Participants/invited:

UKMO: Cristina Charlton-Perez , Samantha Pullen , Chris Harris , James Rucinski 

ECMWF: Patricia de Rosnay ,  David Fairbairn , Sebastien Garrigues , Christoph HerbertKenta 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