EMS Annual Meeting & European Conference on Applied Climatology 2010

13 - 17 September 2010
Zürich, Switzerland 

Presentations & Summary Session Reports

Silver Medal Lecture

Opening Session

Panel discussion on Climate Services

Climatology - ECAC

MC1 Monitoring of the climate system
MC2 Data rescue, management, quality and homogenization

B. Dattore: The Research Data Archive at NCAR: A System Designed to Handle Diverse Climate Datasets
I. Auer: HIST-EU - a dataset of European relevance, a database to enable long-term climate variability studies on regional scale
A. Jurkovic: Austrian Daily Climate Data Rescue and Quality Control
E. Grueter: A central repository for gridded data in the MeteoSwiss Data Warehouse
C. Haeberli: Data Integration and long-term Planning of the Observing System as a cross-cutting Process in a NHMS
P. Domonkos: Homogenising time series: Beliefs, dogmas and facts
A. Stickler: Wind bias of the NCEP/NCAR 50-year reanalysis over the West African and Asian Monsoon Regions during the Years 1940-57
J.A. Guijarro: A Majorca case study of daily extreme temperatures homogenization
T. Szentimrey: Quality control procedures in MISH-MASH systemsn
A. Spekat: Filling gaps in hourly data - a crucial step for homogeneity in high temporal resolution
S.C. Scherrer: Operational quality control of daily precipitation using spatio-climatological consistency testing
D. Ruffieux: Integration of upper air data in the MeteoSwiss Data Warehouse
R. Kocen: Homogenizing of historical climatological time series on a subdaily scale
G. Flury: Climate data quality control at MeteoSwiss - now and in future
M. Rohrer: Homogeneous temperature and precipitation series for a Peruvian High Andes regions from 1965 to 2009
K. Willett: Creating climate quality global datasets for studying trends, variability extremes
R. Hamdi: Effects of historical urbanization in the Brussels Capital Region on surface air temperature time series: a model study
J. Remund: The use of Meteonorm weather generator for climate change studies
F. Belda: Applying Data-mining techniques to study drought periods in Spain
C. Cassardo: JEM-EUSO: an opportunity for carrying out researches in atmospheric physics, meteorology and climatology using remote sensing techniques from space

MC3/AW13 Data mapping, spatial interpolation and GIS modelling, Reference climatologies (co-organized)

L. Foresti: Data-driven exploration of orographic enhancement of precipitation
C. Etienne: GIS and GAMs to predict extreme wind speeds over Switzerland and to assess storm damage
J. Walawender: Spatial interpolation of biologically effective UV radiation over Poland
T. Legg: Gridded climate data - Effect of network density on estimated errors
Z. Bihari: Mapping of SPI drought index in South-Eastern Europe, theory and practice
R. Erdin: Testing geostatistical methods to combine radar and rain gauges for precipitation mapping in a mountainous region
P. Dobrovolný: Multilevel analysis of spatial temperature variability in Brno region
M. Zoran: Analysis of climate change impacts on Urban Heat Island through geospatial data
E. Jabot: Spatial interpolation of air temperature for improving snow and hydrological forecasts on Alpine catchments
B. Chimani: Development of a longtime dataset of temperature and solid precipitation
J. Hiebl: Multi-methodical realisation of the new Austrian climate maps for 1971-2000
H. Tavoosi: A Comparison Between Kriging, CoKriging and Geographically Weighted Regression Models for Estimating Rainfall over North West of Iran
S. Krähenmann: Spatial mapping of daily extreme temperature in Europe and Middle East
P. Bissolli: Mapping of Snow Depth Data for the WMO RA VI Region and its Quality Assessment
O.E. Tveito: EUMETGRID - towards a common European data infrastructure for gridded climate data

