Joint ECMWF/OceanPredict workshop on Advances in Ocean Data Assimilation

Monday, 17 May
9:00 AM 9:20 AM
Introduction and welcome
Speakers: Andy Brown (ECMWF), Matthew Martin (Met Office)
20m
Theme 1: Ocean and coupled reanalysis
Chair: Andrea Storto (CMRE; CNR-ISMAR), Magdalena Alonso Balmaseda (ECMWF)
9:20 AM 9:50 AM
Invited talk: Evaluation of the coupled atmosphere-ocean reanalysis and future development of the coupled data assimilation system in Japan Meteorological Agency
Speaker: Fujii Yosuke (JMA/MRI)
30m
9:50 AM 10:10 AM
NOAA-NCEP Next Generation Global Ocean Data Assimilation System (NG-GODAS): Evaluation of 40-year Reanalysis
Speaker: Jong Kim (IMGS@NOAA/NWS/NCEP/EMC)
20m
10:10 AM 10:30 AM
Uncertainties in reconstruction of the past ocean climate with ocean reanalyses
Speaker: Hao Zuo (ECMWF)
20m
10:30 AM 10:40 AM
Discussion
10m
10:40 AM 11:00 AM
Coffee break
20m
11:00 AM 11:20 AM
The Estimating the Circulation and Climate of the Ocean (ECCO) “Central Estimate”: a Multi-decadal, Coupled Ocean Reanalysis
Speaker: Ian Fenty (NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory)
20m
Theme 2: Coupled data assimilation
Chair: Matthew Martin (Met Office), Philip Browne (ECMWF)
11:20 AM 11:40 AM
Implementation and Evaluation of a High-Efficiency Coupled Data Assimilation System Using Multi-Timescale EnOI-Like Filtering with a Coupled General Circulation Model
Speaker: Lv Lu (Ocean University of China)
20m
11:40 AM 12:00 PM
Biogeochemical, ocean, and sea-ice data assimilation in the Southern Ocean
Speaker: Matthew Mazloff (SIO-UCSD)
20m
12:00 PM 12:20 PM
The role of flow-dependent oceanic background-error covariance information in air-sea coupled data assimilation during tropical cyclones: a case study
Speaker: Tsz Yan Leung (University of Reading)
20m
12:30 PM 1:30 PM
Lunch break
1h
1:30 PM 1:50 PM
Can data assimilation of physical and biological satellite observations inform subsurface distributions in the Gulf of Mexico?
Speaker: Bin Wang (Dalhousie University)
20m
Theme 3: Data assimilation methods
Chair: Andrew Moore (University of California Santa Cruz), Massimo Bonavita (ECMWF)
1:50 PM 2:20 PM
Invited talk: Gaussian approximations in filters and smoothers for data assimilation
Speaker: Matthias Morzfeld (Scripps Institution of Oceanography)
30m
2:20 PM 2:35 PM
C3S Seasonal Initialization and Global Reanalysis: Enabling an Ensemble of Data Assimilation for the Ocean
Speaker: Arthur Vidard (Inria)
15m
2:35 PM 2:50 PM
An overview of ensemble covariance developments in NEMOVAR
Speaker: Anthony Weaver (CERFACS)
15m
2:50 PM 3:00 PM
Discussion
10m
3:00 PM 3:30 PM
Coffee break
30m
3:30 PM 3:45 PM
Ensemble-variational assimilation with NEMOVAR at ECMWF
Speaker: Marcin Chrust (ECMWF)
15m
3:45 PM 4:00 PM
Assessing the impact of Hybrid DA and inflation settings in a global ocean ensemble system at the Met Office
Speaker: Daniel Lea (Met Office)
15m
Theme 4: Machine learning in data assimilation
Chair: Arthur Vidard (Inria), Marcin Chrust (ECMWF)
4:00 PM 4:30 PM
Invited talk: Learning from earth system observations: machine learning or data assimilation?
