THORPEX Interactive Grand Global Ensemble (TIGGE)

PROVISIONAL AGENDA
The meeting will be opened at 9.30 am on Monday 25 June 2012
at the EOL atrium, NCAR Foothills Lab.

1. Organisation of the meeting

1. 1.1 Aims of the meeting
2. 1.2 Adoption of the agenda
3. 1.3 Working arrangements

2. Report and actions from previous meetings

1. 2.1 Status of actions from the ninth GIFS-TIGGE meeting (R. Swinbank)
2. 2.2 IPO update (J. Caughey)
3. 2.3 Outcome of THORPEX ICSC-9 and EC meetings (R. Swinbank, J. Caughey)
4. 2.4 Outcome of WWRP/JSC5 meeting (R. Swinbank, J. Caughey)
5. 2.5 Outcome of SWFDP SG (R. Swinbank)
6. 2.6 Report on THORPEX Africa RC meeting (R. Swinbank, J. Caughey)

3. TIGGE archive

1. 3.1 Updates from the archive centres (reps from archive centres)
   1. TIGGE Data Archive at NCAR (D. Schuster)
   2. Progress on TIGGE Archive Center in CMA
2. 3.2 News from the data providers, (reps from data providers)

4. Research using TIGGE data

1. 4.1 New reforecast dataset (T. Hamill)
2. 4.2 Dependence and the postprocessing of multi-model ensemble forecasts (C. Bishop)
3. 4.3 Spatial verification methods and application to ensembles (B. Brown)
4. 4.4 Proposed review paper on TIGGE research

5. SWFDP

1. 5.1 Current status of GIFS-TIGGE products for SWFDP (M. Kyouda)
2. 5.2 Questionnaire & feedback received on current & prototype products
3. 5.3 Plan for introduction of GIFS products to SWFDP and their evaluation
4. 5.4 Possible development of real-time versions of gridded products

6. Tropical Cyclones

1. 6.1 US. Hurricane Forecast Improvement Program (B. Gall)
2. 6.2 Typhoon Landfall FDP and NW Pacific TCEFP (B. Brown)
3. 6.3 2012 Tropical Cyclone Genesis Ensemble Forecast (Y. Zhu)
4. 6.4 Enhancements to the CXML content and data exchange

7. Rainfall & Gridded Products

1. 7.1 La Plata Basin project (C. Cunningham)
2. 7.2 Possible use of TIGGE products in other projects (e.g. Sochi 2014)
3. 7.3 Links with hydrological applications

8. Links with other THORPEX & WWRP groups

1. 8.1 DAOS working group (T. Hamill)
2. 8.2 PDP working group (C. Bishop)
3. 8.3 Links with TIGGE-LAM (T. Paccagnella)
4. 8.4 Update on new sub-seasonal & polar projects (R. Swinbank)

9. Future plans

1. 9.1 Post THORPEX arrangements, including continuation of TIGGE archive and GIFS development
        after 2014

10. GEO

1. 10.1 GEO-WOW EU project (D. Richardson)

11. Membership

12. Any other business

Report on GIFS-TIGGE WG meeting

Meeting locations
Monday 25th – EOL atrium, NCAR Foothills Lab building 1, 3450 Mitchell Lane
Tuesday 26th – Room GB124, NOAA, 325 Broadway
Wednesday 27th – EOL atrium, CAR Foothills Lab

Mini-workshop on EPS developments
On the afternoon of 27th June, the WG will hold a joint scientific session with NOAA/ESRL and NCAR, on ensemble forecasting research, see separate agenda.

 PARTICIPANTS

1. 1)  GIFS-TIGGE WORKING GROUP
         Richard Swinbank (Co-chair)
         David Richardson
         Gong Jiandong
         Mike Naughton (via teleconference)
         Christopher Cunningham (for Osvaldo Moraes)
         Laurie Wilson
         Masayuki Kyouda
         Doug Schuster
         Yuejian Zhu
         Tiziana Paccagnella
3. 2)  WWRP / THORPEX WG REPRESENTATIVES
         Tom Hamill (DAOS Working Group)
         Craig Bishop (PDP, via teleconference)
         Barbara Brown (JWGFVR)
5. 3)  INVITED EXPERTS
         Zoltan Toth (ESRL)
         Brian Etherton (ESRL)
         Bob Gall (NOAA, HFIP)

• 4)  WMO SECRETARIAT
        Jim Caughey