RealPEP meeting
RealPEP Meeting, September 19 - 20, 2023
Location: Freie Universität Berlin Institute of Meteorology, Carl-Heinrich-Becker-Weg 6-10, 12165 Berlin, Room 041 (Alter Hörsaal)
Tuesday, September 19, 2023
13:30 - 13:40 CEST Welcome and opening
Silke Trömel
13:40 - 14:10 CEST Status on the most recent QPE-products provided for RealPEP and outlook
Raquel Evaristo (Bonn), P1: Status on the most recent QPE-products provided for RealPEP and outlook
14:10 - 14:40 CEST Improving QPE with commercial microwave links
Julius Polz (KIT-Alpin), P1: Improving QPE with commercial microwave links
14:40 - 15:10 CEST Probabilistic Nowcasting: Insight into a global-based and an object-based approach
Mathias Emond (Bonn), P2: Probabilistic Nowcasting: Insight into a global-based and an object-based approach
Coffee break 30 min
15:40 - 16:10 CEST Satellite retrievals of integrated water vapour and clouds
Cintia Carbajal Henken (Berlin) / Jan El Kassar (Berlin), P2: Satellite retrievals of integrated water vapour and clouds
16:10 - 16:40 CEST On the Assimilation of Polarimetry-Derived Hydrometeor Mixing Ratios in Germany next steps
Armin Blanke (online), P3: On the Assimilation of Polarimetry-Derived Hydrometeor Mixing Ratios in Germany next steps
16:40 - 18:00 CEST Discussions on:
1) How to proceed with the RealPEP paper draft?
2) Sessions, invited speaker, and organization of the PROM-RealPEP-SINFONY conference in March 2025
19:00 CEST Joint dinner at Italian “Matera“ Birkbuschstraße 7, 12165 Berlin
Wednesday, September 20, 2023
09:00 - 09:30 CEST Assimilation of Radar Data at DWD - Current Status and Developments
Klaus Vobig (DWD), P3: Assimilation of Radar Data at DWD - Current Status and Developments
09:30 - 10:00 CEST Nowcasting flash floods and steps towards a universal radar validation framework
Samirasadat Soltani (Jülich), P4: Nowcasting flash floods and steps towards a universal radar validation framework
Short coffee break 20 min
10:20 - 10:50 CEST Status and next steps on POLRA implementations and cooperation with P2
Mafuhja Akter (Bonn), C1: Status and next steps on POLRA implementations and cooperation with P2
10:50 - 12:30 CEST First slot of PI discussions for a joint follow-up RealPEP proposal
Lunch break 1 hour (joint order at “Il Caminetto” via “Wolt”)
13:30 - 17:00 CEST latest Part 2 of PI discussions for a joint follow-up RealPEP proposal
Location of Venue
850 m walking distance from station “Rathaus Steglitz”
