RealPEP-SINFONY hybrid meeting Thursday, April 28th and Friday, April 29th 2022
Location: Uni Bonn, Department of Meteorology and digitally via zoom
12:00 pm: Opening with lunch together, ca 1h
1:00 pm –1:10 pm Welcome and opening
Silke Trömel
1:10 pm – 1:40 pm Status on the most recent QPE-products provided for RealPEP and outlook
JuYu Chen (Bonn), P1: Status on the most recent QPE-products provided for RealPEP and outlook
1:40 pm – 2:10 pm Improving QPE with commercial microwave links
Julius Polz (KIT-Alpin), P1: Improving QPE with commercial microwave links
2:10 pm – 2:40 pm Probabilistic Nowcasting: Insight into a global-based and an object-based approach
Ricardo Reinoso Rondinel (Bonn), P2: Probabilistic Nowcasting: Insight into a global-based and an object-based approach
2:40-3:00 pm Coffee break 20 min
3:00 pm – 3:30 pm Combining NWP- and Precipitation Nowcasting Ensembles to Improve Short-Term Predictions of Convective Precipitation
Martin Rempel (DWD): Combining NWP- and Precipitation Nowcasting Ensembles to Improve Short-Term Predictions of Convective Precipitation
3:30 pm – 4:00 pm Satellite retrievals of integrated water vapour and clouds
Cintia Carbajal Henken (Berlin), P2: Satellite retrievals of integrated water vapour and clouds
4:00-4:15 pm Coffee break 15 min
4:15 pm – 4:45 pm On the Assimilation of Polarimetry-Derived Hydrometeor Mixing Ratios in Germany
Lucas Reimann (Bonn), P3: RealPEP P3: On the Assimilation of Polarimetry-Derived Hydrometeor Mixing Ratios in Germany
outward Dinner, 6:30 pm in Poppelsdorf, Buena Vida Havanna, Clemens-August-Straße 1, 53115 Bonn
09:00 am – 9:30 pm Assimilation of Radar Data at the DW - Current Status and Developments
Roland Potthast (DWD), P3: Improvements on the Assimilation of radar reflectivities (P3)
9:30 am - 10:00 am Nowcasting flash floods and steps towards a universal radar validation framework
Carina Furusho / Mohamed Saadi, P4: Towards hydrological validation of radar-based precipitation
estimates and nowcasts
Coffee break 15 min
10:15 am – 11:15 am
ALL: Discussion on next steps, joint RealPEP publication, 30th Conference on Severe Local Storms (24-28 October 2022), joint outreach activities (schedule already for the next year a more international conference of medium size?)
11:15 am - 12:00 am
ALL: Discussion part 2
Real PEP online meeting, on Tuesday, 01 February and Wednesday, 02 February 2022
Location: DFN Room
10:00 am –10:10 am Welcome and opening
Silke Trömel
10:10 am – 10:40 am Probabilistic Nowcasting: Insight into a global-based and an object-based approach
Ricardo Reinoso Rondinel (Bonn): Probabilistic Nowcasting: Insight into a global-based and an object-based approach
10:40 am – 11:10 am Status on the most recent QPE-products/ snow analyses, provided for RealPEP and outlook
JuYu Chen (Bonn): Status on the most recent QPE-products/ snow analyses, provided for RealPEP and outlook
11:10 am – 11:40 am Improving QPE with commercial microwave links
Julius Polz (KIT-Alpin): Improving QPE with commercial microwave links
Coffee Break / time buffer 10 minutes
11:50 am – 12:20 am On the Assimilation of Polarimetry-Derived Hydrometeor Mixing Ratios in Germany
Lucas Reimann (Bonn): Assimilation of Hydrometeor Mixing Ratios Derived from Dual Polarimetric
Radar Observations with KENDA
LUNCHBREAK
1:30 pm – 2:00 pm Assimilation of Radar Data at the DWD—Current Status and Developments
Klaus Vobig (DWD): Improvements on the Assimilation of radar reflectivities (P3)
2:00 pm – 2:30 pm Nowcasting flash floods and steps towards a universal radar validation framework
Mohamed Saadi: Towards hydrological validation of radar-based precipitation
estimates and nowcasts
2:30 pm - 3:00 pm Satellite retrievals of integrated water vapour and clouds
Cintia Carbajal Henken (Berlin): Satellite retrievals of total column water vapor and clouds
9:00 am – 10:30 am ALL: Discussion on 3 month data basis, next steps, joint publication (NRW flooding), fix summer meeting in person
Coffee break 15 min
10:45 am - 12:00 am ALL: Individual breakout groups on specific topics/ ineractions