modelling observation errors Sarah Dance, University of Reading

Wednesday, 12 September

Coupling methods in numerical weather prediction - Chair: Anthony Weaver, CERFACS

9:30-10:15	Land, ocean, sea ice, wave coupled model developments Nils Wedi, ECMWF
10:30-11:00	Coffee break
11:00-11:45	Atmospheric composition coupled model developments and surface flux estimation Saroja Polovarapu, Environment and Climate Change Canada
12:00-12:45	Linear model and adjoint coupling Marta Janiskova, ECMWF
13:00-14:00	Lunch break
14:00-14:45	Comparison of data assimilation coupling strategies for Earth system models Sergey Frolov, U.S. Naval Research Laboratory
15:00-15:30	Coffee break
15:30-16.15	Coupling through the observation operator Alan Geer, ECMWF
16:30-17:15	Coupled re-analysis at ECMWF Dinand Schepers, ECMWF
18:30	Pre-dinner drinks
19:00	Seminar dinner

Thursday, 13 September

Status of and outlook for operational earth system assimilation - Chair: Patricia de Rosnay, ECMWF

09:30-10:15	Assimilation of atmospheric composition Antje Inness, ECMWF
10:15-11:00	Ocean Data Assimilation for Numerical Weather Prediction Phil Browne, ECMWF
11:00-11:30	Coffee break
11:30-12:15	Coupled land/atmosphere data assimilation Clara Draper, NOAA
12:15-13:00	Towards operational earth system assimilation: challenges and priorities Jean-François Mahfouf (Méteo-France)
13:00-13:15	Closure Andy Brown, ECMWF
13:15-14:00	Lunch break