Speaker: Alan Geer (ECMWF)
30m
4:30 PM 5:00 PM
Invited talk: Data Learning: Integrating Data Assimilation and Machine Learning
Speaker: Rossella Arcucci (Imperial College London)
30m
5:00 PM 5:10 PM
Discussion
10m
5:10 PM 5:45 PM
Ice breaker and catch-up with the speakers
35m
Tuesday, 18 May
Theme 4 (cont.): Machine learning in data assimilation
Chair: Arthur Vidard (Inria), Marcin Chrust (ECMWF)
9:00 AM 9:20 AM
A Simplified Smoother applied to the FOAM/Glosea Ocean Reanalysis
Speaker: Keith Haines (University of Reading)
20m
9:20 AM 9:40 AM
High-resolution Ensemble Kalman Filter with a low-resolution model using a machine learning super-resolution approach
Speaker: Sébastien Barthélémy (University of Bergen)
20m
Theme 5: Model error
Chair: Hao Zuo (ECMWF), Jennifer Waters (Met Office)
9:40 AM 10:10 AM
Invited talk: Machine Learning for Earth System Assimilation and Prediction
Speaker: Massimo Bonavita (ECMWF)
30m
10:10 AM 10:30 AM
Relating model bias and prediction skill in the equatorial Atlantic
Speaker: François Counillon (NERSC/UoB)
20m
10:30 AM 10:40 AM
Discussion
10m
10:40 AM 11:00 AM
Coffee break
20m
11:00 AM 11:20 AM
A New Stochastic Ocean Physics Package and its Application To Hybrid-Covariance Data Assimilation
Speaker: Andrea Storto (CMRE; CNR-ISMAR)
20m
11:20 AM 11:40 AM
Recent development of a supermodel - an interactive multi-model ensemble
Speaker: Shuo Wang (Geophysical Institute, University of Bergen)
20m
11:40 AM 12:00 PM
Modeling near-surface SST and SSS variability: modeling and observations
Speaker: Santha Akella (NASA)
20m
12:00 PM 12:20 PM
Accurate parameter estimation for a Global Tide and Surge Model with Model Order Reduction
Speaker: Xiaohui Wang (Delft University of Technology)
20m
12:20 PM 12:30 PM
Discussion
10m
12:30 PM 1:30 PM
Lunch break
1h
Theme 6: Assimilation of novel observations
Chair: Daniel Lea (Met Office), Patricia de Rosnay (ECMWF)
1:30 PM 2:00 PM
Invited talk: Impact assessment of satellite observation in the Mercator Ocean global 1/12° system
Speaker: Elisabeth Remy (Mercator Ocean)
30m
2:00 PM 2:20 PM
Assimilating wide-swath altimeter observations in a high-resolution shelf-seas analysis and forecasting system
Speaker: Robert King (UK Met Office)
20m
2:20 PM 2:40 PM
The impact of assimilating novel observations on prediction of transport and eddies in Australia’s Western Boundary Current System
Speaker: Colette Kerry (University of New South Wales)
20m
2:40 PM 3:00 PM
Investigating the impact of satellite total surface current velocities assimilation in global ocean forecasting systems
Speaker: Jennifer Waters (Met Office)
20m
3:00 PM 3:10 PM
Discussion
10m
3:10 PM 3:30 PM
Coffee break
20m
Theme 7: Recent assimilation infrastructure developments
Chair: Anthony Weaver (CERFACS), Marcin Chrust (ECMWF)
3:30 PM 4:00 PM
Invited talk: The Joint Effort for Data assimilation Integration
Speaker: Yannick Tremolet (JCSDA)
30m
4:00 PM 4:20 PM
Integration of Ocean Data Assimilation System in the NOAA-UFS R2O Project
Speaker: Rahul Mahajan (NOAA/NWS/NCEP/EMC)
20m
4:20 PM 4:40 PM
