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Programme
Meeting funded by the European Union (AMMA EU Contract Number 004089-2)
and France (AMMA - API supported by French agencies)
AMMA meeting: Process Scale Studies and Implementation
19-23 September, Seignosse (Biarritz), France
Monday 19th of September
14:00 – 15:00 : Introduction to the Biarritz meeting
15:00 – 18:30 : Parallel meetings of disciplines : (for outcomes, see also reports below)
- Convection and atmospheric processes : Jean-Philippe Lafore
- Oceanic processes : Peter Brandt and Guy Caniaux
- Land-surface processes : Eric Mougin (and Harald Kunstmann)
- Aerosol and chemical processes : Claire Reeves and Celine Mari
After dinner: 2 // meetings
- TT1 core group: Andreas Fink, S. Janicot, D. Parker
- CCMA (Budget API 2005 & 2006, proposal). Jean-Luc Redelsperger & Thierry Lebel
Tuesday 20th of September
08:30 – 12:30 : Plenary session for the presentation of the International Implementation Plan.
Chair: Thierry Lebel
- Presentation of TT1 to TT6 : 20 min per TT : Andreas Fink, Colin Lloyd, Eric Mougin, Luc Descroix, Christophe Peugeot and Peter Brandt/Guy Caniaux
- Presentation of TT7 and TT8 : 45 min per TT : Jacques Pelon and Doug Parker
- Update on TT9 (15 min) : Frank Roux
14:00 – 18:30 : Parallel meeting of the disciplinary groups to review the plans of the various TTs. (for outcomes, see also reports below)
- The outcome of these sessions should be an evaluation of the concordance of the IIP and the scientific objectives of the disciplinary groups.
- Convection and atmospheric processes : Jean-Philippe Lafore and Doug Parker
- Oceanic processes : Peter Brandt and Guy Caniaux
- Land-surface processes : Eric Mougin, Christophe Peugeot, and Bernard Cappelaere (or Luc Descroix)
- Aerosol et chemical processes : Claire Reeves, Celine Mari and Jacques Pelon
After dinner: 2 // meetings
- TT8 Ground-Based deployment and EOP activities: Doug Parker
- Preparation of the data base group session : L. Eymard and M. Hoepffner
Wednesday 21th of September
08:30 – 10:30 : Plenary : Outcomes of the 2 previous parallel sessions.
- Aerosol-Chemistry: Scientific discussions and Implementation
- Aerosol and chemistry discussion relevant to TT7
- Convection and atmospheric processes - WP 2.1 session outcomes
- Convection and atmospheric processes : Some comments on the TT8 strategies
- Land Surface processes
10:45 – 12:30 : Plenary presentation of the Tools & Methods to inform all participants of ongoing and planned activities.
- Models : Paolo Ruti, Frederic Hourdin, Jean-Philippe Lafore (30 min)
- Data base & Satellites : Laurence Eymard, Michel Hoepffner (30 min)
14:00 - 18:30 : Parallel meetings to strengthen the interactions between the disciplinary groups. (for outcomes, see also reports below)
- Interactions between Atmosphere (including convection) & Chemistry/Aerosols : Serge Janicot and Kathy Law
- Atmospheric Dynamics - Chemistry interactions
- Convection schemes for tracer transport in climate models: what are they good for?
- Land Surface: Merging efforts on surface processes, remote sensing, modeling and data base in focusing on African Land Data Assimilation (ALDAS) : Patricia de Rosnay and Aaron Boone with the help of Eric Mougin, Michel Desbois, Laurence Eymard and Michel Hoepffner
- Meeting of the ICIG : Thierry Lebel and Doug Parker
After dinner: 2 // meetings
- Water cycle (WP1.2 AMMA-France & EU) : Frederico Fierli and Christophe Peugeot
- Meeting of the ICIG (continued) : Thierry Lebel and Doug Parker
Thursday 22th of September
09:00 – 12:30 : Parallel meetings of Tools & Methods groups and disciplinary interactions. (for outcomes, see also reports below)
- Models : Jean-Philippe Lafore, Paolo Ruti and Frederic Hourdin
- Data base & Satellites : L. Eymard & Michel Hoepffner
- Land-surface atmosphere interactions : C. Taylor, F. Fierli and A. Gaye
- Geophysica deployment during AMMA : Kathy Law
14:30 – 18:30 : Parallel sessions of the disciplinary groups to review the needs in terms of modeling, remote sensing and database. (for outcomes, see also reports below)
- Outcome should be recommendations for the Tools & Methods groups.
- Land-surface processes : Eric Mougin
- Convection and atmospheric processes : Jean-Philippe Lafore
- Aerosol and chemical processes : Claire Reeves and Celine Mari
- Aerosol-Chemistry: Dynamics and Chemistry / Global Modelling LMDz-INCA
- Aerosol-Chemistry: Models / Regional and Global Modelling Discussion
- Aerosol-Chemistry: Models / Regional and Global Modelling (RAMS)
- Contributions of the FZK modelling group to AMMA WP 2.4
- Modelling the Impact of Aerosols on Radiation - Interaction with the Atmosphere
- AOC meeting : Norbert Raynal (to be pursued after dinner)
After dinner:
- AOC meeting continued
Friday 23rd September
08:30 – 09:30 : AOC: presentation and outcome from Thursday meeting (Arona Diedhiou)
09:30 – 09:45 : Dry forecast run (Jean-Philippe Lafore)
09:45 – 09:55 : AMMA web site & Seignosse talks on web (Elisabeth van den Akker)
09:55 – 12:00 : Review of the outcome of the last parallel meetings of the Tools/Methods & disciplinary groups
- Interactions between Atmosphere (incl. convection) & Chemistry/Aerosols : Serge Janicot, Kathy Law, Celine Mari
- Aerosol and chemical processes (recommendations for the Tools & Methods groups): Celine Mari
- Convection & atmospheric processes (recommendations for the Tools & Methods groups): Jean-Philippe Lafore
- Models : Paolo Ruti et al
- Land-surface processes : (recommendations for the Tools & Methods groups) :Eric Mougin
- Land Surface : Merging efforts on surface processes, remote sensing, modelling & data base in focusing on African Land Data Assimilation (ALDAS) :Patricia de Rosnay & Aaron Boone
- Land-surface atmosphere interactions : Chris Taylor / Doug Parker / Cyrille Flamant
- Data base : Michel Hoepffner
12:00 – 12:30 : Conclusion of meeting. Jean-Luc Redelsperger
Meeting funded by the European Union (AMMA EU Contract Number 004089-2)
and France (AMMA - API supported by French agencies)