Annual Seminar: Diagnosis of forecasting and data assimilation systems

The annual seminar took place from 7 to 10 September 2009.

Description

Every year ECMWF organizes a seminar with a pedagogical objective, whereby a selected topic related to numerical weather prediction is highlighted. The subject of the seminar this year is 'Seminar on Diagnosis of Forecasting and Data Assimilation Systems'.

Programme

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PDF iconAnnex II: Programme

Presentations

Monday 7 September  

Welcome

Erland Källén (ECMWF)

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Introduction to diagnostics

Tim Palmer (ECMWF)

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Diagnostics of the global climate system

Prashant Sardeshmukh (CDC NOAA)

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Diagnostics of the extratropics

John Methven (University of Reading)

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Diagnostics of the tropics

Duane Waliser (JPL)

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Diagnostics at ECMWF

Mark Rodwell (ECMWF)

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Tuesday 8 September  

Forward modelling with application to A-train observations

Alejandro Bodas-Salcedo (Met Office)

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ECMWF reanalyses: Diagnosis and application

Dick Dee (ECMWF)

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Adjoint diagnostics of data assimilation systems

Carla Cardinali (ECMWF)

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Diagnosing the influence of satellite observations within data assimilation

Peter Bauer (ECMWF)

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Diagnosing the optimality of data assimilation systems

Gérald Desroziers (Météo-France)

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Wednesday 9 September  

Diagnosing Model Systematic Error for Clouds and Precipitation

Richard Forbes (ECMWF)

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Diagnosing Remote Origins of Forecast Error Using Relaxation Experiments

Thomas Jung (ECMWF)

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Diagnostics of model numerical cores

Nils Wedi (ECMWF)

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Tracer diagnostics

David Rind (NASA GISS)

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Synoptic systems: Flow-dependent and ensemble predictability

Federico Grazzini (ARPA-SIMC, Bologna)

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Thursday 10 September  

Diagnosis of ensemble forecasting systems

Martin Leutbecher (ECMWF)

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Ocean model diagnostics

Robert Marsh (NOC, Southampton)

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Adjoint diagnostics for the atmosphere and ocean

Jan Barkmeijer (KNMI)

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Radio occultation data: Its utility in NWP and climate fingerprinting

Stephen Leroy (Harvard University)

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Proceedings

Adjoint diagnostics for the atmosphere and ocean

J Barkmeijer

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Diagnosing the impact of satellite observations in data assimilation

P Bauer

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Forward modelling with application to A-train observations

A Bodas-Salcedo

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Adjoint diagnostics of data assimilation systems

C Cardinali

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ECMWF reanalyses: Diagnosis and application

D Dee

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Objective validation of data assimilation systems: diagnosing sub-optimality

G Desroziers

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Diagnosing model systematic error for clouds and precipitation

R Forbes

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Synoptic systems: Flow-dependent and ensemble predictability

F Grazzini

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Diagnosing remote origins of forecast error and circulation anomalies using relaxation experiments

T Jung

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Radio occultation data: its utility in NWP and climate fingerprinting

S S Leroy

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Diagnosis of ensemble forecasting systems

M Leutbecher

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Ocean model diagnostics

R Marsh

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Diagnostics of the extratropics

J Methven

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Diagnosing the causes of bias in climate models: why is it so hard?

T Palmer

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The use of tracers as diagnostics for model development

D Rind

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Diagnostics at ECMWF

M Rodwell

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Global climate diagnosis in a linear stochastically forced framework

P D Sardeshmukh

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Diagnostics for the tropics: some (cautious) uses of satellite data

D Waliser

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Diagnostics of model numerical cores: a model hierarchy

N Wedi

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