Annual Seminar 2018

Programme

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