North American THORpex page

Mission Statement - THORPEX: a Global Atmospheric Research Programme is an international research programme to accelerate improvements in the accuracy of 1 to 14 day weather forecasts for the benefit of society and the economy.   The programme builds upon ongoing advances within the basic-research and operational-forecasting communities.  It will make progress by enhancing international collaboration between these communities and with users of forecast products.

NSF_THORPEX_ver1.ppt

THORPEX World Meteorological Organization Web site

USWRP Thorpex web site   (presentations and planning documents from the International Science Co-Chairs)

Information on Regional Committees

"Nations and consortia of nations have established Regional Committees that define regional priorities for participation in THORPEX within the framework of the THORPEX International Science and Implementation Plans."
This site is maintained by the North American THORPEX Regional Committee(U.S. and Canada)

Membership of the North American Regional Committee

Meetings:
        North American THORPEX regional science committee meeting. Held at University of Maryland, August 14-15 2003
        Summary of the meeting
        Presentations:
             The Potential Impact of Space-based Lidar Winds on Weather Prediction    Author:  Robert Atlas
             Data Assimilation at the Meteorological Service of Canada    Author:  Pierre Gauthier
             Research at McGill University    Author:  John Gyakum
             THORPEX research at UMCP     Author:  Eugenia Kalnay
             NASA's Weather Research Program     Author:  Tim Miller
             Societal Impacts A Canadian West Coast Perspective     Author:  Laurie Neil
             AIRMAP and Targeted Wind Sensing Programs at UNH     Authors:   Robert Talbot and Berrien Moore
             Requirements for the North American Science Plan     Author:  Louis Uccellini

The following documents are part of national and agency planning efforts to design their contributions to the International THORPEX programme.

Abstract and Agenda from Montreal (October 2003) Canadian Planning meeting to begin to develop a Canadian Contribution to THORPEX

Letter of Intent Initial Canadian Letter of Intent for THORPEX participation- the letter of intent was accepted leading to the October 2003 Montreal meeting.

NOAA THORPEX briefing document   Improve Weather Forecast Accuracy through THORPEX

NOAA THORPEX Plan: Version 1- NOAA, the US government agency responsible for operational weather predictions has drafted a plan for their contribution to THORPEX

Federal Register Notice for NOAA Announcement of Opportunity - the submission date has passed

Part of the strategy of THORPEX includes field experiments called TOSTs and TReCs.

Additional Relevant Sites

Environment Canada /Canadian Meteorological Service Global Modeling

Canadian ensemble forecasts

Global Modeling Branch NOAA/NCEP

NCEP Ensemble Products

Fleet Numerical Modeling: Public Site

NOAA CDC (contains plotting tools for global data)

University of New Hampshire AIRMAP and Wind-finding effort

CIMMS THORPEX

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