WORLD METEOROLOGICAL ORGANIZATION

COMMISSION FOR BASIC SYSTEMS
OPAG DPFS

 MEETING OF JOINT EXPERT TEAMS ON LONG-RANGE FORECASTING

(INFRASTRUCTURE AND VERIFICATION)

ECMWF; READING,

3-7 APRIL 2006

CBS-OPAG/DPFS/ET-LRF/INF. 2.1(1)

(26.I.2006)

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ENGLISH ONLY


INFORMATION VENUE/

HOTELS  

DOCUMENTATION PLAN
(28 March 2006)

(Note: Documents in bold are done)

Agenda
Item
Document Title Document Number Submitted by

1.

OPENING OF THE MEETING

 

 

2.

ORGANIZATION OF THE MEETING

 

 

2.1

Adoption of the agenda

Explanatory memorandum

Doc. 2.1(1)

Doc. 2.1(2)

Secretariat

Secretariat

2.2

Other organizational questions

 

 

3.

PROGRESS ON EXCHANGE OF ENSEMBLES PRODUCTS AND DEVELOPMENT OF MULTI-MODEL ENSEMBLES

Doc. 3(1)

Secretariat

3.1

Exchange of ensemble products

 

 

3.2

Status of MME centres

 

Status of APCC

Joint Lead Centre for LRF MME

Doc. 3.2(1)

 

Doc. 3.2(2)

Doc. 3.2(3)

Dr Mike DAVEY and

Dr Laura FERRANTI

Dr Won-Tae YUN

Dr Won-Tae YUN

3.3

Definition of minimal ensemble size for practical considerations (for hindcast runs vs. real-time runs, and for nesting limited area models)

Doc. 3.3(1)

Dr Arun KUMAR

4.

DATA NEEDS FOR PRODUCING GLOBAL LRF

Doc. 4(1)

Doc. 4(2)  

Doc. 4(3)

Dr Willem LANDMAN

Secretariat 

Dr Arun KUMAR

4.1

Land surface data: e.g. soil moisture

Doc. 4.1(1)

Dr Laura FERRANTI

4.2

Ocean sub-surface data

Doc. 4.2(1) 

ECMWF

5.

OPERATIONAL PROCEDURES FOR DISSEMINATION AND EXCHANGE OF PRODUCTS, TERMS AND CONDITIONS

Doc. 5(1)  

Doc. 5(2)

Doc. 5(3)

Secretariat  

UKMO

Dr Arun KUMAR

5.1

Resolution 40 clarification

 

 

5.2

Publication of scores

 

 

5.3

Central Facilitation Centre

 

 

5.4

Clarify role of GPCs, RCCs, NMCs

 

 

5.5 Status of GPCs and their nomination Doc. 5.5(1)
Doc. 5.5(2)
Doc. 5.5(3)
Doc. 5.5(4)

Doc. 5.5(5)

Secretariat
Dr David JONES
Dr David J
ONES
Dr Arun KUMAR

Dr Richard GRAHAM

6.

NEEDS OF RCCs-NMCs

Doc. 6(1)

Dr Madhavan RAJEEVAN

6.1

Relative to products (e.g. access to boundary conditions for downscaling)

 

 

6.2

Relative to data

 

 

6.3

Relative to training

 

 

7.

STATUS OF LEAD CENTRES FOR VERIFICATION OF LRF

Doc. 7(1)

Dr Andrew WATKINS and Norman GAGNON

8.

VERIFICATION TECHNIQUES

Doc. 8(1)

Doc. 8(2)

Normand GAGNON

Dr Simon MASON

8.1

New scores for ensemble

 

 

8.2

New scores for multi-model ensemble

 

 

8.3

Standard way to define terciles

Doc. 8.3(1)

  UKMO

8.4

Verification of extremes

 

 

8.5

Skill for ensemble spread

Doc. 8.5(1) 

  Dr Arun KUMAR

8.6

Standardised data sets (to be put on Web site)

 

 

8.7

Standardised hindcast period