Agenda Item

AGENDA ITEMS

Subject

Doc No.

Submitted by

Expected/Received

1

OPENING OF THE MEETING

2

ORGANIZATION OF THE MEETING

2.1

Adoption of the Agenda

2.1(1)

Secretariat

2.2

Working arrangements

Secretariat

Provisional List of Participants

INF. 2

Secretariat

Template for the Working Documents

Secretariat

3

INTRODUCTION AND BACKGROUND, INCLUDING REVIEW OF RELEVANT OUTCOMES OF PREVIOUS MEETINGS

3.1

Review of relevant outcomes from WMO meetings, including CBS-15 (Sept 2012), ICT-DPFS (Jan 2013), EC-66 (June 2014), and CBS Ext.(2014)

Secretariat

15.10.2014

3.2

Terms of Reference for the Expert Team on Operational Weather Forecasting Process and Support (ET-OWFPS)

Secretariat

15.10.2014

3.3

Future of the Global Data-processing and Forecasting System (GDPFS)

Secretariat

15.10.2014

3.4

DPFS Work Programme priority areas for the ET-OWFPS

Chair

4

PROGRESS AND PLANS FOR WORK PROGRAMME PRIORITY AREAS

4.1

Standard procedures for surface verification

T. Haiden

4.2

Upper-air verification (including Lead Centre activities)

T. Robinson

4.3

Update of observation monitoring procedures

D. Richardson

4.4

Use of NWP for hazard risk management, including impact-based forecasting

P. Davies

4.5

Strategy to implement Limited Area Models (LAM)

Y. Honda

4.6

Use and interpretation of Very Short-Range Forecasting (VSRF) product, including aviation requirements

J. Wang

4.7

Coordination of atmospheric sand and dust storm forecasting

Y. Honda

5

REVIEW OF OTHER ACTIVITIES RELATED TO ET-OWFPS

5.1

Verification of ocean waves (request from JCOMM)

D. Richardson

5.2

Ensemble Prediction Systems (EPS) activities

LC-EPS Verif. + 1 annex

JMA

ECMWF

NCEP

5.2(1)

5.2(2)

5.2(3)

5.2(4)a

5.2(4)b

5.2(4)c

All

5.3

NCEP

JMA

Meteoswiss

5.3(1)

5.3(2)

5.3(3)

6

NEW MANUAL ON THE GDPFS (WMO-No. 485)

Annex A

Annex B

Y. Honda

7

UPDATE ACTIONS AND PRIORITIES FOR THE WORK PLAN

N/A

8

REVIEW OF THE ET-OWFPS TERMS OF REFERENCE

N/A

9

ANY OTHER BUSINESS

Land transportation

Magacities

N/A

10

CLOSURE OF THE MEETING

N/A