Annual Seminar 2021

Monday, 13 September
Opening
10:00 10:50
Joint welcome address to Annual Seminar and WCRP-WWRP Symposium (the welcome addresses are not livestreamed)
Speakers: Gerhard Adrian (WMO), Florence Rabier (ECMWF ), Sarah Jones (Deutscher Wetterdienst), Tobias Fuchs (Deutscher Wetterdienst), Detlef Stammer (WCRP), Jan Keller (TIRA), Estelle de Coning (WWRP), Ullrich Löhnert (DAOS)
50m
11:00 12:00
Ice breaker
1h
Session 1: Which observations are used and do they meet the requirement?
Chair: Kirsti Salonen (ECMWF), Viju John (EUMETSAT)
12:00 12:25
An Earth System view of observation
Speaker: Stephen English (ECMWF)
25m
12:25 12:50
Atmospheric observations - satellite: overview, recent developments and gap analysis
Speaker: Christina Köpken-Watts (DWD)
25m
12:50 13:00
Break (joint with WMO Symposium)
10m
13:00 13:25
In situ atmospheric observations: status, developments, gap analysis
Speaker: Bruce Ingleby (ECMWF)
25m
13:25 13:50
Ocean and wave observations: overview, recent developments and gaps
Speaker: John Siddorn (NOC)
25m
13:50 14:15
Sea ice observations: overview, recent developments and gap analysis
Speaker: Gunnar Spreen (University of Bremen)
25m
14:15 15:00
Poster session 1 (joint with WMO Symposium P1)
45m
Session 1 cont.: Which observations are used and do they meet the requirement?
Chair: David Lavers (ECMWF), Ariane Frassoni (National Institute for Space Research)
15:00 15:25
Atmospheric composition observations: overview, recent developments and gap analysis in the context of environment prediction
Speaker: Antje Inness (ECMWF)
25m
15:25 15:50
Atmospheric composition observations: overview, recent developments and gap analysis in the context of weather prediction
Speaker: Angela Benedetti (ECMWF)
25m
15:50 16:00
Break (joint with WMO Symposium)
10m
16:00 16:25
Snow-free land observations
Speaker: Cristina Charlton-Perez (Met Office)
25m
16:25 16:50
Snow land observations: overview, recent developments
Speaker: Melody Sandells (Northumbria University)
25m
16:50 17:00
Break
10m
17:00 18:00
Poster session 2 (joint with Symposium P1)
1h
18:00 19:00
Poster session 3 (joint with Symposium P1)
1h
Tuesday, 14 September
Session 2: How are observations processed and assimilated?
Chair: Cristiano Zanna (ECMWF), Sihye Lee (KIAPS)
10:15 11:00
Radiometric Calibration and Recalibration: Theory, Practice and Future Perspective
Speaker: Peng Zhang (CMA)
45m
11:00 12:00
Poster session 4 (joint with WMO Symposium P2)
1h
12:00 12:45
Observation processing and calibration: how to assess errors in level 1 radiances; the role of NWP in cal/val
Speaker: Nigel Atkinson (Met Office)
45m
12:45 13:00
Break (joint with WMO Symposium)
15m
13:00 13:45
Practical challenges using observations in operational numerical weather prediction systems
Speaker: Peter Lean (ECMWF)
45m
13:45 14:00
Break (joint with WMO Symposium)
15m
14:00 15:00
Poster session 5 (joint with WMO Symposium P2)
1h
Session 2 cont.: How are observations processed and assimilated?
Chair: Richard Engelen (ECMWF), Pauline Martinet (Météo-France)
15:00 15:45
Considerations for radiative transfer observation operators in Data Assimilation
Speaker: Patrick Eriksson (Chalmers & ECMWF Fellow)
45m
15:45 16:00
Break
15m
16:00 16:45
Overview of observational aspects of data assimilation
Speaker: Mark Buehner (Environment and Climate Change Canada)
45m
16:45 17:00
Break (joint with WMO Symposium)
15m
17:00 18:00
Poster session 6 (joint with WMO Symposium P2)
1h
Wednesday, 15 September
Session 3: Current challenges
Chair: Cristina Lupu (ECMWF), Fabien Carminati (Met Office)
10:15 11:00
Observation error covariances, can we handle spatial obs error correlations
Speaker: Joanne Waller (Met Office)
45m
11:00 12:00
Poster session 7 (joint with WMO Symposium P3)
1h
12:00 12:45
Bias aware data assimilation
Speaker: Patrick Laloyaux (ECMWF)
45m
12:45 13:00
Break (joint with WMO Symposium)
15m
13:00 13:45
Challenges in microwave radiative transfer parameterization of the Earth surface, passive and active, from low to high frequencies, for both atmosphere and surface characterizations
Speaker: Catherine Prigent (Observatoire de Paris / Estellus)
45m
13:45 14:00
Break
15m
14:00 15:00
Poster session 8 (joint with WMO Symposium P3)
