Participants/invited:
UKMO: Cristina Charlton-Perez , Samantha Pullen , Chris Harris , James Rucinski
ECMWF: Patricia de Rosnay , David Fairbairn , Sebastien Garrigues , Christoph Herbert , Kenta Ochi , Ewan Pinnington , Kirsti Salonen , Peter Weston , Gianpaolo Balsamo
Practical information:
Lunch: 12:15 Park house building 8
Meeting format hybrid:
Location: 13:30 University of Reading, Brian Hoskins, formerly the Meteorology Building, (Building 58) in room 2L68. Campus Map
Car park 24 just outside Brian Hoskins building 58.
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Agenda
13:30 Introductions
13:35 ECMWF talks
1. Patricia: ECMWF land DA overview and strategy
2. David: SM adaptive BC
3. Pete: SMOS update and VOD DA
4. Kenta: Snow DA
5. Christoph: Land surface (soil and snow) temperature analysis
6. Sebastien: NN-based observation operators: MW information content analysis
7. Ewan: Ensemble-based land DA and B
15:00 Coffee Break
15:10 Met Office talks : slides
1. Cristina: Brief overview of MO LSDA current and near-future (LFRic)
2. Cristina: ASCAT soil wetness product: bias correction and issues with high soil moisture from ASCAT in urban areas
3. Sam: Global snow and regional (UKV) snow DA overview
4. Sam: Future of LSDA in JEDI
15:45 Discussion
16:30 End of meeting
16:35 Coffee in Brian Hoskins coffee room if time permits and we want to keep chatting