THORPEX Interactive Grand Global Ensemble (TIGGE)

Mini-workshop on EPS developments
A joint science session between THORPEX GIFS-TIGGE WG, NOAA and NCAR
EOL atrium, NCAR Foothills Lab
Wednesday 27th June

Schedule

1400 GIFS-TIGGE introduction (Richard Swinbank)

1415 Ensemble DTC introduction (Brian Etherton)

1430 The new NCEP Hybrid Ensemble Kalman Filter / 3-D Variational Data Assimilation System
          (Jeff Whitaker)

1450 A new configuration of the Ensemble Kalman Filter for the Canadian Global Ensemble
          Prediction System (Laurie Wilson)

1510 A Comparison of Ensemble Perturbations Generated by Breeding and Ensemble Kalman
          Filter Schemes (Yuejian Zhu)

1530 Break

1600 A Comparative Evaluation of NCEP and ECMWF Methods for Estimating Model Uncertainty
          (Philip Pegion)

1620 Ensemble prediction system at Japan Meteorological Agency (Masayuki KYOUDA)

1640 Recent developments on ensemble prediction at CPTEC aimed to improve overall skill
          (Christopher Cunningham)

1700 Developments to the Met Office Global and Regional Ensemble Prediction System
          (Richard Swinbank)

1720 General Discussion

1745 Close