Weather Forecasting in the Tropics
Monday, 10 June 2019
Venue: CDU Waterfront Campus - Room 5.03
This workshop aims to bring together forecasters and researchers to review current challenges of weather forecasting in the Tropics. A special focus will be on forecasting precipitation as well as the ability and limitations of current models in forecasting severe weather. The workshop is seen as a sequel to that held in nearly two decades ago in Darwin (Smith et al., 2001: Proceedings of an International Workshop on the Dynamics and Forecasting of Tropical Weather Systems. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 82, 2825-2829).
The workshop will include a series of review talks by eminent researchers and presentations from forecasters outlining current challenges in forecasting significant weather in the Tropics. It is planned to schedule copious time for discussion and the Workshop will aim to produce a set of recommendations for future research.
Programme
08:45 - | Introduction: Roger Smith |
09:00 - | Forecaster presentations |
Ian Shepherd Overview of forecasting issues in the Australian tropics Jackson Browne Christopher Kent Nicholas Loveday |
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10:30 - | Coffee |
11:00 - | Christian Jakob: Challenges in rainfall prediction using global models |
11.30 - | Discussion |
11:45 - | Todd Lane: Challenges in predicting rainfall using mesoscale models |
12:15 - | Discussion |
12:30 - | Lunch |
14:00 - | Michael Reeder: Mid-latitude influences on the tropics |
14:30 - | Discussion |
14:45 - | George Kiladis: Equatorial waves and quantitative precipitation forecasts in operational models |
15:15 - | Discussion |
15:30 - | Tea |
16:00 - | Discussion and formulation of Recommendations for the way ahead |