Virtual Event: ECMWF/EUMETSAT NWP SAF Workshop on the treatment of random and systematic errors in satellite data assimilation for NWP

Monday, 2 November
Session 1: Welcome and scene-setting talks
Chair: Patrick Laloyaux (ECMWF)
11:00 AM 11:10 AM
Welcome
Speaker: Andy Brown (ECMWF)

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10m
11:10 AM 11:15 AM
Workshop logistics
Speaker: Patrick Laloyaux (ECMWF)

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5m
11:15 AM 11:55 AM
A review of the evolution of setting observation errors in satellite DA
Speaker: Niels Bormann (ECMWF)

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40m
12:00 PM 1:00 PM
Lunch break

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1h
1:00 PM 1:40 PM
Disentangling biases in observations and models over the years
Speaker: Dick Dee (JCSDA)

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40m
Session 2: Estimating uncertainty
Chair: Bill Bell (ECMWF)
1:45 PM 2:10 PM
Metrology-inspired approaches to characterisation of uncertainty in Earth observations
Speaker: Chris Merchant (University of Reading)

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25m
2:15 PM 2:40 PM
Feedback between GSICS and the NWP Community on Radiometric and Spectral Biases
Speaker: Tim Hewison (EUMETSAT)

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25m
2:45 PM 3:15 PM
Coffee break

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30m
3:15 PM 3:40 PM
Characterization of Cross-track Infrared Sounder calibration uncertainties and Noise behavior
Speaker: David Tobin (SSEC)

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25m
3:45 PM 4:10 PM
Use of uncertainty information from reference observations in model and satellite cal/val
Speaker: Stuart Newman (Met Office)

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25m
4:15 PM 5:15 PM
Poster session
1h
5:15 PM 5:45 PM
Catch up with Monday's speakers: Chris Merchant, David Tobin, Stuart Newman, Dick Dee, Tim Hewison, Niels Bormann
30m
Tuesday, 3 November
Session 2 continued: Estimating uncertainty
Chair: Niels Bormann (ECMWF)
9:00 AM 9:25 AM
Error modelling and bias estimation for Aeolus
Speaker: Michael Rennie (ECMWF)

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25m
9:30 AM 9:55 AM
The role of representation error in IR and 183 Ghz measurements
Speaker: Xavier Calbet (AEMET)

ECMWF

Virtual
25m
10:00 AM 10:30 AM
Coffee break

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30m
10:30 AM 10:55 AM
Modelling observation errors for historical datasets
Speaker: Paul Poli (EUMETSAT)

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25m
Session 3: Correction of model and observational biases
Chair: Alan Geer (ECMWF)
11:00 AM 11:25 AM
Estimation of model biases and the importance of scale separation
Speaker: Patrick Laloyaux (ECMWF)

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25m
11:30 AM 11:55 AM
Exploring Model Error with Machine Learning
Speaker: Massimo Bonavita (ECMWF)

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Virtual
25m
12:00 PM 1:00 PM
Lunch break

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Virtual
1h
1:00 PM 1:25 PM
The role of GNSS radio occultation measurements constraining biases in NWP and reanalyses
Speaker: Sean Healy (ECMWF)

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25m
Session 3 continued: Correction of model and observation biases
Chair: David Duncan (ECMWF)
1:30 PM 1:55 PM
Bias correction of observations based on an analysis that uses only anchor observations
Speaker: Mark Buehner (Environment and Climate Change Canada)

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Virtual
25m
2:00 PM 2:25 PM
The treatment of biases in the ERA5 global reanalysis
Speaker: Bill Bell (ECMWF)

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Virtual
25m
2:30 PM 3:00 PM
Coffee break

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30m
3:00 PM 3:25 PM
Understanding the role of analysis error in convergence of reanalysis production streams in MERRA-2
Speaker: Amal Elakkraoui (NASA)

