Agenda Item

AGENDA ITEMS

Subject

Doc No.

Submitted by

Expected/Received

1

ORGANIZATION OF THE MEETING

1.2.1

Provisional Agenda

1.2(1)

Secretariat

21.12.2010

1.2.2

Explanatory Memorandum related to the Provisional Agenda

1.2(2)

Secretariat

21.12.2010

Provisional List of Participants

INF. 2

Secretariat

20.01.2011

Template for the cover page of Working Documents

12.01.2011

Final report of the CBS Coordination Group on Forecast Verificaton (CG-FV), ECMWF, Reading, UK, 24 - 26 November 2009

2

REVIEW THE TERMS OF REFERENCE OF THE COORDINATION GROUP ON FORECAST VERIFICATION (CG-FV)

2

Terms of Reference of the CG-FV

2

Secretariat

12.01.2011

3

REPORT ON THE OUTCOMES OF CBS-Ext.(2010) RELATED AND/OR RELAVANT TO THE CG-FV

                3

Outcomes of CBS-Ext.(2010) related and/or relevant to the CG-FV

3

Secretariat

12.01.2011

4

CBS STANDARD PROCEDURES FOR VERIFICATION OF UPPER AIR FIELDS

                4

Updated standard verification system

4(1)

Secretariat

12.01.2011

                4

Report by the Lead Centre for Determinist NWP verification (LC-DNP)

4(2)

ECMWF (D. Richardson)

14.01.2011

                4

Reports on use and presentation of CBS scores

ECMWF

CMC

JMA

Met Office UK (Annex)

Intercomparison of NWP model forecasts

4(3)

4(4)

4(5)

4(6)

4(7)

D. Richardson

T. Robinson

H. Kawai

M.Mittermaier

JWGFVR (L. Wilson)

14.01.2011

14.01.2011

20.01.2011

5

VERIFICATION OF SURFACE FIELDS

                5

Report by ECMWF on its introduction of a new “headline” score for verification of precipitation

Reference document

5(1)

ECMWF (D. Richardson)

14.01.2011

                5

Report by the WWRP/WGNE Joint Working Group on Forecast Verification Research (JWGFVR)

5(2)

JWGFVR (L. Wilson)

14.01.2011

                5

Reports on availability, quality control, and use of surface observations

• CMC
• JMA
• Met Office UK (Annex)
• TMA

5(3)

5(4)

5(5)

5(6)

T. Robinson

H. Kawai

M. Mittermaier

H. Kabelwa

14.01.2011

14.01.2011

6

VERIFICATION OF SEVERE WEATHER AND WARNINGS

                6

Verification of Severe Weather and Warnings

- Met Office UK (Annex)

6

Laurie Wilson and Marion Mittermaier

14.01.2011

7

VERIFICATION IN NMHSs USING NWP PRODUCTS FROM GLOBAL AND REGIONAL CENTRES, INCLUDING FOR SWFDP

                7

Verification in NMHSs using NWP products from Global and Regional Centres, including from the SWFDP-Southern Africa project experience

7(1)

Hamza Kabelwa

14.01.2011

                7

Report on SWFDP verification activities

7(2)

Laurie Wilson

14.01.2011

8

ANY OTHER BUSINESS

n/a

9

CLOSING

n/a