Oral Programme Topic 6

Topic 6

Mesoscale Modelling, Data Assimilation and Operational Meteorological Forecasting
Conveners: Silvio Davolio , Agusti Jansa , Vassiliki Kotroni 
Oral Programme
 / Fri, 03 Sep, 09:00–13:15  / Room Odysseus
Poster Programme
 / Attendance Fri, 03 Sep, 12:45–13:15  / Poster Area

Friday, 3 September 2010
Room Odysseus
Chairperson: S. Davolio
09:00–09:30
Plinius12-105
High Performance & Grid Computing in Europe (invited)
D. Kranzlmüller
09:30–09:45
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Weather radar and the initialization of mesoscale models of severe weather
G. Austin, L Sutherland-Stacey, and P Shucksmith
09:45–10:00
Plinius12-5
Verification of a high-resolution forecasting system of surface minimum, mean and maximum temperature in Calabria for summer 2008
S. Federico, E. Avolio, F. Fusto, R. Niccoli, and C. Bellecci
10:00–10:15
Plinius12-23
Comparison of three different methods of perturbing the potential vorticity field in mesoscale forecasts of Mediterranean heavy precipitation events: PV-gradient, PV-adjoint and PV-satellite
M. Vich, R. Romero, E. Richard, P. Arbogast, and K. Maynard
10:15–10:30
Plinius12-37
Optimizing next-generation operational observation networks for the short-term forecast of Mediterranean high-impact weather
L. Garcies Artigues and V. Homar Santaner
10:30–10:45
Plinius12-42
The influence of input large scale fields on the ability of a mesoscale model to simulate medicanes: from very high to low resolution
M. Tous, R. Romero, J.A. García-Moya, and C. Ramis
10:45–11:00
Plinius12-56
Study on the impact of SAR Soil Moisture Data on the
G. Panegrossi, R. Ferretti, L. Pulvirenti, N. Pierdicca, and E. Pichelli
11:00–11:15
Plinius12-58
A new approach to sensitive climatology: The DTS-MEDEX-2009 Campaign
A. Jansa, P. Arbogast, A. Doerenbecher, A. Genoves, S. Klink, D. Richardson, and C. Sahin
Coffee Break
11:45–12:00
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Statistical evaluation of a mesoscale data assimilation system over Greece
P. Katsafados, A. Papadopoulos, K. Lagouvardos, V. Kotroni, E. Mavromatidis, and I. Pytharoulis
12:00–12:15
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Sensitivity of WRF precipitation on microphysical and boundary layer parameterizations during extreme events in Eastern Mediterranean
I. PYTHAROULIS, A.F. KARAGIANNIDIS, D. BRIKAS, P. KATSAFADOS, A. PAPADOPOULOS, E. MAVROMATIDIS, S. KOTSOPOULOS, and T.S. KARACOSTAS
12:15–12:30
Plinius12-82
Optimization of the Analogs method in the framework of statistical weather forecasting in the Swiss Alps
P. Horton, M. Jaboyedoff, C. Obled, and R. Metzger
12:45–13:15
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