UC1 Climate change assessments of trends, variability and extremes

R.M. Dole: Understanding Regional Climate Variations and Trends over North America
I. Zveryaev: Variability in the Summer Season Hydrological Cycle over the Atlantic-European Region
G. van der Schrier: A global dataset of self-calibrating Palmer Drought Severity Index dataset
J. Wibig: Has the probability of water deficit changed in Central Europe since the middle of the 20th century?
M. Rebetez: Relationship between alpine tourism demand and hot summer air temperatures associated with climate change
A. Vajda: Observed changes in extreme winter events in Europe with implication for transport system
L. Makkonen: Are extremes increasing or have we underestimated them?
C. Simolo: Understanding climate change-induced variations in daily temperature distributions over Italy
Y. Brugnara: Daily precipitation variability in the Italian Alps over the last century
S.C. Scherrer: Local and large-scale influences on Swiss temperature trends 1959-2008
S.C. Scherrer: Analyses of newly digitised and reconstructed snow series over the last 100+ years in Switzerland
E. Maksimovich: Meteorological factors controlling the spring snow melt onset in the Arctic Ocean
B. Früh: Urban sites in climate change
L. Das: Up-to-date (1900-2009) rapid warming over Japan: an assessment of urban contamination
J. Pecho: Heat wave phenomenon in southern Slovakia: long-term changes and variability of daily maximum air temperature in Hurbanovo within the 1901-2009 period
I. Iglesias: Trends of average and extreme temperatures in the Euroregion Galicia-North Portugal
S. Fukutome: Precipitation extreme in a changing climate? A sensitivity study for Switzerland
C. Anagnostopoulou: Extreme Precipitation over Europe: Comparison of threshold selection methods
T. Tammets: Analysis of extreme precipitation in different time intervals using smoving precipitation total
P. Calanca: Drought occurrence in the Alpine Region, 1864-2050
M. Lakatos: Analysis of long time Standard Precipitation Index series to detect the drought frequency changes in Hungary

UC2 Climate modelling, climate prediction and scenarios from seasons to century

Y.J. Orsolini: Autumn-time response of the ocean-atmospheric system to interannual changes in Arctic sea-ice extent
R. Manzanas: ENSO-Driven Predictability of Tropical Dry Autumns Using the Seasonal ENSEMBLES Multimodel
M. Chevallier: Seasonal predictability of the Arctic sea ice in the FP6/ENSEMBLES simulations
M. Pasqui: Assessing two operational systems for monthly and seasonal climatic anomalies forecast in Italy
L. Dubus: Can monthly to seasonal precipitation forecasts be useful for hydro-power production planning in french Guyana?
E.M. Fischer: High-impact European summer heatwaves in a changing climate
J. Bennett: Using bias-adjustment to improve the use of high-resolution climate model output
E. Cloppet: Fire Weather Index : from high resolution climatology to climate change impact study
J. Wibig: Water deficit risk in Central Europe in the middle of the 21st century
K. Born: Assessment of Future Storm Losses in Germany: Probabilistic Extension of the Statistical-Dynamical Downscaling Approach
D. Folini: Aerosol emissions and earth radiation balance in transient GCM simulations
I. Herceg Bulic: The impact of doubled CO2 on winter ENSO teleconnections
X. Zhu: Long Term Memory, Predictability and Predictions
P. Lucas-Picher: Evaluation of the Indian monsoon simulated by four regional climate models during the period 1981-2000
A. Dobler: Regional climate projections of trends and variability in the Indian summer monsoon
C. Cassardo: The effects of climate change on the number of cold spells in the Alps
A. Weigel: Risks of model weighting in multi-model climate projections - lessons learnt from seasonal forecasting
T. Halenka: High Resolution Regional Climate Modelling - Lessons Learnt from EC FP6 Project CECILIA
J. Chu: Regional Climate Simulation (1989-2009) with WRF in the CORDEX-Europe Domain
U. Heikkilä: Dynamical downscaling of the ERA-40 reanalysis and ARPEGE GCM with the WRF regional climate model in complex terrain in Norway - comparison with ENSEMBLES
A.M. Fischer: Calculation of Probabilistic Climate Change Scenarios for Switzerland
G. Szépszó: The future climate characteristics of the Carpathian Basin based on a regional climate model mini-ensemble
A. Spekat: Forcing the statistical regionalization method WETTREG with large scale models of different resolution: A sensitivity study
M. Hofstätter: Downscaling of extreme precipitation events under climate change conditions
M.R. Grose: Strengthening regional climate change projections of rainfall changes through fine-scale dynamical downscaling modelling and analyses of climate drivers at all scales
R. Huth: Validation of autocorrelations and higher-order statistical moments of surface temperature simulated by statistical downscaling and regional climate models on a dense grid over central Europe

