The 4th Research Meeting of Ultra-high Precision Meso-Scale Weather Prediction

The 4th conference of
"Ultra-high Precision Meso-Scale Weather Prediction" organized by SPIRE Field3 "Advanced Prediction Researches for Natural Disaster Prevention and Reduction" was held on March 7, 2014.

Date/Time
March 7, 2014 (Fri) 09:00-17:30

Venue
  Kobe Convention Center 'Kobe International Conference Center'
  TEL:+81-78-302-5200
  6-9-1 Minatojima-nakamachi, Chuo-ku, Kobe 650-0046, Japan

Program Please see here for further details

The 4th conference of "Ultra-high Precision Meso-Scale Weather Prediction"
09:00-09:30 ·Opening Address and Introduction

-Opening Address	Yoshio Kawaguchi (MEXT)

-Introduction of HPCI Strategic Program Field 3	Shiro Imawaki (JAMSTEC)

-Introduction of Ultra-high Precision Mesoscale NWP	Kazuo Saito (MRI·JAMSTEC)

09:30-10:25
·Development of cloud-resolving data assimilation system
(Chair: Kazumasa Aonashi, MRI·JAMSTEC)
-Challenges in cloud-resolving data assimilation	Kaszumasa Aonashi (MRI·JAMSTEC)

-Development of cloud-resolving data assimilation systems	Kaszumasa Aonashi (MRI·JAMSTEC)

-Data assimilation Experiments of Tsukuba Tornado on May 6, 2012 with the Nested-LETKF system	Sho Yokota (MRI)

-Mesoscale weather prediction with a hybrid EnKF-4DVAR system	Kousuke Ito (JAMSTEC·MRI)

10:25-10:35 Coffee Break
10:35-14:40
·Development of a regional cloud-resolving ensemble analysis and forecast systems
(Chair:Hiromu Seko, MRI·JAMSTEC)

-Keynote Speech : Ensemble prediction of intense summer rainfall in the UK
Brian Golding (UK Met Office)

-Further development of a regional cloud-resolving ensemble analysis and forecast systems	Hiromu Seko (MRI·JAMSTEC)

-An application of increments LETKF on 2011 Kyushu heavy rain	Tohru Kuroda (JAMSTEC·MRI)

-Ensemble forecast of storm surges induced by the typhoon Haiyan	Le Duc (JAMSTEC·MRI)

-Development of the NHM-EnVar system	Seiji Origuchi (MRI)

-Data assimilation experiments for TCs with the LETKF	Masaru Kunii (MRI)

-A forward step to new-era urban NWP:3D structure of the sea-breeze front head as revealed by super high-resolution mesoscale simulation	Guixing Chen (Tohoku Univ.)

12:30-13:40 Group Photo and Lunch

-Development of large-scale flush flood and debris flow modeling	Yousuke Yamashiki (DPRI)

-Ultra high-resolution meteorological simulation using the K computer	Tsutao Oizumi (JAMSTEC)

-Ensemble flood prediction	Ken-ichiro Kobayashi (Kobe Univ.)

-Ensemble flood forecasting using transposition of NWP rainfall fields considering orographic rainfall	Yu Wansik (DPRI)

14:40-17:15 ·Development and basic research for the ultrahigh precision regional models
(Chair: Kozo Nakamura, JAMSTEC)

-Keynote Speech : Real case simulations using spectral bin cloud microphysics: Remarks on precedence research and future activity
Takamichi Iguchi (University of Maryland・NASA GSFC)

-Future development for the ultrahigh precision regional models	Kozo Nakamura (JAMSTEC)

-Super high-resolution simulation of the fine-scale tornado structure	Wataru Mashiko (MRI)

15:35-15:45 Coffee Break

-Development of cloud resolving model with multi-dimensional bin-microphysics	Akihiro Hashimoto (MRI)

-Verification of a bulk scheme based on the bin scheme results	Kozo Nakamura (JAMSTEC)

-The effects of resolution on the reproducibility of Non-Hydrostatic Regional Climate Model	Masaya Nosaka (MRI)

-Dependency of horizontal resolution on accumulation processes of low-level water vapor	Teruyuki Kato (MRI)

-An extension of Mellor-Yamada model to apply for the resolution of Terra Incognita	Junshi Ito (AORI)

-Resolution dependence of deep moist atmospheric convection in a non-hydrostatic global model	Yoshiaki Miyamoto (AICS)

17:15-17:45 General discussion (Chair: K. Saito, MRI·JAMSTEC)

18:00- Social gathering

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landscapes of the conference
Yoshio Kawaguchi (MEXT)	Shiro Imawaki (JAMSTEC)
Brian Golding (UK Met Office)	Takamichi Iguchi (University of Maryland·NASA GSFC)
Kazuo Saito (MRI·JAMSTEC)	Hiromu Seko (MRI·JAMSTEC)
Kazumasa Aonashi (MRI·JAMSTEC)	Kozo Nakamura (JAMSTEC)
Brian Golding (question and answer session)	Coffee Break
Social gathering1	Social gathering2
Group photo

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The 4th conference of "Ultra-high Precision Meso-Scale Weather Prediction"

The 4th conference of
"Ultra-high Precision Meso-Scale Weather Prediction"