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WCRP Workshop on Seasonal Prediction
Barcelona Spain June 4-7, 2007
Programme
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Day 1 - Monday 4th June 2007
Welcome
| 09:00-09:15 | Mr. David Rodriguez - Director of Servei Meteorologic de Catalunya |
| 09:30-10:00 | Introduction to Workshop and TFSP Exp - B. Kirtman (COLA) |
Key-Note Addresses - Chair: B. Kirtman
Session I - Synthesis of Seasonal Prediction Skill
Assessment of Seasonal Prediction Skill - Chair: J. Kinter
| 14:30-15:00 | More Certain Uncertainty in Seasonal Climate Forecasts - L. Goddard (IRI) |
| 15:00-15:20 | Predictions of temperature and rainfall anomalies with the ECMWF Seasonal Forecast System-3 - F. Molteni (ECMWF) |
| 15:20-15:40 | Overview of the APEC Climate Center for Climate Information Services - C.-K. Park (APEC) |
| 15:40-16:00 | ENSO-related variability in Northeast Asia - An advantageous location for seasonal predictability - T. Ose (MRI-JMA) |
| 16:00-16:30 | Coffee |
| 16:30-16:50 | Seasonal forecasting in Canada - G. Boer (CCCMa) |
| 16:50-17:10 | IAP Dynamical Seasonal Prediction System and its Applications - Z. Lin (IAP) |
| 17:10-17:30 | Recent Development in Ocean-Atmosphere Modelling for Seasonal Prediction in Australia - G. Wang (BMRC) |
| 17:30-17:50 | Seasonal Prediction Activities at the South African Weather Service - W. Landman (S.African Weather Service) |
19:00-21:30 Ice Breaker
Day 2 - Tuesday 5th June 2007
Coupled Model Performance - Chair M. Davey
| 09:00-09:20 | Impact of ocean initial conditions on seasonal forecasts skill - M. Alonso Balmaseda (ECMWF) |
| 09:20-09:40 | Coupled Model Data Assimilation and ENSO Forecasting - A. Rosati (GFDL) |
| 09:40-10:00 | Understanding El Niño in Ocean-Atmosphere General Circulation Models - E. Guilyardi (LOCEAN/IPSL & Walker Institute) |
Session II - Seasonal Prediction Skill and the Coupled System
Stratospheric Processes and Seasonal Prediction (SPARC) - Chair: M. Baldwin
| 10:00-10:20 | The role of the Stratosphere in seasonal prediction: Background and session overview - A. Charlton (Dept Meteorology, Uni. Reading) |
| 10:20:10:40 | Downward propagation from the stratosphere: Physical mechanism and potential for seasonal prediction - B. Christiansen (DCC-DMI) |
| 10:40-11:00 | Coffee |
| 11:00-11:20 | |
| 11:20-11:40 | Occurrence patterns of stratospheric sudden warming events in view of the stratosphere-troposphere coupled system and their predictability - T. Hirooka (DEPS, Kyushu Uni.) |
| 11:40-12:00 | Stratosphere-troposphere interaction and plans for the GloSea4 Seasonal Forecast system - A. Scaife (Hadley Centre, UKMO) |
| 12:00-12:20 | Stratosphere-troposphere interactions: NWP to seasonal timescales - M. Keil (UKMO) |
| 12:20-12:40 | Prospects for wintertime European seasonal prediction - W. Norton (The Walker Institute; PCE Investors) |
| 12:40-13:40 | Lunch |
| 13:40-15:00 | Poster Session I & II - SP Skill and the Coupled System |
Land-Atmosphere Interactions and Seasonal Prediction (GEWEX) - Chair: R. Koster
| 15:00-15:20 | GLACE-2: A Study of the Impacts of Land Initialization on Forecast Skill - R. Koster (NASA GSFC) |
| 15:20-15:40 | Land surface contribution to seasonal climate variability and predictability - H. Douville (Météo-France) |
| 15:40-16:00 | Seasonal Hydrological Prediction: Activities and progress under GEWEX's Hydrologic Application Project - E. Wood (Princeton Uni.) |
| 16:00-16:30 | Coffee |
Cryospheric Processes and Seasonal Prediction (CLIC) - Chair: J. Christensen
| 16:30-16:50 | Seasonal Forecast of Antarctic Sea Ice - X. Yuan (LDEO, Columbia Uni.) |
| 16:50:17:10 | Seasonal Predictability over the Arctic Region and exploring the role of boundary conditions (SPAR) - R. Benestad (NMI) |
| 17:10-17:30 | Verification of hemispheric-wide winter temperature forecasts based on fall snow and atmospheric anomalies - J. Cohen (AER Inc.) |