UC3 Synoptic climatology

K. Kimura: Rain producing cyclone activity water vapor transport in Mongolia during summer
M. Hatzaki: Assessing the capability of high resolution climatic model experiments to simulate Mediterranean cyclonic tracks
P. Post: A new version of the database of classifications of circulation types over Europe
R. Schiemann: Circulation type classifications and precipitation variability in the Alps
M. Demuzere: The COST733cat software: An example on surface ozone concentrations in Central Europe
R. Huth: Evaluation of circulation classifications from the COST733 database: The ability to stratify surface climate elements
D.L. Rife: Global climatology of diurnally varying low-level jets
A. Spekat: The importance of the domain size for circulation classifications
A. Huth: The Hess and Brezowsky synoptic catalogue: a timeless concept (although with a few drawbacks)
J. Lorenzo-Lacruz: The influence of the North Atlantic Oscillation on the streamflows of the Iberian Rivers
O. Martius: Feature-based verification of synoptic-scale Rossby wave breaking in the ECHAM5-HAM model
S. Limbach: The life-cycle of upper-tropospheric jet streams identified with a novel data segmentation algorithm
M. Barcikowska: Comparison of a regional tropical cyclone hindcast for Southeast Asia and western North Pacific with satellite- and reanalyses- based products
A. Spekat: Trans Weather Patterns - an extended outlook for the future climate
S. Andrei: Air circulation types and the severe weather in south-eastern part of Romania during the cold season

UC4 Climatic reconstructions based on instrumental, documentary and natural proxy data

S. Bronnimann: Changes in the Arctic temperature profile during the past 140 years
J. Bhend: A novel approach to climate reconstructions using Ensemble Kalman Filtering
P. Dostal: A 500 year climate reconstruction of Southwest Germany based on documentary and direct data with a special focus on high resolute reconstructed extreme rain events
J. Werner: Regional climate simulation over Europe over the past 500 years: comparison with proxy-based reconstructions
U. Buentgen: European climate variability and human susceptibility over the past 2500 years
N. Ivashchenko: Merits and drawbacks of the regional curve standardization of tree-ring records
F. Schenk: Reconstruction of highly resolved atmospheric forcing fields of Northern Europe for 1850-2009
J.J. Gomez-Navarro: Reconstruction of highly resolved atmospheric forcing fields of Northern Europe for 1850-2009
S. Wagner: Evolution of the Mediterranean climate in the last 7000 years in coupled model simulations with ECHO-G

SE Opening Plenary Climate Services
SE1 Climate Services: standardized - ready to use - applications
SE2/CE3 Climate Services: User tailored - custom made applications (co-organized)

P. Walton: Crossing the river: Developing a strategy to support understanding of uncertainty within probabilistic climate projections
C.D. Homan: Improving access to data on climate change and its impacts in the Netherlands
K. Willett: Climate Services for Development
A. Steynor: Delivering useful climate information in the UK: Learning from user engagement
A. Bakker: Generation of future time series for impact assessments
M. Pausader: Probabilistic projections of mean and variance evolution for temperatures. Application for extremes analysis
A. Spekat: Test Reference Years for engineering purposes - incorporating the Urban Heat Island effect
A. Mestre: Climate Services at AEMET
A. Spekat: Adaptation and the Two-Degree Target - Regional Climate Consequences
A. Akyüz: Agricultural Decision Making Using North Dakota Agricultural Weather Network
S. Parey: The assessment of future extremes of air temperature to design EPR type power plant
P. Saarikivi: Assessing disruptive effects of climate change on road networks with Road Weather Information System data
C. Giannakopoulos: An integrated assessment of climate change impacts for Athens - relevance to stakeholders and policy makers
T. Warner: Translating climate and weather information into public-health early warning
J. Bennett: Translating GCM projections into usable information for water managers and industry: A case study from Tasmania, Australia 

