Organisers:JCR Hunt (UK Meteorological Office), ME McIntyre (Cambridge), J Norbury (Oxford), I Roulstone (UK Meteorological Office)
Mathematical Problems in Atmospheric and Oceanic Data Assimilation
16th-20th September 1996, Newton Institute, Cambridge, UK
Monday 16th September
- 9.30-10.00 M. Fisher (ECMWF)
- Estimating covariances of analysis and forecast error in variational data assimilation
- 10.00-10.30 R. Menard (NASA/Goddard)
- Theoretical and numerical properties of error covariances in a stratospheric tracer assimilation problem
- 11.00-12.00 G. Wahba (Wisconsin)
- Adaptive tuning of dynamical systems equations
- 14.00-14.30 F. Bouttier (ECMWF)
- Modelization of forecast error covariances
Tuesday 17th September
- 9.30-10.30 P. Courtier (CNES)
- Data assimilation and baroclinic instability
- 11.00-11.30 R. Todling (NASA/DAO)
- Estimation theory in atmospheric data assimilation: simplified methods for filtering and smoothing
- 11.30-12.00 G. Evensen (Nansen Environmental)
- Mathematical formulation and minimization of weak constraint variational inverse methods for nonlinear dynamics
- 14.00-15.00 J. Purser (NCEP)
- The Representer approach for Weak-Constraint Four-Dimensional Variational Assimilation
- 15.30-16.00 A. Griffith and N. Nichols (Reading)
- Treating model error in variational data assimilation
- 16.00-16.30 T. Prager (Budapest)
- Some comments on the time limits of applicability of tangentlinear and adjoint models for dynamical systems with mulitple time scales
Wednesday 18th September
- 9.30-10.30 F. Le Dimet (Grenoble)
- Second order information in variational data assimilation
- 11.00-11.30 F. Rabier (ECMWF)
- Four-dimensional variational assimilation: experimental results at ECMWF
- 11.30-12.00 F. Veerse (Meteo France)
- Multi-incremental strategies for variational data assimilation
Thursday 19th September
- 09.30-10.30 P. Gauthier (ARMA/SEA)
- Data assimilation in nonlinear flows with a wide range of scales
- 11.00-11.30 M. Bell (UKMO)
- A global ocean data assimilation system: some results, problems and questions
- 11.30-12.00 R. Hindmarsh (British Antarctic Survey)
- Use of ice sheet normal modes for initialisation and modelling small changes
- 14.00-14.30 E. Remy (IFREMER)
- Assimilation of acoustic tomography data: simulations in a Q.G. model
- 14.30-15.00 B. Urban (Meteo France)
- 3D data assimilation of atmospheric humidity using a maximum entropy method
- 15.30-16.00 G. Kivman (Shirshov Institute)
- Assimilating data into an Arctic Ocean tide model
- 16.00-16.30 M-M Lee (Southampton)
- Inferring sub-surface eddy fields from the Sea Surface Height Anomaly
Friday 20th September
- 10.00-10.30 I. Roulstone (UKMO)
- A Hamiltonian approach to balance conditions
- 11.00-11.30 V. Gordin (Hydrometeorological Centre, Russia)
- Variational-statistical approaches the the data assimilation problems
- 11.30-12.00 D. Barker (UKMO)
- The UKMO's atmospheric 3DVAR system -- formulation and initial results
- 14.00-15.00 M. Cullen (UKMO)
- How can mathematical research help weather forecasting and climate modelling?