First Draft Agenda & Participant Information for 2012 SPARC Data Assimilation Workshop
Dear Colleagues, The 9th SPARC Data Assimilation Workshop will be held at the
New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology in Socorro,
NM, USA on 11 through 13 June 2012
(http://ee.nmt.edu/~sparc-da). A copy of the first draft
agenda and a text file with information for the participants
are attached. We will post the abstracts on the meeting
website soon. We plan to post the presentations on the
meeting website after the Workshop. This message is being sent to an email list that we have
generated for the SPARC Data Assimilation Working Group.
Please forward it to anyone who may be interested in
receiving messages related to activities of this group. If
you would prefer to have your name removed from this list,
please email us at sparc-da@ee.nmt.edu, with a cc to
david.jackson@metoffice.gov.uk. We look forward to seeing many of you in Socorro in June. Best Regards,
Gloria Manney, Ken Minschwaner, David Jackson,
2012 SPARC-DA Workshop Organizers --------------------------------------------------------------------
9TH SPARC DATA ASSIMILATION WORKSHOP
11-13 June 2012
Socorro, New Mexico, USA
http://ee.nmt.edu/~sparc-da The Ninth Stratospheric Processes And their Role in Climate
(SPARC) Data Assimilation workshop will be held in Socorro,
New Mexico during 11--13 June 2012. This is one in a series
of annual meetings that brings data assimilators and users
of assimilation products together with experts in modelling,
measurements and process studies. For descriptions of
previous SPARC-DA workshops, please check our meeting
reports in SPARC Newsletters No. 26, 28, 30, 34 and 36:
http://www.sparc-climate.org/publications/newsletter/ The aim of the workshop is to motivate and better understand
data assimilation through the science of the middle
atmosphere. Data assimilation requires a knowledge of
measurement and model errors which, in turn, require
knowledge of the true underlying system Â- the middle
atmosphere. Therefore, advancement of assimilation
techniques requires interaction of assimilators with
dynamicists, chemists and users of assimilation products.
While contributions from all aspects of middle atmosphere
(chemical and dynamical) data assimilation are sought (as in
previous years), a few key areas will be highlighted. The
following experts have been invited to broaden our
understanding of the true atmospheric system, highlight
issues with assimilated products and help focus discussions
in these areas: 1) Stratosphere / troposphere coupling and SNAP:
Martin Charron (Environment Canada)
Peter Hitchcock (University of Cambridge) 2) Assessment of middle atmosphere analyses and S-RIP:
Karen Rosenlof (NOAA)
Markus Rex (Alfred Wegener Institute) 3) Gravity waves and their representation in middle
atmosphere models and analyses:
Joan Alexander (Northwest Research Associates)
David Siskind (Naval Research Laboratory) The last SPARC Data Assimilation workshop in Brussels in
June 2011 recommended setting up intercomparison projects
focusing on stratosphere / troposphere coupling and
reanalyses. Since that workshop, two such projects have been
set up, the Stratospheric Network on Assessment of
Predictability (SNAP) and the SPARC Reanalysis / analysis
Intercomparison Project (S-RIP). The aim of themes 1 and 2,
in addition to stimulating debate and discussion, is to help
focus the direction and goals of SNAP and S-RIP,
respectively. The accurate representation of gravity waves
cuts across all middle atmosphere modelling and assimilation
work, thus underlining the importance and significance of
theme 3. Previous workshops have noted the usefulness of
data assimilation for parameter estimation, and therefore
within theme 3 there is also scope for a discussion on the
use of this approach, whether as applied to gravity wave
parametrization schemes or to other model parameters. The workshop web-site is http://ee.nmt.edu/~sparc-da.>
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Contributed talks are 20min total (17min/3min for questions); invited
talks are 40min (35min/5min for questions); several periods are built
into the agenda for more extensive questions/discussion. Oral talks
should be in either PPT or PDF format; we will have both a Windows PC
and a Mac available for presentation.
Maximum poster size is 137cm wide by 167cm high (4.5 by 5.5 feet).
Posters are divided into two sessions, with presenting authors expected
to attend their poster for an hour on either Monday or Tuesday
afternoon. Posters will be on display for the entire meeting, so as to
be available for viewing at all breaks. Poster presenters should plan
to prepare a one-slide summary in PDF format to be presented orally
before the poster session on Monday afternoon. Please let us know as soon as possible if the presenter is someone other
than the first author.
