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Annual WWRP Scientific Steering Committee Meeting

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Geneva, Switzerland

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World Weather Research Programme (WWRP)

Annual Scientific Steering Committee Meeting 

 29 August 2023 - 1 September 2023

 Hybrid: Geneva, Switzerland and Video/teleconference (MS Teams/Zoom)

Purpose

The current Implementation Plan of the World Weather Research Programme is coming to an end in 2023 and we are also celebrating our 25th birthday. WWRP will look back to list our achievements, but also look forward to the new implementation plan for 2024-2027, which was adopted by Congress-19 and discuss our new projects.  The annual WWRP Scientific Steering Committee meeting will be a hybrid meeting between 29 August and 1 Sep 2023, bringing together the current and new WWRP community members to detail our future plans.  

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Draft Agenda (CEST time) or (UTC+2)

 

 

Tuesday 29 Aug

Wednesday 30 Aug

Thursday 31 Aug (details below)

Friday 1 Sep 

0830-0900

Welcoming and opening words

Opening words (Chair WWRP SSC) (5-10 min)

Opening words (DSG) (10 min)

Opening words (D/SI) (10 min)

 

TC-PFP update (15 min) 

See Presentation here.

AvRDP-2 update (15 min)

See Presentation here.

Paris Olympics update (15 min)

See Presentation here.

Discussion (15min)

TOTAL 60 min until 0930

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Artificial Intelligence for weather forecasting (Linus Magnusson) 45 min

See Presentation here. 

SSC – Reporting of projects and WGs

Closed SSC

0900-1030

Celebrating WWRP 25th anniversary

  1. Celeste Saulo (SG of WMO from 2024) (12 min)               See Presentation here. 
  2. Amanda Lynch (RB Chair) (12 min)             See Presentation here.
  3. Gilbert Brunet (Former Chair of WWRP SSC) (12 min)        See Presentation here. 
  4. Sarah Jones (Former Chair of WWRP SSC) (12 min)        See Presentation here. 
  5. Paolo Ruti (Former Head of WWRP) (12 min) See Presentation here. 
  6. WWRP 2016-2023 Achievements Brochure (Estelle de Coning, Head of WWRP) (10 min)
  7. Looking ahead: WWRP New IP for 2024-2027 - where we are now Chris Davis  (Chair of the WWRP SSC) (10 min)        See Presentation here.

SSC – Reporting of projects and WGs

Closed SSC

1030-1100

Tea/coffee break

Tea/coffee break

Tea/coffee break

Tea/coffee break

1100-1245
  1. EW4All/Southern Africa (Doug Parker) 45 min  See Presentation here. 
  2. Early Career Researcher (ECR) Session (60 mins)        See Presentation here. 

Breakout 3: (SAGE and Hydro/Precip)

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SSC – Reporting of projects and WGs

Closed SSC

1230-1400

LUNCH

(1 hour 30 min)

LUNCH

(1 hour 30 min)

LUNCH

(1 hour 30 min)

 

1400-1530

Breakout 1: 2 topics (Hydro/Precip and PEOPLE)

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Breakout 4: (PCAPS and PEOPLE)

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SSC – Reporting of projects and WGs

Tentative SSC

1530-1600

Tea/coffee break

Tea/coffee break

Tea/coffee break

 

1600-1730

Breakout 2: 2 topics (PCAPS and SAGE)

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Plenary – summarizing discussions of breakouts

  1. See Summary for InPRHA here.
  2. See Summary for PCAPS here. 
  3. See Summary for PEOPLE here.
  4. Summary for SAGE here.  

SSC – Reporting of projects and WGs

 

 

 

Dinner

 

 

 

Details for Day 3 and 4:

 

 

Thursday

Friday

0830-1000

Summaries and discussion relevant to IP/new projects:

HIWeather (30 min) Highlights until end of 2023

See Presentation here.

Sub-seasonal to seasonal Project (S2S) (30 min) Highlights until end of 2023

See Presentation here. 

Polar Prediction Project (PPP) – last wrap up actions (Dave/Gunilla/Daniela) (30 min)

See Presentations here.

 Closed SSC

 

 

1000-1030

Working Group on Tropical Meteorology Research (TMR WG)

See Presentation here.

1030-1100

Tea/coffee break

Tea/coffee break

1100-1120

Expert Team on Weather Modification (WxMOD ET)

See Presentation here.

Closed SSC

  

1120-1140

Working Group on Societal and Economical Research Applications (SERA WG)

See Presentation here.

1140-1200

Working Group on Data Assimilation and Observing Systems (DAOS WG)

See Presentation here.

1200-1220

Working Group on Nowcasting and Mesoscale Research (NMR WG)

See Presentation here.

1220-1230

Discussion

1230-1400

LUNCH

LUNCH

1400-1420

Working Group on Predictability Dynamics and Ensemble Forecasting (PDEF WG)

See Presentation here. 

Closed SSC

 

1420-1440

Joint Working Group on Forecast Verification Research (JWGFVR WG)

See Presentation here.

1440-1500

Young Earth System Scientist (YESS) Reporting

See Presentation here.

1500-1530

Working Group on Hydrology And Precipitation (HAP WG) – discussion

1530-1600

Tea/coffee break

 

1630-1700

Discussion

 

1700-1730

Cross-cutting program issues such as membership and larger WMO items

 Travelling back

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