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POLAR WORKSHOP. Write up and publish the recommendations and presentations and provide to: EC-PORS (October 2010) WGNE (October 2010) WCRP Bergen meeting (October 2010) WWRP/THORPEX/WCRP Seasonal Workshop (December 2010) WWRP/JSC (January 2011) WCRP/JSC (Late winter 2010/11)
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POLAR WORKSHOP • Write up and publish the recommendations and presentations and provide to: • EC-PORS (October 2010) • WGNE (October 2010) • WCRP Bergen meeting (October 2010) • WWRP/THORPEX/WCRP Seasonal Workshop (December 2010) • WWRP/JSC (January 2011) • WCRP/JSC (Late winter 2010/11) • THORPEX ICSC (Spring 2011) • WGNE Conference on Parametrization • WCRP Open Science Conference (2011)
POLAR PREDICTION RESEARCH First source of inspiration Pieter Brueghel the Elder POLAR PREDICTION
SUPPORTING A POLAR PROJECT or not?
ECMWF Database May ‘08 – Apr ’10 (relevant not just to YOTC) Research Focus MJO & Convectively Coupled Equatorial Waves ITCZ, Easterly Waves,TCs Trop-ExtraTrop Interaction Monsoon Intraseasonal Variability Diurnal Cycle International Collaboration and Integration of Models and Observations
The golden age of Earth observations A-TRAIN constellation of satellites “CloudSat” and “CALIPSO” This ‘observing system’ views the atmosphere in a variety of ways – each providing different information in a coincident way
POLAR PREDICTION RESEARCH Second source of inspiration Jan Bruegel the Younger • Joint Project supported by WWRP, WCRP and THORPEX similar to the YOTC project? • Project Office (at NCAR & funded by NSF & NOAA for YOTC for example – need volunteer) • Steering Group? (size?) • Implementation Plan? - utilizing the existing groups • Sub-projects (observations; modelling; ........... • Modus Operandi – workshops; science meetings ............ • Timetable ; Met services