Application of the BUMP library in the SOCA system
Speaker: Benjamin Ménétrier (IRIT - JCSDA)
20m
Poster session 1
4:40 PM 5:00 PM
Short poster pre-recorded introduction
Speaker: Andrea Storto (CMRE; CNR-ISMAR)
20m
5:00 PM 6:00 PM
Posters
1h
Wednesday, 19 May
Poster session 2
8:10 AM 8:30 AM
Short poster pre-recorded introduction
Speaker: Arthur Vidard (Inria)
20m
8:30 AM 9:40 AM
Posters
1h 10m
Theme 7 (cont.): Recent assimilation infrastructure developments
Chair: Anthony Weaver (CERFACS), Marcin Chrust (ECMWF)
9:40 AM 9:55 AM
PDAF - features and recent developments
Speaker: Lars Nerger (Alfred Wegener Institute)
15m
9:55 AM 10:00 AM
Discussion
5m
Theme 8: Development and assessment of data assimilation in forecasting applications
Chair: Eric de Boisseson (ECMWF), Matthew Martin (Met Office)
10:00 AM 10:30 AM
Invited talk: Ensemble forecasting greatly expands the prediction horizon for internal “weather” of the ocean
Speaker: Sergey Frolov (NOAA)
30m
10:30 AM 10:40 AM
Discussion
10m
10:40 AM 11:00 AM
Coffee break
20m
11:00 AM 11:30 AM
Invited talk: Requirements on Ocean Data Assimilation Methods to meet Seamless Predictions needs
Speaker: Magdalena Balmaseda (ECMWF)
30m
11:30 AM 11:50 AM
Evaluation of eddy-properties in operational oceanographic analysis systems
Speaker: Gregory Smith (ECCC)
20m
11:50 AM 12:10 PM
Regional Analysis of Indian OceaN (RAIN)
Speaker: Balaji Baduru (Indian National Centre for Ocean Information Services)
20m
12:10 PM 12:30 PM
Forecast Sensitivity to Observations and the U.S. Integrated Ocean Observing System
Speaker: Andrew Moore (University of California Santa Cruz)
20m
12:30 PM 1:30 PM
Lunch break
1h
Working Group session 1
1:30 PM 1:45 PM
Introduction to the Working Groups
Speakers: Andrew Moore (University of California Santa Cruz), Matthew Martin (Met Office), Magdalena Alonso Balmaseda (ECMWF)
15m
1:45 PM 2:45 PM
Working Group 1 - Chairs: Andrea Storto, Ann Kristin Sperrevik - Rapporteur: Phil Browne
1h
1:45 PM 2:45 PM
Working Group 2 - Chairs: Mike Bell, Elisabeth Remy - Rapporteur: Matt Martin
1h
2:45 PM 3:15 PM
Coffee break
30m
Working Group session 2
3:15 PM 5:30 PM
Working Group 1 - Chairs: Andrea Storto, Ann Kristin Sperrevik - Rapporteur: Phil Browne
2h 15m
3:15 PM 5:30 PM
Working Group 2 - Chairs: Mike Bell, Elisabeth Remy - Rapporteur: Matt Martin
2h 15m
4:30 PM 7:30 PM
Working Group 3 - Chair: Patrick Heimbach, Emily Smith - Rapporteur: Marcin Chrust
3h
Thursday, 20 May
Working Group session 3
8:00 AM 10:00 AM
Working Group 4 - Chairs: Peter Oke, Colette Kerry - Rapporteur: Hao Zuo
2h
9:00 AM 12:00 PM
Working Group 1 - Chairs: Andrea Storto, Ann Kristin Sperrevik - Rapporteur: Phil Browne
3h
9:00 AM 12:00 PM
Working Group 2 - Chairs: Mike Bell, Elisabeth Remy - Rapporteur: Matt Martin
3h
12:00 PM 1:00 PM
Working Group chairs prepare reports
1h
1:00 PM 2:00 PM
Lunch break
1h
2:00 PM 3:30 PM
Plenary: reports from the Working Groups, final discussion & close
Speakers: Magdalena Alonso Balmaseda (ECMWF), Andrew Moore (University of California Santa Cruz)
1h 30m

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