EGU21-891
https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu21-891
EGU General Assembly 2021
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H2020 SINOPTICA (Satellite-borne and IN-situ Observations to Predict The Initiation of Convection for ATM) project: initial results

Antonio Parodi1, Marco Temme2, Olga Gluchshenko2, Markus Kerschbaum3, Nicola Surian4, Riccardo Biondi4, Eugenio Realini5, Andrea Gatti5, Giulio Tagliaferro5, Maria Carmen Llasat6, Tomeu Rigo6, Laura Esbri6, Massimo Milelli1, Vincenzo Mazzarella1, Martina Lagasio1, and Andrea Parodi1
Antonio Parodi et al.
  • 1CIMA Research Foundation, Savona, Italy (antonio.parodi@cimafoundation.org)
  • 2Institute of Flight Guidance, German Aerospace Center (DLR), Braunschweig, Germany
  • 3Austro Control GmbH, Wien, Austria
  • 4Geosciences Department, University of Padua, Padua, Italy
  • 5GEOMATICS RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT SRL, Como, Italy
  • 6Department of Applied Physics, Universitat de Barcelona, Spain

The H2020 SINOPTICA Project (2020-2022) aims at exploiting the untapped potential of assimilating remote sensing (EO-derived and ground-based radar) as well as GNSS-derived datasets (including radio occultation data) and in-situ weather stations data. Those data will be used for very high-resolution, very short-range numerical weather forecasts to improve the prediction of extreme weather events to the benefit of Air Traffic Management (ATM) operations. This will be done by setting up a continuously updated database of remote sensing-derived, GNSS-derived and in-situ weather stations variables, in combination with an automated assimilation system to feed an NWP model. SINOPTICA weather forecast results will be integrated into ATM decision-support tools, visualizing weather information on the controller's display, and generating new 4D trajectories to avoid severe weather areas. This contribution presents the initial results of the assimilation of aforementioned observations into the WRF model, operated at cloud-resolving grid spacing, for two case studies: a hailstorm event occured on 11 May 2019 nearby Malpensa airport and a severe convection episode occurred near Punta Raisi airport (Palermo) on 15 July 2020.

How to cite: Parodi, A., Temme, M., Gluchshenko, O., Kerschbaum, M., Surian, N., Biondi, R., Realini, E., Gatti, A., Tagliaferro, G., Llasat, M. C., Rigo, T., Esbri, L., Milelli, M., Mazzarella, V., Lagasio, M., and Parodi, A.: H2020 SINOPTICA (Satellite-borne and IN-situ Observations to Predict The Initiation of Convection for ATM) project: initial results, EGU General Assembly 2021, online, 19–30 Apr 2021, EGU21-891, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu21-891, 2021.

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