1h
Session 3 cont.: Current challenges
Chair: Katie Lean (ECMWF), Harald Schyberg (Norwegian Meteorological Institute)
15:00 15:45
Towards consistent exploitation of Earth system observations in coupled assimilation systems
Speaker: Patricia de Rosnay (ECMWF)
45m
15:45 16:00
Break (joint with WMO Symposium)
15m
16:00 16:45
Challenges in Quality Control
Speaker: Kristen Bathmann (IMSG at NOAA/NCEP/EMC)
45m
16:45 17:00
Break
15m
17:00 18:00
Poster session 9 (joint with WMO Symposium P3)
1h
Thursday, 16 September
Session 4: Assessing the impact of observations
Chair: Hao Zuo (ECMWF), Chiara Piccolo (Met Office)
10:15 11:00
Observations monitoring and related diagnostics
Speaker: Mohamed Dahoui (ECMWF)
45m
11:00 12:00
Poster session 10 (joint with WMO Symposium P4)
1h
12:00 12:45
Passive and active observations of clouds and precipitation for model validation and data assimilation
Speaker: Philippe Chambon (Météo-France)
45m
12:45 13:00
Break
15m
Joint global reanalysis session J4-2 with WMO Symposium
Chair: J. Keller, M. Fujiwara
13:00 13:30
JRA-3Q: Japanese reanalysis for three quarters of a century
Speaker: Shinya Kobayashi (JMA)
30m
13:30 13:45
The ERA reanalysis: a detailed record of the climate and weather for the past 70 years
Speaker: Hans Hersbach (ECMWF)
15m
13:45 14:00
A synoptic to decadal evaluation of the 20th century reanalysis version 3
Speaker: Laura Slivinski (CIRES/NOAA)
15m
Session 4 cont.: Assessing the impact of observations
Chair: Hao Zuo (ECMWF), Chiara Piccolo (Met Office)
14:00 14:45
Evaluating forecast impact of current and future observations
Speaker: Niels Bormann (ECMWF)
45m
14:45 15:00
Break
15m
Session 4 cont.: Assessing the impact of observations
Chair: Katrin Lonitz (ECMWF), Anthony Weaver (CERFACS)
15:00 15:45
Ocean Observing System Experiments (OSEs)
Speaker: Elisabeth Remy (Mercator Ocean)
45m
15:45 16:00
Break (joint with WMO Symposium)
15m
Joint global reanalysis session J4-4C with WMO Symposium
Chair: A. Valmassoi, B. Ahrens
16:00 16:15
The ERA5-Land Global land surface reanalysis
Speaker: Joaquin Munoz-Sabater (ECMWF)
15m
16:15 16:30
Preparations for assimilating rescued and reprocessed satellite sounding observatins in the next generation global atmospheric reanalysis at ECMWF - ERA6
Speaker: William Bell (ECMWF)
15m
16:30 16:45
The NASA GMAO retrospective analysis for the 21st century GEOS-R21 C
Speaker: Amal El Akkraoui (NASA-SSAI)
15m
16:45 17:00
The CMCC Global Ocean Reanalysis System (C-GLORS): a series of consolidated eddy-permitting ocean reanalyses
Speaker: Deep Sankar Banerjee (CMCC)
15m
17:00 17:15
Break
15m
Session 4 cont.: Assessing the impact of observations
Chair: Katrin Lonitz (ECMWF), Anthony Weaver (CERFACS)
17:15 18:00
Land observations for model calibration and data assimilation
Speaker: Jana Kolassa (GMAO)
45m
Friday, 17 September
Session 5: New science and future directions
Chair: Elias Holm (ECMWF), Indira Rani (NCMRWF)
10:15 11:00
Future atmospheric observations: What might be important in the future, techniques to assess
Speaker: Dorothee Coppens (EUMETSAT)
45m
11:00 12:00
Poster session 13 (joint with WMO Symposium P5)
1h
12:00 12:45
Observing the Earth from Space
Speaker: Craig Donlon (ESA)
45m
12:45 13:00
Break (joint with WMO Symposium)
15m
13:00 13:45
Future earth system observations: What might be important in the future, techniques to assess
Speaker: Natalia Donoho (NOAA)
45m
13:45 14:00
Break
15m
Session 5 cont.: New science and future directions
Chair: Chris Burrows (ECMWF), Enza Di Tomaso (BSC)
14:00 14:45
A holistic perspective of observation value in Earth System NWP and digital twins
Speaker: Tony McNally (ECMWF)
45m
14:45 15:00
Break
15m
15:00 15:45
The role of non-operational observations today and in the future
Speaker: Roger Randriamampianina (Norwegian Meteorological Institute)
45m
15:45 16:00
Break (joint with WMO Symposium)
15m
16:00 16:45
All-surface assimilation: improving the use of satellite data over land, snow and sea-ice surfaces
Speaker: Alan Geer (ECMWF)
45m
16:45 16:55
Closing remarks
Speaker: Andy Brown (ECMWF)
10m
17:00 18:00
Poster session 15 (joint with WMO Symposium P5)
1h
18:00 18:05
Close of Annual Seminar
5m

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