C-SRNWP Programme
Quarterly Report (1st of October, 2009 - 31st of December, 2009)
Prepared by: Andras Horanyi, C-SRNWP PM
Hungarian Meteorological Service (OMSZ)
1024 Budapest, Kitaibel Pal utca 1.
Hungary
To: EUMETNET Coordination Office
Summary: The C-SRNWP Programme had been continued on the basis of the eight Expert Teams and on the regular correspondence of the Advisory Committee members.
Action required: For information and comment
Distribution: Public
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28 February 2010 |
Andras Horanyi |
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The main activity of the C-SRNWP programme is the coordination between the five LAM Consortia in Europe (ALADIN, COSMO, HIRLAM, LACE and Met Office). The coordination is ensured by the eight Expert Teams (data assimilation and use of observations; diagnostics, validation and verification; dynamics and lateral boundary coupling; link with applications; physical parameterization: upper air; predictability and EPS; surface and soil processes: model and data assimilation; system aspects) established in 2008 and the regular contacts between the members of the SRNWP Advisory Committee. Beside that two SRNWP-related programmes (responsible member: Met Office) are ongoing (their reports are prepared independently): SRNWP-I (Interoperability) and SRNWP-V (Verification).
The Expert Teams continued their activities based on their respective workplans (which are available at the srnwp.met.hu webpage of the SRNWP programme). The Expert Team on "surface and soil processes (model and data assimilation)" initiated to collect observational data at various sites of Europe (Lindenberg in Germany, Capofiume in Italy, Cabauw in the Netherlands, Payerne in Switzerland, Toulouse in France and Sodankylaa in Finland) for the thorough validation of the SRNWP models' surface schemes. The C-SRNWP Programme Manager compiled and sent a letter to the respective Directors for asking the permission for the use of the observational data for validation purposes. All answers were positive and the work had been started to collect the data and build an interface for their access.
2.2 SRNWP Advisory Committee issues
The SRNWP Advisory Committee continued its activities through correspondence.
2.3 Links with the partners
The contribution fees were collected from all the members.
The Programme Manager attended several meetings on behalf of the programme, which were as follows:
None so far.
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None to request.
Not applicable.