Earth System Science Organization
Ministry of Earth Sciences
Monsoon Mission Review Meeting
Venue: Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology, Pune
18 - 20 February 2015 Download Agenda
Wednesday, 18th February, 2015
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09.30 - 10.00
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Inauguration Ceremony |
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Dr Shailesh Nayak, Chairman, ESSO and the Secretary, MoES Dr Vinod Gaur, Chairman, Governing Council, ESSO-IITM Monsoon Mission Director Associate Monsoon Mission Director |
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10.30 - 13.20 : Session-1 : Model Development Activities at MoES/NOAA/UKMET |
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10:00 - 10:30
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Model development activities at ESSO-IITM (CFS V2): Dr Suryachandra Rao, IITM Pune.
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10.30 - 11.00
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Tea/coffee |
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11:00 - 11:30
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Experimental extended range monsoon forecasts: Dr A.K.Sahai, IITM Pune .
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11:30 - 12:00
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Model Development activities at ESSO-NCMRWF (UKMO): Dr. E.N.Rajagopal, NCMRWF.
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12:00 - 12:30
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Monsoon Desk and Recent model Development activities at NCEP (CFS V2): Dr. Partha Bhattacharjee, NCEP.
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12:30 - 13:00
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MoES-UKMO Cooperation and UKMO model development activities at UKMO: Dr Richard Renshaw, UK Met Office.
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13:00 - 13:20
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Operational Short-range and Long range forecasts by ESSO-IMD: Dr. Y.V.Rama Rao/Dr D. Sivanand Pai, IMD Pune.
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13:20 - 14:00: LUNCH
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14:00 - 16:00 : Session-2 : Model Diagnostics for model development-I |
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14:00 - 14:30
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Sensitivity Studies for Indian Monsoon Forecast Modelling: Dr T.N.Krishnamurti, FSU, USA.
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14:30 - 15:00
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Ocean-Land-Atmosphere coupling and initialization stratazies to improve CFS v2 and Monsoon Prediction: Dr James L Kinter, GMU, USA.
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15:00 - 15:30
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Understanding bias errors and addressing physics errors in the CFS V2 model: Dr Brain Mapes, University of Miami.
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15:30 - 16:00
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Understanding the role of sea surface temperatures in the simulation and prediction of the monsoon intraseasonal oscillation: Dr Arun Kumar, NCEP USA.
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16:00 - 16:30
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Extended Monsoon Episodes: Understanding processes and pathways for improved prediction CFS v2: Dr H. Annamalai, IPRC, Hawai.
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16:30 - 17:00: Tea/Coffee
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17:00 - 18:30: Session-3. New Techniques and Parametrization Schemes |
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17:00 - 17:30
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An approach of Multiscale multicloud parameterization to improve the CFS model fidelity of monsoon weather and climate through better organized tropical convection: Dr Bhoualem Khoudier, University of Victoria, Canada.
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17:30 - 18:00
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Advancing Monsoon Weather Climate Fidelity in the NCEP CFS through Improved Cloud-Radiation-Dynamical Representation: Dr Duane Waliser, JPL, USA.
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18:00 - 18:30
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Stochastic Parameterization and Forecasting of Wind Energy in India: Dr Ralf Toumi, Imperial College, UK.
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19:00 Onwords |
Dinner
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Thursday, 19th February 2015 |
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09:30 - 13:30 : Session-4 : Modelling activities with UKMO model |
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09:30 - 10:00
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Improved Indo-UK capability for seamless forecasting of monsoon rainfall: from days to the season: Dr Andrew Turner, University of Reading
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10:00 - 10:30
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Diurnal variability of summer monsoon rainfall in the UKMO-Unified Model: Dr M.S. Madhusoodanan, TERI.
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10:30 - 11:00
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Impacts of ocean-atmosphere coupling and SST high frequency variability on the coupled simulation of the mean state and variability of the Indian Summer Monsoon: Dr Pascal Terray, LMD France.
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11:00 - 11:30
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Evaluation and Improvement of the Unified Model for Short- and Medium-Range Prediction of Monsoon Rain Systems: Dr Kamal Puri, CAWCR, Australia
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11:30 - 12:00
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Tea/Coffeee |
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12:00 - 16:00 : Session-5 : Observational networks and Data Assimilation |
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12:00 - 12:20 |
Atmospheric Observational Networks by IMD: Dr. Y.V.Rama Rao IMD.
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12:20 - 12:40 |
Atmospheric Observational Research Campaigns: Dr. Thara Prabhakaran, IITM.
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12:40 - 13:00 |
Ocean Observational Network: Dr. Satish Shenoi, INCOIS.
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13:00 - 13:30 |
Coupled physical processes in the Bay of Bengal and monsoon air-sea interaction: Dr Debasis Sengupta, IISc Bangalore.
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13:30 - 14:30 LUNCH
Session-5 Continue.... |
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14:30 - 15:00 |
Use of observations defining upper ocean processes in the Bay of Bengal towards improved weather/seasonal forecast: Dr Rubi Krishamurti, FSU, USA.
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15:00 - 15:30 |
Improving Monsoon Predictions with a Coupled Ensemble Kalman Filter Data Assimilation System: Dr Eugenia Kalnay, University of Maryland.
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15:30 - 16:00 |
The Indian Monsoon Advanced Regional Reanalysis (IMARR) Project: Dr Dale Barker, Met Office, UK.
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16:0 - 16:30 |
Improved Ocean Initialization for Coupled Modelling for week-2 Monsoon forecast: Dr Suneet Dwivedi, University of Allahabad.
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16:30 - 17:00 |
Tea/Coffee |
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17:00 - 18:30 : Session-6 : Model Diagnostics – II |
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17.00 - 17:30
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Role of the atmosphere and the Indian Ocean in the evolution of Monsoon-ENSO teleconnection in CFS: Dr Raghu Murtugudde, University of Maryland .
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17.30 - 18:00
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Improving multi-scale variability and interactions in a global coupled seasonal climate forecast system through embedded regional modeling at weather and cloud resolving scales: Dr Saji Hameed, University of Aizu, Japan.
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18:00 - 18.30
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Identification and Correction of Errors in Various Components of Dynamics and Physics of the Global Forecast System (GFS) Model: Dr Arindam Chakraborty, IISc Bangalore.
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19:00 hrs
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Dinner |
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Friday, 20th February 2015
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09:30 - 11:30 : Session-7 : Model Diagnostics – II |
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09:30 - 09:50
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Role of ocean in the extended range prediction of monsoon's active break cycle improving hindcast skill of the NCEP CFS modelling system: Dr Baby Chakrapani, CUSAT, India .
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09:50 - 10:10
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Predictability of intraseasonal oscillatory modes and ENSO-monsoon relationship in NCEP CFS with reference to Indian & Pacific Ocean: Dr Shailendra Rai, Allahabad University.
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10:10 - 10.30
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Towards understanding the biases in the model SST, wind field and rainfall in the Climate Forecasting System for the Monsoon: Dr SSVS Ramakrishna, Andhra University.
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10:30 - 10.50
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Bias estimation and effort for removal of UM/CFS coupled model output with adaptive techniques for improving forecast skill of Indian summer monsoon: Dr Sutapa Chaudhari, University of Calcutta, India.
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10:50 - 11.15
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Tea/Coffee |
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11:15 - 13:45
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Monsoon Mission SRMC meeting (closed door meeting) |
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13:45 - 14.30
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LUNCH |
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