Registration: -----------
New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology in Socorro,
NM, USA on 11 through 13 June 2012
(http://ee.nmt.edu/~sparc-da). A copy of the first draft
agenda and a text file with information for the participants
are attached. We will post the abstracts on the meeting
website soon. We plan to post the presentations on the
meeting website after the Workshop. This message is being sent to an email list that we have
generated for the SPARC Data Assimilation Working Group.
Please forward it to anyone who may be interested in
receiving messages related to activities of this group. If
you would prefer to have your name removed from this list,
please email us at sparc-da@ee.nmt.edu, with a cc to
david.jackson@metoffice.gov.uk. We look forward to seeing many of you in Socorro in June. Best Regards,
Gloria Manney, Ken Minschwaner, David Jackson,
2012 SPARC-DA Workshop Organizers --------------------------------------------------------------------
9TH SPARC DATA ASSIMILATION WORKSHOP
11-13 June 2012
Socorro, New Mexico, USA
http://ee.nmt.edu/~sparc-da The Ninth Stratospheric Processes And their Role in Climate
(SPARC) Data Assimilation workshop will be held in Socorro,
New Mexico during 11--13 June 2012. This is one in a series
of annual meetings that brings data assimilators and users
of assimilation products together with experts in modelling,
measurements and process studies. For descriptions of
previous SPARC-DA workshops, please check our meeting
reports in SPARC Newsletters No. 26, 28, 30, 34 and 36:
http://www.sparc-climate.org/publications/newsletter/ The aim of the workshop is to motivate and better understand
data assimilation through the science of the middle
atmosphere. Data assimilation requires a knowledge of
measurement and model errors which, in turn, require
knowledge of the true underlying system Â- the middle
atmosphere. Therefore, advancement of assimilation
techniques requires interaction of assimilators with
dynamicists, chemists and users of assimilation products.
While contributions from all aspects of middle atmosphere
(chemical and dynamical) data assimilation are sought (as in
previous years), a few key areas will be highlighted. The
following experts have been invited to broaden our
understanding of the true atmospheric system, highlight
issues with assimilated products and help focus discussions
in these areas: 1) Stratosphere / troposphere coupling and SNAP:
Martin Charron (Environment Canada)
Peter Hitchcock (University of Cambridge) 2) Assessment of middle atmosphere analyses and S-RIP:
Karen Rosenlof (NOAA)
Markus Rex (Alfred Wegener Institute) 3) Gravity waves and their representation in middle
atmosphere models and analyses:
Joan Alexander (Northwest Research Associates)
David Siskind (Naval Research Laboratory) The last SPARC Data Assimilation workshop in Brussels in
June 2011 recommended setting up intercomparison projects
focusing on stratosphere / troposphere coupling and
reanalyses. Since that workshop, two such projects have been
set up, the Stratospheric Network on Assessment of
Predictability (SNAP) and the SPARC Reanalysis / analysis
Intercomparison Project (S-RIP). The aim of themes 1 and 2,
in addition to stimulating debate and discussion, is to help
focus the direction and goals of SNAP and S-RIP,
respectively. The accurate representation of gravity waves
cuts across all middle atmosphere modelling and assimilation
work, thus underlining the importance and significance of
theme 3. Previous workshops have noted the usefulness of
data assimilation for parameter estimation, and therefore
within theme 3 there is also scope for a discussion on the
use of this approach, whether as applied to gravity wave
parametrization schemes or to other model parameters. The workshop web-site is http://ee.nmt.edu/~sparc-da.
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Information for Participants in the 2012 SPARC-DA Workshop:
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Contributed talks are 20min total (17min/3min for questions); invited
talks are 40min (35min/5min for questions); several periods are built
into the agenda for more extensive questions/discussion. Oral talks
should be in either PPT or PDF format; we will have both a Windows PC
and a Mac available for presentation.
Maximum poster size is 137cm wide by 167cm high (4.5 by 5.5 feet).
Posters are divided into two sessions, with presenting authors expected
to attend their poster for an hour on either Monday or Tuesday
afternoon. Posters will be on display for the entire meeting, so as to
be available for viewing at all breaks. Poster presenters should plan
to prepare a one-slide summary in PDF format to be presented orally
before the poster session on Monday afternoon. Please let us know as soon as possible if the presenter is someone other
than the first author.
Registration: -----------
