WRF User's Workshop Agenda
POSTED: May 22, 2006
Monday - June 19, 2006
07:30 - 08:30 Registration
08:30 - 08:40 Welcome and Workshop logistics  
   
SESSION 1: WRF Updates
(15 min per talk, 5 min for questions)
SESSION CHAIR:
08:40 - 09:00 WRF Update.    Jimy Dudhia (NCAR/MMM)
09:00 - 09:20 A Package to Produce WRF Initial, Lower, and Lateral Boundary Conditions.    Dave Gill (NCAR/MMM)
09:20 - 09:40 WRF Software.   John Michalakes (NCAR/MMM)
09:40 - 10:00 The WRF Developmental Testbed Center: Current and Future Activities.    Louisa Nance (NCAR/DTC)
10:00 - 10:20 Update on WRF in NCEP Operations.    Geoff DiMego (NCEP)
10:20 - 10:45 Coffee Break
   
SESSION 2: Convection-Resolving Modeling
(12 min per talk, 3 min for questions)
SESSION CHAIR: Min Xue (OU)
10:45 - 11:00 Systematic Boundary-layer Biases in the WRF-ARW Real-time Convective Forecasts.    Morris L. Weisman, Jimmy Dudhia, Wei Wang (NCAR/MMM)
11:00 - 11:15 Numerical simulation of heavy snowfall over South Korea in December 2005 using WRF.   Kyo-Sun Lim and Song-You Hong (Yonsei University)
11:15 - 11:30 WRF Simulations of a Heavy Rainfall Event in Taiwan.    Fang-Ching Chien, Yi-Chin Liu, and Cheng-Shang Lee (National Taiwan Normal University)
11:30 - 11:45 WRF Model Simulations of a Quasi-Stationary, Extreme- Rain-Producing Mesoscale Convective System.    Russ S. Schumacher and Richard H. Johnson (Colorado State University)
11:45 - 12:00
A sensitivity of squall-line structure and intensity to environmental stability and shear.   Tetsuya Takemi (Tokyo Institute of Technology)
12:45 - 12:15 Discussion on Research Planning Document
12:15 - 01:30 Lunch Break
   
SESSION 3: Hurricane Studies
(12 min per talk, 3 min for questions)

SESSION CHAIR: Shuyi Chen (UM)
01:30 - 01:45 ARW Developments for Hurricane Prediction.    Chris Davis, Wei Wang, Yongsheng Chen, Kristen Corbosiero, Jimy Dudhia, Greg Holland, Joe Klemp, Richard Rotunno, Chris Snyder, Qingnong Xiao (NCAR)
01:45 - 02:00 Impact of microphysics on hurricane track and intensity forecasts.    Robert G. Fovell (UCLA)
02:00 - 02:15 Initializing a Hurricane Vortex with an Ensemble Kalman Filter.   Yongsheng Chen and Chris Snyder (NCAR)
02:15 - 02:30 Five Years of Idealized Hurricane Simulations with WRF.    David S. Nolan (University of Miami)
02:30 - 02:45 The Hurricane WRF (HWRF): Addressing our Nation's Next-Generation Hurricane Forecast Problems.    N. Surgi, S. Gopalakrishnan, Qingfu Liu, Robert Tuleya and W. OConnor (NCEP)
02:45 - 03:00 Discussion on Research Planning Document  
03:00 - 03:30 Coffee Break  
     
03:30 - 05:30
POSTER SESSION  
     
  Convection-Resolving Modeling  
P2.2   
Simulation of First Echoes Along the Dryline.    Robert G. Fovell (UCLA)
P2.3   
Verification of WRF for the 4-5 December 2001 IMPROVE-2.   Yanluan Lin (Stony Brook Univ.), Brian A. Colle
P2.4   
Challenges in Using WRF as an Operational and Research Tool for High Resolution NWP in Alaska and Montana.    Don Morton (The University of Montana / Arctic Region Supercomputing Center), Eugene Petrescu (NOAA NWS, Missoula, Montana), Eric Stevens (NOAA NWS, Fairbanks, Alaska), Greg Newby (Arctic Region Supercomputing Center) Anna Klene (U. Montana)
     