| 17:30-18:30 | Session II Discussion - Chair: T. Stockdale |
| 18:30-20:00 | Poster Session I & II Continues |
Day 3 - Wednesday 6th June 2007
Session III - Seasonal Prediction: Applications and Regional Skill
Methods and Applications - Chair: J. M. Gutierrez
| 09:00-09:20 | Verification of Seasonal to Secular Climate Forecasts - D. Stephenson (Uni. Exeter) |
| 09:20-09:40 | On Downscaling Methodologies for Seasonal Forecast Applications - V. Moron (CEREGE) |
| 09:40-10:00 | Ensembles of crop yield at seasonal and multi-decadal timescales - A. Challinor (Uni. Leeds) |
| 10:00-10:20 | Exploring potential sources of seasonal predictability for climate-driven diseases - X. Rodo (Uni. Barcelona) |
| 10:20-10:40 | ENSEMBLES Web Portal for Seasonal Statistical Downscaling. Description and Demo - A. Cofino (Uni. Cantabria) |
| 10:40-11:00 | Coffee |
| 11:00-11:20 | WMO CLIPS Project : A Global Framework for Seasonal Forecast Applications - K. Kolli (WCP) |
African Climate System and Seasonal Prediction (VACS) - Chair: A. Morse
| 11:20-11:40 | Taking the Shorter Route: Climate Prediction and Africa - R. Washington (Oxford Uni.) |
| 11:40-12:00 | Development and Applications of Climate Diagnostic and Prediction Tools in Africa - L. Njau (ACMAD) |
| 12:00-12:20 | Progress in Seasonal Rainfall Predictin for the Greater Horn of Africa Region - P. Omondi (IGAD CPAC) |
| 12:20-12:40 | Seasonal Climate Prediction Activities at the Drought Monitoring Centre - B. Garanganga (SADC-DMC) |
| 12:40-13:40 | Lunch |
| 13:40-15:00 | Poster Session III - SP: Applications and Regional Skill |
American Monsoon System and Seasonal Prediction (VAMOS) - Chair: I. Cavalcanti
| 15:00-15:20 | An overview of Seasonal Forecast-related issues over the Pan-VAMOS domain - C. Saulo (CIMA, Uni. Buenos Aires) |
| 15:20-15:40 | Do seasonal forecasts reproduce the link between early and peak monsoon rainfall in South America? - A. Grimm (Uni. Federal do Parana) |
| 15:40-16:00 | Summer rainfall forecast skill over South America derived from WCRP SMIP-2 model results - L. Muniz Alves (CPTEC) |
| 16:00-16:20 | Performance of Seasonal Forecast in South America during the 2006-2007 period: progress, challenges and the impacts on Society - R. Martinez (CIIFEN) |
| 16:20-16:40 | Coffee |
Asian-Australian Monsoon System and Seasonal Prediction (AAMP) - Chair: E. Jin
| 16:40-17:00 | How accurately do coupled climate models predict the Asian-Australian Monsoon interannual variability? - B. Wang (Uni. Hawaii) |
| 17:00-17:20 | ENSO and IOD predictions in the SINTEX-F coupled GCM - J.-J. Luo (JAMSTEC) |
| 17:20-17:40 | EU-Ensembles Project: Prediction skill of Indian monsoon rainfall in two anomalous years, 1994 and 1997 - M. Rajeevan (NCC, IMD Pune) |
| 17:40-18:00 | Seasonal Prediction of the Indian summer monsoon rainfall - S. Gadgil (CAOS Indian Institute Sci.) |
| 18:00-19:00 | Session III Discussion - Chair: L. Goddard |
| 19:00-20:00 | Poster Sessions III Continues |
| Africa Break-out Meeting |
Day 4 - Thursday 7th June 2007
Session IV - Future Directions & Showcase TFSP Experiment
| 09:00-09:30 | Cross-cutting WCRP Theme on Decadal Prediction - T. Palmer |
| 09:30-10:00 | TFSP Experiment - B. Kirtman |
| 10:00-10:30 | Coffee |
| 10:30-11:30 | Panel Led Discussion |
| Chair: B. Kirtman Topics: WCRP Statement on current SP skill, TFSP Experiment, Process for regular SP assessment, Contribution to IPCC |
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| 11:30-11:40 | Synthesis and close of Workshop, Workshop output and way forward |
| 11:40-11:50 | Closing remarks - A. Henderson Sellers (Director, WCRP) |
| 11:50-12:00 | Close of Workshop - Mr Francesc Baltasar (Minister of Environment and Housing of Catalunya) |
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