Atmosphere and the Water Cycle

AW1 Dynamical Meteorology

H. Wernli: A Warm conveyor belts and tropopause-level Rossby waves 
H. Joos: Microphysical processes in a warm conveyor belt
T. Woollings: Dynamics of Atlantic jet stream regimes
J.G. Pinto: The variable link between PNA and NAO in observations and in multi-century CGCM simulations
N. Sugimoto: Spontaneous gravity wave radiation from vortex pair in an f-plane shallow water system 
K. Shibata: Effects of the greenhouse gas increase to the quasi-biennial oscillation in the tropical stratosphere up to year 2100 as simulated with the chemistry-climate model of Meteorological Research Institute
F. Schoenenberger: The Tropical Transition of Western Pacific Tropical Storm 16W
L.B. Vanina-Dart: Tropical cyclone influence on the higher ionosphere from tomography sounding data over Sakhalin island

AW2 Operational Oceanography from observations to decisions through data assimilation and forecasts

G. Caniaux: Oceanic mixed layer heat budget in the Eastern Equatorial Atlantic from ARGO floats

AW3 Modelling, forecasting and validation of small scale processes in atm. models

M.W. Rotach: Aspects of boundary layers in complex terrain and the interaction to the free troposphere
O. Liechti: Local predictions of frost, fog, and low clouds
C. Staquet: Simple parameterisations of mixing induced by drainage flows in a steep valley
A. Bott: Improving the time-splitting errors of one-dimensional advection schemes in multidimensional applications
S. Krueger: The Entrainment Interface Layer of Sc-topped Boundary Layers 
D. Ruprecht: Modulation of Internal Gravity Waves by Deep Convective Towers 
L. Schlemmer: Land-surface atmosphere interactions in an idealized cloud-resolving model
R. Sharman: Observations of Upper-level Turbulence Statistic 
B. Szintai: An improved parameterization of third-order moments in the COSMO numerical weather prediction mode

AW4 Large scale air-sea interaction processes and their influence on the Euro-Mediterranean climate 
AW5 Space forcing of the Earth's and planets' climate 
AW6 Atmospheric measurements from the local to the regional scale 

Summary Session Report - Frank Beyrich, Fred. Bosveld, Henk de Bruin   
R. Philipona: The rising greenhouse effect: experiments and observations in and around the Alps 
J. Usher: Mesonet Programs - Needs and Best Practices
S. Turso: MicroRadarNet: a Network of Integrated High-Resolution Weather Micro Radars to Service Tracking and Forecasting of Local Precipitation Patterns
N. Novitsky: The system of meteorological observations based on high-altitude meteorological mast in Obninsk
D. Barantiev: Meteorological observations of the coastal boundary layer structure by remote measurement methods for determining the impact of meteorological conditions on the breeze circulation
L. Caporaso: BASE: ALFA Budget of the Atmosphere-Soil Exchange: A Long-term Fluxes Analysis
S. Preuschmann: Analysis of regional albedo characteristics and its influence in the regional climate model REMO
J. Martins: Remote sensing of boundary layer properties using Infrared Sounding
F. Bosveld: Low Frequency Loss in Regional Scale Flux Observations from a Tall Tower
J. Bai: Temporal-spatial characteristics of area-averaged sensible heat flux by Large Aperture Scintillometer over Hai River Basin
A. Dehghan: Statistical study of radar and aircraft turbulence strengths
S. Khodayar: the impact of increased spatial resolution of soil moisture and atmospheric water vapour on convective precipitation