  Hurricane Studies  
P3.1   
High-resolution Vortex-following WRF for Hurricanes Forecasting.    Shuyi S. Chen(University of Miami), W. Zhao, and J. Michalakes
P3.2   
Genesis of Tropical Cyclone Agni: Physical Mechanisms.    Amit Kesarkar (Centre for Development of Advanced Computing), Sudipta Banerjee, J Venkata Ratnam
P3.3   
High Resolution Simulations of typhoon RUSA, 2002 over Korea.   Dong-Kyou Lee (Seoul National University) and Suk-Jin Choi
P3.4   
Numerical Studies on flooding Events Associated with the Passage of Typhoon Mindulle.   Pay-Liam Lin (National Central University)
P3.5   
What is the trigger for tropical cyclogenesis?   David S. Nolan (University of Miami)
P3.6   
Numerical simulations of tropical cyclones during TCSP: The impact of data assimilation and sensitivity to cumulus and microphysical schemes in the WRF model.    Zhaoxia Pu and Xuanli Li (Department of Meteorology, University of Utah)
     
  Data Assimilation  
P4.1   
An Implementation of Spectral Nudging Technique to the NCAR WRF Model.    Dong-Hyun Cha (Seoul National University), Dong-Kyou Lee, and Ying-Hwa Kuo
P4.2   
Impact of WRFVar (3DVar) Background Error Statistics.    Y.-R. Guo (NCAR), H.-C. Lin, X.X. Ma, X.-Y. Huang, C.-T. Terng, and Y.-H. Kuo
P4.3   
Impact of Doppler Velocities Assimilation on the Initialization and Simulation of three different precipitation systems.   Hsin-Hung Lin (Department of Atmospheric Sciences, NCU), Pay-Liam Lin, Bill Kuo and Qingnong Xiao
P4.4   
Observation Error Statistics of Spaced-based GPS RO.   X.-X. Ma (NCAR), Y.-R.Guo, Y.-H.Kuo, H.-C.Lin
P4.5   
Improvements in ARW Forecasting for Antarctica from MODIS Winds.   Jordan G. Powers and Syed R.H. Rizvi (NCAR)
P4.6   
A hybrid ensemble transform Kalman filer-3DVAR data assimilation scheme for WRF.    Xuguang Wang (NOAA, earth system research lab) , Dale Barker, Chris Snyder, Tom Hamill
P4.7   
Doppler Radar Data Assimilation with WRF-Var: Current Status and Future Plan.    Qingnong Xiao (NCAR), Juanzhen Sun, Wen-Chau Lee, Eunha Lim, Soichiro Sugimoto,Jianfeng Gu, Xiaoyan Zhang, Yong-Run Guo, Dale M. Barker, Hans Huang, and Ying-Hwa Kuo
     
  Physics Development  
P5.1   
MODIS land surface parameters for improved MM5 simulations in the Mexico City basin during the MILAGRO field campaign.    Benjamin de Foy (Molina Center for Energy and the Environment), Luisa T. Molina
P5.2   
Implementation of the RAMS cloud microphysics parameterization in WRF-ARM.    Laura D. Fowler (Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere), and Thomas H. Vonder Haar
P5.3   
WRF simulations of the November 11, 2003 AIRS II field experiment.    William Hall (NCAR)
P5.4   
WRF Single-Moment 6-Class Microphysics Scheme (WSM6).    Song-You Hong (Yonsei University) Kyo-Sun Lim, Ju-Hye Kim, Jeong-Ock Jade Lim, Jimy Dudhia
P5.5   
The influence of aerosols on precipitating systems: Analysis of Results from the WRF-SBM.    Barry H. Lynn (Columbia University), Alexander Khain, and Jimy Dudhia
P5.6   
Implementation of the dynamic reconstruction turbulence model and the immersed boundary method for improved large-eddy simulation of flow over complex terrain using WRF.    J.D. Mirocha (Lawrence Livermore National laboratory), J. K. Lundquist, F. K. Chow and K. A. Lundquist
P5.7   
A COMPARISON OF MICROPHYSICAL SCHEMES IN THE WRF MODEL DURING A SEVERE WEATHER EVENT.   Jason Otkin (UW-Madison), Hung-Lung Huang, and Axel Seifert
P5.8   
WRF MODEL SIMULATIONS USED IN SUPPORT OF INFRARED HYPERSPECTRAL FORWARD MODEL AND PRODUCT ALGORITHM DEVELOPMENT.    Jason Otkin (UW-Madison), Erik Olson, Hung-Lung Huang, Chian-Yi Lui and Steve Wanzong
     
