5 - 7 September 2011
University of Exeter/Met Office
1Exeter Climate Systems, Mathematics Research Institute, University of Exeter
2Met Office Hadley Centre for Climate Prediction and Research, Exeter
The workshop is part of the European WIndstorm Research Network (EUWIRN) the creation of which is an additional deliverable of the RACEWIN project. This workshop aims to:
Overview talks on the main issues will be used to set the scene and then on the last day there will small thematic breakout working groups to discuss ideas on how to join up research in different areas. Groups will then reconvene to report back developments and ideas. Poster boards will be available throughout the period around the main room.
| Monday 5 September 2011: | |
| 12:00-14:00 | Registration: arrive, register and meet over a buffet lunch |
| Talks 1: | Fundamental mechanisms. (Chair: Simon Brown) |
| 14:00-14:05 | Julia Slingo: Welcome note |
| 14:05-14:15 | David Stephenson: Introduction and aims of the workshop. |
| 14:15-14:20 | Lynsey McColl: Housekeeping information |
| 14:20-14:40 | David Brayshaw: The Atlantic and Mediterranean storm tracks: understanding their basic structure. |
| 14:40-15:00 | Gwendal Riviere: A new dynamical interpretation of the role played by the left-exit region of the large-scale upper-level jet. |
| 15:00-15:20 | Helen Dacre: Quantifying the sensitivity of North Atlantic cyclone development to atmospheric precursor fields. |
| 15:20-15:40 | Geraint Vaughan: The DIAMET project: DIAbatic influence on Mesoscale structures in ExTratropical storms. |
| 15:40-16:00 | Sue Gray: A regional climatology of sting jets and the extratropical cyclones in which they occur |
| 16:00-16:30 | Tea/coffee/biscuits |
| 16:30-17:30 | 1st Breakout group organisation |
| 18:00 | Dinner in Exeter town centre – Strada |
| Tuesday 6 September 2011: | |
| Talks 2: | Historical storm characteristics (Chair: Renato Vitolo) |
| 09:30-09:50 | Paul Della-Marta: NE Atlantic and western European storminess since 1880. |
| 09:50-10:10 | Margarida Liberato, Isabel Trigo and Ricardo Trigo: Climatology of Extratropical Complex Systems using a SLP based cyclone detecting and tracking method |
| 10:10-10:30 | Christoph Raible: Comparison of different mid latitude cyclone detection and tracking methods using ERA interim |
| 10:30-10:50 | Gregor Leckebusch: Detection and assessment of severe, damage prone wind fields caused by severe cyclones in mid-latitudes, tropics and polar regions |
| 10:50-11:10 | Theo Economou: Extreme storminess: how deep can a low become? |
| 11:10-11:40 | Tea/coffee/biscuits |
| 11:40-12:40 | 1st Breakout group discussions |
| 12:40-13:30 | Lunch |
| Talks 3: | Future predictions (Chair: Lynsey McColl) |
| 13:30-13:50 | Uwe Ulbrich: Seasonal predictability of extra-tropical cyclones |
| 13:50-14:10 | Adam Scaife: Climate Change in the Storm Tracks: are projected changes about to change? |
| 14:10-14:30 | Tim Woollings: Ocean-atmosphere interaction in the Atlantic storm track response to greenhouse gases |
| 14:30-14:50 | Joaquim Pinto: European windstorms: diagnostics, downscaling and climate change |
| 14:50-15:10 | Peter Knippertz: A seamless approach to assessing model uncertainties in climate projections of severe European windstorms |
| 15:10-15:40 | Tea/coffee/biscuits |
| 15:40-16:40 | 2nd Breakout group discussions |
| 18:00 | Dinner in Exeter town centre – The Old Firehouse |
| Wednesday 7 September 2011: | |
| Talks 3: | Remaining talks (Chair: David Stephenson) |
| 10:00-10:20 | Michael Graf: The synoptic and mesoscale environment associated with European tornadoes |
| 10:00-10:40 | Additional talk TBC |
| 10:40-11:10 | Tea/coffee/biscuits |
| 11:10-12:30 | Breakout groups: reporting back |
| 12:30-13:30 | Lunch |
| 13:30 | End of workshop |