AW7 Atmospheric hazards - Nikolai Dotzek memorial 

Summary Session Report - Fulvio Stel
To the memory of Nikolai Dotzek 
P. Groenemeijer: Creating a comprehensive quality-controlled dataset of severe weather occurrence in Europe
M. Fragoso: Atmospheric precursors and assessment of the extreme rainfall responsible for the Madeira flashfloods on 20 February 2010
A. Winschall: Impact of Atlantic evaporation hot spots on southern Alpine heavy precipitation events
C. Frick: Heavy snowfall in NW Germany: High-resolution simulations
I. Maiello: Impact of radar data assimilation on WRF simulations of the Aniene flood
J. Grandell: Ten years of Lightning Imaging Sensor (LIS) data: Preparing the way for geostationary lightning imaging
R. Sharman: Automated turbulence forecasts for aviation hazards
R. Colucci: On the analysis of an extreme Bora wind event over the northern Adriatic Sea
L. Vanina-Dart: Response of the Lower and Higher Ionosphere to Strong Tropospheric Disturbances

AW8 Boundary-layer physics and parameterizations in weather and climate models 
AW9 Interfacing hydrological and meteorological models in forecasting systems 
AW10 Air-sea interactions and coastal meteorology
AW11 Environmental Meteorology 

K.V. Varotsos: Climate change impact on future air quality in Europe
R. Hu: Investigating the Optical and Microphysical Properties of Particulate Matter during MEGAPOLI Field Campaigns
T. Halenka: Urban impact on air quality in RegCM/CAMx couple for MEGAPOLI project - high resolution sensitivity study
C. Chemel: Response of London's urban heat island to a marine air intrusion in an easterly wind regime
M. Wagner: Investigation of the three-dimensional actinic flux field in mountainous terrain
A.A. Cheremisin: Observation of volcanic aerosol transfer over Siberian - Far Eastern lidar network
G. Gläser: Sensitivity of the dust cycle in a Chemistry-GCM
H. Nakayama: Large-Eddy Simulation on Plume Dispersion within Regular Arrays of Cubic Building
S. Argence: Evaluating the impact of alternative stable boundary layer heights formulations for air quality modelling in south-eastern France

AW12 Phenology and Agrometeorolgy 

T. Gerersdorfer: The terroir of vineyards - climatic variability in an Austrian wine-growing region
J. Estévez: Data validation procedures in Agricultural Meteorology. A prerequisite for their use
J. Noskova: Use of the Soil Moisture Index for drought monitoring
C. Cassardo: Experimental and modeling analysis of micro-meteorological factors involved in the development of Piedmontese vineyards
L. Bartosova: Phenological response of five wild plant shrubs and assessment its sums of effective units in region of the Czech Republic during 1961-2010
M. Slejko: Assessing and Mapping Drought Vulnerability in Agricultural Systems - A case Study for Slovenia
J. Usher: Operation of Live, Local Weather Information for Agriculture Decisiom-Support Tools
P. Jakusch: New possibilities in following the transport of water in living plants
H. Yazdan Panah: Determination of climatic potential of Qom province for rain fed wheat using Artificial Neural Network (ANN) and GIS

AW14 Energy meteorology 

S. Dierer: Wind turbines in icing conditions: performance and prediction
C. Narayanan: Prediction of unsteady pressure loads on slender bodies using V-LES as an alternative to LES
Y. Liu: Improving short-term wind energy prediction with farm data using the NCAR WRF-RTFDDA models
A. Hahmann: Applications of Self Organizing Maps in Wind Energy Meteorology
S. Bradley: Estimation of wind shear components over complex terrain, and their removal to enhance wind profiling
S.E. Gryning: The Tall Wind project - exploring the wind profile and boundary-layer height in the atmosphere's first kilometer over flat terrain.
R. Vautard: Widespread land surface wind decline in the Northern Hemisphere
H.-T. Mengelkamp: Use of meteorological information in the risk analysis of a mixed wind farm and solar power plant portfolio
M.Schroedter-Homscheidt: Evaluating Meteosat Second Generation cloud physical parameter records - site characterisation for an improved solar energy purposes
J. Remund: Trends of global radiation between 1950 and 2100
H. Zebner: Assessment of TMY generation methods for solar power production estimation
P. Blanc: On the intraday resampling of time-integrated values of solar radiation
V.J. Stauch: Tailored high-resolution numerical weather forecasts for energy efficient predictive building control
L. Dubus: PV production forecast in La Reunion Island
C.A. Castaño Moraga: A computer vision approach for solar radiation nowcasting using MSG images