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Virtual
25m
3:30 PM 3:55 PM
Constrained variational bias correction
Speaker: Wei Han (JCSDA)

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25m
4:00 PM 4:15 PM
Break

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15m
4:15 PM 5:15 PM
Panel discussion on treating biases in satellite DA (Moderator: Bill Bell) (Panellists: Hans Hersbach, Robin Faulwetter, Sergey Frolov, Tony McNally)

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1h
5:15 PM 5:45 PM
Catch up with Tuesday's speakers: Bill Bell, Amal Elakkraoui, Paul Poli, Patrick Laloyaux, Massimo Bonavita, Sean Healy, Mark Buehner, Wei Han, Michael Rennie, Xavier Calbet
30m
Wednesday, 4 November
Session 4: Observation errors
Chair: Massimo Bonavita (ECMWF)
9:00 AM 9:25 AM
Error correlations and hyperspectral sounders
Speaker: Fiona Smith (Bureau of Meteorology - BoM)

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Virtual
25m
9:30 AM 9:55 AM
Including the horizontal observation error correlation in the assimilation of AMSU-A data
Speaker: Koji Terasaki (RIKEN)

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Virtual
25m
10:00 AM 10:25 AM
Estimating observation errors: diagnostics, possibilities, and pitfalls
Speaker: Sarah Dance (University of Reading)

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Virtual
25m
10:30 AM 11:00 AM
Coffee break

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30m
Session 4 continued: Observation errors
Chair: Kirsti Salonen (ECMWF)
11:00 AM 11:25 AM
Treating uncertainties in the assimilation of AMVs
Speaker: James Cotton (Met Office)

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Virtual
25m
11:30 AM 11:55 AM
Situation-dependent inter-channel error correlations for all-sky data assimilation
Speaker: Alan Geer (ECMWF)

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Virtual
25m
12:00 PM 1:00 PM
Lunch break

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Virtual
1h
1:00 PM 1:25 PM
Pragmatic approaches for treating spatial error correlations: thinning, inflation, gradient observations
Speaker: Joël Bédard (Environment and Climate Change Canada)

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Virtual
25m
1:30 PM 1:55 PM
A method for representing spatially correlated observation errors for wind data
Speaker: Oliver Guillet (Météo-France)

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25m
2:00 PM 2:30 PM
Coffee break

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30m
2:30 PM 3:30 PM
Panel discussion on observation errors (Moderator: Niels Bormann) (Panellists: Jo Waller, Olaf Stiller, Peter Weston, Pierre Gauthier, Yann Michel)

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Virtual
1h
3:30 PM 3:45 PM
Introduction to Working Groups
Speaker: Bormann Niels (ECMWF)

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Virtual
15m
3:45 PM 4:45 PM
Catch up with Wednesday's speakers: Sarah Dance, Mary Forsythe, Joël Bédard, Oliver Guillet
1h
Thursday, 5 November
9:00 AM 10:00 AM
Poster session and catch up with speakers (Koji Terasaki, Fiona Smith)
1h
Working groups
10:00 AM 3:00 PM
WG1: Treatment of biases I - chaired by Paul Poli (EUMETSAT) and Patrick Laloyaux (ECMWF)

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5h
10:00 AM 3:00 PM
WG2: Treatment of biases II - chaired by Stuart Newman (Met Office) and Sean Healy (ECMWF)

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Virtual
5h
10:00 AM 3:00 PM
WG3: Treatment of observation errors I - chaired by Nancy Nichols (University of Reading) and Peter Weston (ECMWF)

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Virtual
5h
10:00 AM 3:00 PM
WG4: Treatment of observation errors II - chaired by Jo Waller (Met Office) and Stephen English (ECMWF)

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5h
3:00 PM 3:30 PM
WG chairs finalise reports

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Virtual
30m
3:30 PM 4:30 PM
Plenary and close
Speaker: Niels Bormann (ECMWF)

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Virtual
1h

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