  WRF Chem  
P6.1   
Chemical Species Redistribution by Deep Convection and Its Sensitivity to Different Types of Storms.    Kaylee Acuff, Mary Barth (NCAR)
P6.2   
A Lagrangian Particle Dispersion Model Compatible with WRF.    Jerome Fast (Pacific Northwest National Laboratory) and Richard Easter
P6.3   
Effect of Cloud-Aerosol-Chemistry Interactions on Aerosol and Cloud Optical Depths.    W. I. Gustafson Jr. (Pacific Northwest National Laboratory), E. G. Chapman, J. D. Fast, R. C. Easter, and S. J. Ghan
P6.4   
Coupling of WRF and AERMOD for Pollutant Dispersion Modeling.    Amit Kesarkar (Centre for Development of Advanced Computing), Mohit Dalvi, Akshara Kaginalkar, A. Venkatram, A. Cimorelli, Ajay Ojha
P6.5   
Impact of Power Plant NOx Emission Controls on NO2 and O3 in the Eastern US.    S.-W. Kim (NOAA/ESRL/CSD & CIRES), A. Heckel, S. A. McKeen, G. J. Frost, E.-Y. Hsie, M. K. Trainer, A. Richter, J. Burrows, S. E. Peckham, and G. A. Grell
P6.6   
High Resolution WRF forecasts for the 2006 MIRAGE/MILAGRO Experiment.   Bill Skamarock (NCAR)
P6.7   
On-line Tracer Simulation with Signal Technique Using WRF Model.    Zhan Zhao and Shu-Hua Chen (UC, Davis)
P6.8   
Air quality modelling at regional scale using WRF/Chem and a GIS based system for emission inventory in southeast Italy.    Umberto Rizza, Dario Conte, Gian Paolo Marra, Mario Marcello Miglietta, Cristina Mangia (CNR-ISAC, Institute of Atmospheric Sciences and Climate, Lecce Unit, Italy)
P6.9   
Air quality modelling at regional scale using WRF/Chem and a GIS based system for emission inventory in southeast Italy.   Umberto Rizza, Dario Conte, Gian Paolo Marra, Mario Marcello Miglietta, Cristina Mangia (CNR-ISAC, Institute of Atmospheric Sciences and Climate, Lecce Unit, Italy)
     
  Regional Climate  
P7.1   
Mechanism of diurnal cycle of convective activity over Borneo Island.    Masayuki Hara (Frontier Research Center for Global Change, JAMSEC), Takao Yoshikane and Fujio Kimura
P7.2   
Simulation with WRF of anomalous East Asia summer monsoon in 1993: Sensitivity to shortwave radiation schemes and ozone absorption.    Hyung-Jin Kim (International Pacific Research Center), Bin Wang, Yign Noh
P7.3   
A Mesoscale Nature Run for Predictability, Turbulence, and Parameterization Studies.    Joshua Hacker, Janice Coen, and John Michalakes (NCAR)
     
  Verification  
P8.1   
Sensitivity of the WRF Simulated Low-Level Winds in Central California to the Atmosphere and Soil Initialization.    Sara A. Michelson and Jian-Wen Bao (NOAA/Earth System Research Laboratory)
P8.2   
Importance of Moisture Analysis to Obtain Short-Range Prediction of Heavy Rainfall.   Hiroyuki Kusaka (University of Tsukuba)
P8.3   
The Impact of High-Resolution SSTs on Mesoscale Forecasts.   Katherine M. LaCasse (University of Alabama in Huntsville), Mike E. Splitt, Steven M. Lazarus, and William M. Lapenta
P8.4   
WRF core comparison tests with fully matched physical parameterizations towards WRF-Rapid Refresh.    Tanya Smirnova (NOAA Earth System Research Lab, and Cooperative Institute for Research in the Environmental Sciences, University of Colorado), Ligia Bernadet, Louisa Nance, Tom Black, Jimy Dudhia, Greg Thompson, Stan Benjamin and John M. Brown
P8.5   
Mountain-wave forecasts: preliminary ARW-NMM core comparisons.    John M. Brown and Paul J. Schultz (NOAA/Earth System Research Lab), Ligia Bernadet, Christopher Anderson, Brian Jamison and Christopher Harrop
P8.6   
Army Research Laboratory WRF ARW Modeling for T-REX.    Robert E. Dumais Jr. (US Army Research Laboratory), Teizi Henmi, Edward Colon
P8.7   
ARL WRF Model Idealized Simulations in Mountainous Regions.   John Lindeman (George Mason University)
P8.8   
RANGE FORECASTER IMPRESSIONS AND USE OF THE WRF-RTFDDA.    Joshua Hacker (NCAR), Ming Ge, and Yubao Liu
P8.9   
Simulation of high impact weather over Israel with the NCAR/ATEC.   Dorita Rostkier-Edelstein (IIBR/NCAR) and Yubao Liu (NCAR)
P8.10   
Use of WRF for Winter Precipitation Enhancement Studies.    Tara Jensen, Roelof Bruintjes, and Dan Breed (NCAR)
P8.11   
Simulation of snow storm over Japan.    Koji WADA (Central Research Institute of Electric Power Industry), Hiroyuki Kusaka and Hromaru Hirakuchi
P8.12   
Evaluation of WRF Precipitation Forecasts over India during the Summer Monsoon.    Amanda E. Hopkins (Florida State University)
P8.13   
Sensitivity test and validation of WRF model simulations during 2004 Mei-Yu season in Taiwan.   Shyuan- Ru Miaw (Department of Atmospheric Science, NCU), Pay-Liam Lin, Fan-Chin Chien, Ben J.-D. Jou, Jing-Sun Hong
P8.14   
Heavy rainfall events during Indian summer monsoon season: Satellite observations and numerical simulations using WRFV2.1.2.   Mukul Tewari (NCAR) and C.M. Kishtawal
P8.15   
Verification of WRF forecast over Northeastern United States.    Shing Yoh (Kean University)
     
