Agenda WGNE 24

24th Meeting of the Working Group on Numerical Experimentation (WGNE-24)

Montreal, Canada, 3-7 November 2008

Monday 3 November 2008

Agenda item	Subject	Speaker
1.1	Opening welcome, local arrangements, agenda etc	Martin Miller and Pierre Gauthier
1.2	Relevant activities under CAS auspices	Michel Béland
1.3	WCRP and the last JSC meeting	Ghassem Asrar
1.4	Outcome of the World Modelling Summit for Climate Prediction	Martin Miller
1.5	Report from the GEWEX Scientific Steering Group and GEWEX Executive Meeting	P. Van Oevelen
1.6	Report on the WCRP observations and assimilation Panel (WOAP)	P. Gauthier
1.7	Data assimilation activity, workshops etc Observing systems and results of OSEs, also CBS work.	P. Gauthier
1.8	Weather and environmental prediction in Canada	P. Pellerin
1.9	Recent developments at operational forecasting centres (not on extended range, see Item 3.8)	Participants M. Charron, M. Miller A. Brown, D. Majewski C. Muroi, NCEP P.Silva Dias, K. Puri F. Rabier, X. Shen M. Tolstykh

Tuesday 4 November 2008

	Morning session
2.1	Plans or results from national climate or global change modelling activities; reports on programmes such as that of the Earth Simulator; progress towards a unified weather prediction and climate modelling framework	C Muroi J Hack ORNL J. Hack CCSM K Puri, A Brown, V Balaji, F Rabier
2.2	Report on the WGCM meeting	C. Jakob
2.3	Tenets and issues in regional climate modelling	R. Laprise
2.4	Activities in regional climate modelling	R. Laprise
2.5	Progress with Stretched-Grid Model Intercomparison Project (SGMIP)	J. Côté
	Afternoon session
2.6	Progress in reanalysis activities at NCEP, GMAO, ECMWF, JMA and CPTEC	M Miller, C Muroi
2.7	AMIP, CMIP and progress with Metrics for climate models (40 mins)	P. Gleckler
2.8	“Transpose” AMIP: status of project	J. Hack
2.9	Report on the APE (Aqua-planet Experiment)	J. Hack
2.10	Cloud verification	K. Williams
2.11	Cloud verification from the JWGV perspective	B. Ebert
2.12	Cloud verification at operational centres	A. Brown, D. Majewski P. Gauthier, F. Rabier

Wednesday 5 November 2008

	Morning session
3.1	General report on WWRP	G. Brunet
3.2	THORPEX including TIGGE, IPY and recent meetings	D. Parsons
3.3	THORPEX Pacific-Asia Regional Campaign	D. Parsons, C. Muroi
3.4	Report from the THORPEX DAOS WG	F. Rabier
3.5	Year of Tropical Convection (YOTC) and progress with the MJO verification activity	M. Miller and C. Jakob
3.6	WGNE and WWRP/THORPEX	C. Jakob and D. Parsons
	Afternoon session
3.7	Towards seamless prediction	G. Brunet
3.8	Recent developments/activities in monthly and seasonal forecasting	Participants G. Brunet, P. Silva Dias M. Miller, C. Muroi A. Brown, F. Rabier K. Puri, M. Tolstykh
3.9	Ensemble forecasting: progress and issues	T. Hamill
3.10	Progress and plans with convection-permitting models in limited-area and global NWP	Participants X Shen, D. Majewski F. Rabier, A.Brown
3.11	New numerical developments and test cases including non-hydrostatic systems, and a report on the NCAR ASP workshop on numerical techniques for global atmospheric models	D Majewski, A.Brown Tolstykh, M. Miller F Rabier

Thursday, 6 November 2008

	Morning session
4.1	Status of the new WGNE parametrization effort and plans for future developments	C. Jakob
4.2	GMPP: Progress and future activities	C. Jakob
4.3	GABLS: progress reports and ideas for a joint case study	G. Svensson
4.4	GCSS: Progress reports including the interaction with CFMIP	P. Siebesma
4.5	Land-surface and the key issues	B. van den Hurk
	Afternoon session
4.6	GLASS : Progress reports	B. van den Hurk
4.7	Progress with SURFA	D. Majewski
4.8	Microphysics presentation	M.K. Yau
4.9	Modelling activities in CEOP	M. Bosilovich
4.10	Microphysics in the WGNE parametrization effort: Where to and how important is it?	C. Jakob
4.11	Possible conference on The Physics of Earth-System Models	C. Jakob
4.12	Discussion on future activities	Lead: C. Jakob

Friday 7 November 2008

	Morning session
5.1	Report on the activities of the Joint Working Group on Forecast Verification Research including new ideas etc	B. Ebert
5.2	Inter-comparison of typhoon track forecasts	C. Muroi
5.3	Trends in performances of the models of the main operational forecasting centres	M. Miller
5.4	Verification and comparison of precipitation forecasts at various centres	D Majewski, F Rabier T. Hamill, K Puri C Muroi, A Brown
5.5	Proposal for joint precipitation intercomparison activities with the International Precipitation Working Group (IPWG)	B. Ebert
5.6	Report from the CBS coordination group on verification	M. Miller
5.7	Outstanding items and actions	M. Miller and C. Jakob
	Arrangements for publication of the 2008 edition of “Research Activities in Atmospheric and Oceanic Modelling”	P. Gauthier
	WGNE’s web page	P. Gauthier
	Venue for WGNE 2009 and close of session 25 th WGNE meeting will be held 2-6 November 2009 in Offenbach, Germany