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Boulder, Colorado

19 August 2004

0830 – 0840 Welcome - Rick Anthes, UCAR President

0840 - 0850 Goals of Meeting - David Parsons, NCAR, Co-chair, THORPEX North Regional Committee

0850 – 0940 Overview of the THORPEX - Melvyn Shapiro, NOAA Science Plan Co-chair, Int’l Scientific Steering Committee

0940 – 1000 THORPEX Intl Implementation Plan - David Rogers, Chief Executive, Met Office

1000 – 1020 Group Photo

Begin presentations and open discussion on US scientific interests and priorities within THORPEX research components and current implementation plans

PREDICTABILITY AND DYNAMICAL PROCESSES

1020 - 1120 THORPEX Implementation Plan (TIP) - Presented by Zoltan Toth, NOAA THORPEX lead

Discussion led by Joe Tribbia, NCAR

1120 – 1220 Data Assimilation/Observing Strategies - Presented by Zoltan Toth

Discussion led by Professor Eugenia Kalnay, University of MD

Local Ensemble Kalman Filter - Presented by Eugenia Kalnay, University of MD

1330 - 1430 Observing Systems - Presented by David Parsons

Discussion led by Chris Velden, University of Wisconsin

Observing Systems - Presented by Jim Purdom, CSU

1430 - 1445 Open discussion and summary of US Science interests and priorities thus far - Led by Carolyn Reynolds, NRL

US INVOLVEMENT/INTEREST IN FIELD CAMPAIGNS

1445 - 1515 Proposed THORPEX Field Campaigns - Presented by David Parsons, NCAR

1530 – 1600 IPY, RIME, SEARCH and Relationship to THORPEX - Presented by David Bromwich, Ohio State University

1600 – 1630 Discussion on Field Projects - Led Jim Purdom, CSU

1630 - 1700 Canadian Plans, North American Regional Co-operation and Links to US Activities - Pierre Gauthier, Co-chair THORPEX Regional Committee

1700 – 1730 Open discussion on THORPEX links to current/planned collaborative projects, climate community, etc. - Led by Joe Tribbi, NCAR, and Carolyn Reynolds, NRL

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RESEARCH AND OPERATIONS

0830 – 0900 Operational Needs and NOAA Prospective on THORPEX - Presented by Zoltan Toth, NOAA

0900 - 0930 Discussion on THORPEX and Links Between the Operational and Research Community - Led by Dan Keyser, SUNY Albany

Research and Operations - Presented by Dan Keyser, SUNY Albany, and Zoltan Toth, NOAA

THORPEX University Perceptions - Presented by Steve Mullen

CONTINUE AND FINALIZE DISCUSSION ON IMPLEMENTATION OF RESEARCH COMPONENTS

0930 – 1000 Overview of Proposed Societal and Economic Demonstration Projects - Presented by Rebecca Morss, NCAR

Applications for Business Decisions - Presented by Mary Altalo, SAIC

1000 – 1100 Open discussion on proposed societal and economic demonstration projects and how they match US resources, interests, needs, etc. - Led by Jeff Lazo, NCAR, and Mary Altalo, SAIC

SUMMARY AND ACTION ITEMS

1100 – 1130 Opportunity for Agency program managers to provide feedback on discussions thus far and constructive criticism to help guide the implementation

NASA Overview - Presented by John Hayes, NASA

Message - Lydia Gate, NSF

1130 – 1230 Summary of thoughts on implementation, do we have a coherent program with interrelated research areas, what are the US priorities, any proposed changes to Intl and US plans, are we taking advantage of intl research and operational framework and will we impact developing nations, identification of action items

END OF OPEN MEETING

1230 - 1700 Meeting of US members of NA committee, work to produce meeting summary, debrief and work to obtain any needed compromises beginning with working lunch