  Ensemble Forecasting  
P9.1   
Using model physics and lower boundary perturbations in short-range ensemble simulations of hurricane Isabel.    So-Young Ha and Chris Snyder (NCAR)
   
Advanced Computing  
P10.1   
WRF performance tuning for Intel® platforms.   A. Semenov (intel Corp.), T. Kashevarova, P. Mankevich, D. Shkurko
P10.2   
Deployment of WRF Model Using Bootable Cluster CD (BCCD) on Heterogeneous PC System.    Shing Yoh (Kean University) and Braden Ward
     
     
Tuesday - June 20, 2006
08:00 - 08:30 Coffee
   
SESSION 4-1: Data Assimilation
(12 min per talk, 3 min for questions)

SESSION CHAIR: Dale Barker (NCAR)
08:30 - 08:45 Status Report on WRF-ARW's Variational Data Assimilation System (WRF-Var).    Barker, Bray, Guo, Huang, Liu, Rizvi and Xiao (NCAR/MMM)
08:45 - 09:00 Radiance assimilation in WRF-Var.    Zhiquan Liu and Dale Barker (NCAR/MMM)
09:00 - 09:15 Study of MODIS Retrieved Total Precipitable Water Data and Their Impact on Weather Simulations.    Shu-Hua Chen, Zhan Zhao, Jennifer Haase, Aidong Chen, and Francois Vandenberghe (University of California, Davis)
09:15 - 09:30 Development of Unified 3DVAR for Global and Regional Application in KMA.    Hyun Cheol Shin (Korea Meteorological Administration)
09:30 - 09:45 Preliminary results of WRF 4D-Var.    Xiang-Yu Huang, Qingnong Xiao, Wei Huang, Dale Barker, John Michalakes, John Bray, Yongrun Guo, Hui-Chuan Lin, Ying-Hwa Kuo (NCAR)
09:45 - 10:00 Application of Radio Occultation Data in Improving Analyses of Temperature and Moisture in Traditional Data Void Regions with the WRF/DART Ensemble Data Assimilation System.    Hui Liu, Jeffrey Anderson, Ying-Hua Kuo, Chris Snyder, and Alain Caya (NCAR)
10:00 - 10:30 Coffee Break  
   
SESSION 4-2: Data Assimilation
(12 min per talk, 3 min for questions)

SESSION CHAIR: Dale Barker (NCAR)
10:30 - 10:45 An update on “observation-nudging”-based FDDA for WRF-ARW: Verification using OSSEs and evaluation of the statistical performance of real-time forecasts.    Yubao Liu, Alfred Bourgeois, Tom Warner, Scott Swerdlin and Wei Yu (NCAR)
10:45 - 11:00 Radar Data Assimilation in the Simulation of Mesoscale Convective Systems evaluation of the statistical performance of real-time forecasts.    Dong-Kyou Lee, Hyun-Ha Lee, Johan Lee and Joo-Wan Kim (Seoul National University)
11:00 - 11:15 The Performance of WRF-based EnKF and 3DVAR for an MCV event during BAMEX.    Fuqing Zhang and Zhiyong Meng (Texas A&M University)
11:15 - 11:30 Discussion on Research Planning Document  
   