Communication and Education 

CE1 Adaptation strategies 
CE2 Media and communication
CE4 Education

Numerical Weather Prediction

NWP1 Dynamics and predictability of high impact weather
NWP2 Ensemble forecasting

S. Theis: Developing an Ensemble Prediction System based on COSMO-DE
P. Groenemeijer: Using the Plant-Craig stochastic convective parameterization in an ensemble forecast system
V. Klüpfel: Comparison of convective precipitation in COSMO model runs by variation of the initial soil moisture fields
R. Neal: Severe Weather Warnings from MOGREPS
A. Montani: Activity in the field of mesoscale ensemble forecasting by the COSMO-LEPS system: main achievements and open challenges
F. Aemisegger: An assessment of the ECMWF tropical cyclone ensemble forecasting system and its use for insurance loss predictions
T.I. Petroliagis: Global and Limited-Area Ensemble Prediction Systems deployed for Wind Power Forecasting
J. Flowerdew: Can multimodel ensembles improve medium- range precipitation
J. Thielen: Hydrological Ensemble Prediction System (HEPS)
I. Jankov: Ensemble Prediction System Development for Hydrometeorological Testbed (HMT) Application
J.H. Keller: Investigation of predictability during the Extratropical Transition of Tropical Cyclones using the THORPEX Interactive Grand Global Ensemble (TIGGE)
T. Gorgas : Ideas for a pattern-oriented approach towards a VERA analysis ensemble
S. Vannitsem : A new linear Model Output Statistics scheme for ensemble forecasts. Theory and applications

NWP3 Observation targeting and observation impact studies
NWP4/AW15 Host country topical session: Mountain Meteorology (co-organized)

L. Laiti: Analysis of the thermal structure of the "Ora del Garda" wind from airborne and surface measurements
M. Diebold: Large Eddy Simulation over three-dimensional mountain topography
G.J. Mayr: Downslope windstorms and gap winds during T-REX
A. Gohm: The Interruption of Alpine Foehn by a Cold Front. Part I: Observations
M. Sprenger: Foehn diagnosis and model comparison
I. Stiperski: Trapped lee wave interference over double ridges
C. Knigge: Laboratory experiments on mountain-induced rotors
R. Sharman: Empirical method for the prediction of mountain wave turbulence
V. Wulfmeyer: COPS and D-PHASE: QPF research in low-mountain regions on precipitation statistics, predictive skills of models, and high-impact weather events
D. Kirshbaum: Cloud-resolving simulations of deep convection over a heated mountain
M. Stoll: Mesoscale Analysis and Modeling of a Severe Thunderstorm and its Interaction with Foehn-dried Air at the Northern Alpine Slope
O. Liechti: Seasonal variations of latent and sensible heat fluxes in complex terrain
S. Zhong: The characteristics and mechanisms of persistent deep stable layers inversions in the Salt Lake Basin
A. Rossa: Propagation of Uncertainty in Advanced Meteo-Hydrological Forecast Systems
G. Lieberherr: Modeling snow drift in the turbulent boundary layer
P. Horton: Statistical weather forecasting in the Swiss Alps by means of the Analogs method
L. Panziera: Evaluation of precipitation nowcasting techniques for the Alpine region
T. Weusthoff: Evaluation of precipitation forecasts over the Alps using the D-PHASE multi-model ensemble
F. Pasi: Intercomparison of two meteorological models, COSMO and WRF, for verification of QPF over Italy

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