SESSION 5-1: Physics Development
(12 min per talk, 3 min for questions)

SESSION CHAIR: Cliff Mass (UW)
11:30 - 11:45 WRF physics: Issues and future directions.    John M. Brown (NOAA/Earth System Research Lab) and Physics Working Group 5
11:45 - 12:00 Inter-comparisons of Physics Schemes in COAMPS and WRF.    Yi Jin, Sue Chen, James Doyle, Chi-Sann Liou, Jason Nachamkin, Jerome Schmidt, Shouping Wang, Wei Wang, and Richard Hodur (Naval Research Lab and NCAR)
12:00 - 01:30 Lunch Break  
   
SESSION 5-2: Physics Development
(12 min per talk, 3 min for questions)

SESSION CHAIR: Cliff Mass (UW)
01:30 - 01:45 A New Bulk Microphysical Parameterization in WRF.    Greg Thompson, Bill Hall, Paul Field, Roy Rasmussen (NCAR)
01:45 - 02:00 Implementation of NASA/GSFC Cloud Microphysics Schemes into WRF.    Jainn J. Shi and Wei-Kuo Tao (NASA GSFC)
02:00 - 02:15 Noah LSM used in the operational mesoscale NAM (WRF-NMM) model.    Michael Ek*+, Ken Mitchell*, Vince Wong*#, George Gayno*# (affiliations: *NCEP/EMC, +UCAR/VSP, #SAIC
02:15 - 02:30 Implementation and Evaluation of an Advanced Urban Canopy Model in WRF/Noah.   Mukul Tewari (NCAR/RAL), Fei Chen (NCAR/RAL), Hiroyuki Kusaka (University of Tsukuba)  
02:30 - 02:45 Interaction between the boundary-Layer and precipitation processes in WRF.    Song-You Hong, Yign Noh, and Jimy Dudhia (Yonsei University and NCAR)
02:45 - 03:00 Behavior of WRF PBL schemes and land-surface models in 1D simulations during BAMEX.    M. Pagowski (NOAA-ESRL/CIRA), J. Hacker (NCAR), and D. Rostkier-Edelstein (IIBR & NCAR)
03:00 - 03:15 A new combined local and non-local boundary layer model: ACM2.    Jonathan E. Pleim (ARL/NOAA)
03:15 - 03:30 Discussion on Research Planning Document  
03:30 - 04:00 Coffee Break  
     
04:00 - 05:30
Discussion 1: Developers' Forum
CHAIR: Joe Klemp (NCAR)
05:30 - 07:00
Reception
 
     
Wednesday - June 21, 2006
08:00 - 08:30 Coffee
   
SESSION 6: WRF Chem
(10 min per talk, 2 min for questions)

SESSION CHAIR: Georg Grell (NOAA)
08:30 - 08:42 New developments and applications for WRF/Chem.    Georg Grell, Steven Peckham, Stuart McKeen, Jerome Fast, William Gustafson (CIRES/NOAA/SRL/GSD)
08:42 - 08:54 Implementation and Testing of the 2005 Version of Carbon Bond Mechanism in WRF/Chem.    Jian-Ping Huang (North Carolina State University)
08:54 - 09:06 Evolution of Particulates and Direct Radiative Forcing Downwind of Mexico City during the 2006 MILAGRO Field Campaign.    Jerome Fast, Christopher Doran, and James Barnard (Pacific Northwest National Laboratory)
09:06 - 09:18 Cloud resolving studies of trace gas scavenging and photochemistry.    Marc Salzmann, Mark Lawrence, Vaughan Phillips, Leo Donner (Max Planck Institute for Chemistry)
09:18 - 09:30 Results of Coupling the WRF-Chemistry model with the SMOKE Emissions Processing/Modeling System.    John McHenry and Carlie Coats (Baron Advanced Meteorological Systems)
09:30 - 09:42 The sensitivity of ozone and its precursors to planetary boundary layer transport parameterizations within the WRF-Chem model.    Stuart McKeen, Si-Wan Kim, Greg Frost, Eirh-Yu Hsie, Georg Grell and Steven Peckham (NOAA/CIRES)
09:42 - 09:54 Off-line Air Quality Coupling System: WRF-CMAQ.    Fong Ngan and Daewon Byun (Institute for Multidimensional Air Quality Studies)
09:54 - 10:10 Discussion on Research Planning Document  
10:10 - 10:30 Coffee Break  
   
SESSION 7: Regional Climate
(12 min per talk, 3 min for questions)

SESSION CHAIR: Ruby Leung (PNL)
10:30 - 10:45 Understanding Error in the Long-term Simulation of Warm Season Rainfall using the WRF Model radiation schemes and ozone absorption.    J.M.Done (NCAR), L.R.Leung (Pacific Northwest National Laboratory) and B.Kuo (NCAR)
10:45 - 11:00 Analysis and Evaluation of WRF Tropical Channel Simulations.    L. Ruby Leung, Bill Kuo, Joe Tribbia, Greg Holland, Jimy Dudhia, James Done, Bill Collins, Jim Hack, Bill Large, Jim Hurrell, Rick Anthes, Mitch Moncrieff, John Michalakes, Tom Henderson, Julie Caron, Cindy Bruyere, Wei Wang (Pacific Northwest National Laboratory and NCAR)
11:00 - 11:15 Development of the Regional Climate-Weather Research and Forecasting Model (CWRF): Treatment of Subgrid Topography Effects.    Xin-Zhong Liang, Min Xu, Hyun IL Choi, Kenneth E. Kunkel, Laura Rontu, Jean-Francois Geleyn, Mathias D. Müller, Everette Joseph, Julian X.L. Wang (Illnois State Water Survey, UIUC)
11:15 - 11:30 Past and future climate statistics of severe convective storms using a multi-model approach.    Robert J. Trapp, Brooke A. Halvorson, and Noah S. Diffenbaugh (Purdue University)
11:30 - 11:45 Development and Testing of Polar WRF.    Keith M. Hines and David H. Bromwich (Ohio State University)
11:45 - 12:00 Discussion on Research Planning Document  
12:00 - 01:30 Lunch Break  
   
SESSION 8: Verification
(12 min per talk, 3 min for questions)

SESSION CHAIR: Chris Davis (NCAR)
01:30 - 01:45
Verification of WRF Over Complex Terrain and Coastal Regions Using Field Data and Ensembles.    Brian A. Colle, Yanluan Lin, and Joseph Olson (Stony Brook University / SUNY)
01:45 - 02:00 DTC/ESRL-GSD Core Test for Rapid Refresh: Preliminary Results.    Stan Benjamin, NOAA/Earth System Research Lab, J. M. Brown, T. G. Smirnova, A. Loughe, R. Collander, L. Bernadet and L. B. Nance
02:00 - 02:15
Evaluation of the WRF-NMM nested grid model for use in hazard and consequence assessment operations during the 2006 Winter Olympic Games.    Jeffery T. McQueen, Dusan Jovic, Sundararaman G. Gopalakrishnam, Hui-ya Chuang, Patrick J. Hayes, Zavisa Janjic and Geoff DiMego (NOAA/NWS/NCEP)
02:15 - 02:30
Penn State-DTRA High-Resolution Meteorological Modeling for the Torino Winter Olympics.    David Stauffer, Glenn Hunter, Aijun Deng, Young Kwon, Patrick Hayes and Jimmie Trigg, Jr. (Penn State University)
02:30 - 02:45
A comparison of very short-term QPFs for summer convection over complex terrain areas, with the NCAR/ATEC WRF and MM5-based RTFDDA systems.    Wei Yu, Yubao Liu, Tom Warner, Randy Bullock, Barbara Brown and Ming Ge (NCAR/RAL)
02:45 - 03:00
Working with WRF netCDF data in GIS.    Jennifer Boehnert (NCAR)
03:00 - 03:15
Discussion on Research Planning Document  
03:13 - 03:45 Coffee Break  
     
03:45 - 05:15
Discussion 2: General Users/Community Issues
CHAIR: Bill Kuo (NCAR)
 
Thursday - June 22, 2006
08:00 - 08:30 Coffee
08:30 - 10:00
Breakout Sessions
 
10:00 - 10:15 Coffee Break  
10:15 - 11:45
Summary of Breakout Session by Group Leaders (10 min each)  
11:45 - 12:30
Plenary Discussion  
12:30 Meeting Adjourned  
 
  Instructional Sessions (Optional)
01:30 - 02:30
Introduction of the New WRF Preprocessing Program
 
02:30 - 02:45 Coffee Break  
02:45 - 03:45
The Importance of Data Assimilation in Assessing WRF Forecast Performance
 
03:45 - 05:00 Reserved for a possible third Lecture Session