WSN16 Programme

Session	Time	Activity / Topics	Speaker	Office/Organization	Author/Co-author(s)
OC Opening Ceremony (LT1)	08:40 – 09:10	Registration and Badges
	09:10 – 09:15	Opening Speech	CM SHUN	HKO, HKMetS, WMO CAeM
	09:15 – 09:20	CUHK Welcome Speech	Tung FUNG	CUHK
	09:20 – 09:40	WMO Welcome Speech and WWRP Overview	Alexander BAKLANOV	WMO WWRP
	09:40 – 10:00	NMRWG Overview	Jeanette ONVLEE	WMO NMRWG
	10:00 – 10:20	Global Aviation Trend and Nowcasting/Mesoscale Modelling Requirements	CM SHUN / Sharon SY LAU	HKO, WMO CAeM
	10:20 – 10:30	Group Photo
	10:30 – 11:00	Coffee Break
M1 Plenary Session (LT1) Chair : Peter LI	11:00 – 11:30	Keynote #1: Reducing the cost of disasters: opportunities and challenges for nowcasting	Brian GOLDING	UKMO
	11:30 – 12:00	Keynote #2: Status and Challenges in Nowcasting High Impact Weather	Rita ROBERTS	NCAR
	12:00 – 12:30	Keynote #3: Nowcasting, Transition and Mesoscale modelling requirements in next generation air navigation service provision	Herbert PUEMPEL	Austro Control
	12:30 – 13:40	Lunch
M2A Parallel Session (LT1) S1: Forecasting of high impact weather in very-short-range Chair : Barb BROWN	13:40 – 14:00	Rainfall Nowcasting using Burgers' equation	Gyu Won LEE	Kyungpook National University	Soorok RYU
	14:00 – 14:20	Thunderstorm identification, tracking and nowcasting using lightning data	Kanghui ZHOU	NMC, CMA	Yongguang ZHENG
	14:40 – 15:00	A simple 1D numerical model for operational nowcasting of sea breeze at the Hong Kong International Airport	Ping CHEUNG	HKO	Shu-yan TANG
	15:00 – 15:20	Instability Indices and forecasting Mesoscale Thunderstorms for BIA Airport (See W2A)	T.M.N PEIRIS	Department of Meteorology
M2B Parallel Session (LT2) S2: New observational instruments Chair : George ISAAC	13:40 – 14:00	GOES-R Rapid Refresh Imagery Capabilities for Nowcasting High Impact Weather	Steven GOODMAN	NOAA/NESDIS	Daniel LINDSEY, Timothy SCHMIT
	14:00 – 14:20	A radar network and products to better detect and forecast severe weather in France	Nicolas GAUSSIAT	Météo France	Clotilde AUGROS, Daniel IDZIOREK, Jean-Marc MOISSELIN
	14:20 – 14:40	One Billion Observing Sites Around the World:  Will Smartphone Pressures Revolutionize Nowcasting?	Clifford MASS	University of Washington	Luke MADAUS, Conor MCNICHOLAS
	14:40 – 15:00	Why is thermodynamic profiling essential for improving the performance of nowcasting systems?	Volker WULFMEYER	University of Hohenheim	Andreas BEHRENDT
	15:00 – 15:20	Future Nowcasting SAF products for the Meteosat Third Generation Infrared Sounder (MTG-IRS)	Xavier Calbet	AEMET	Miguel Angel MARTINEZ
	15:20 – 15:50	Tea/Coffee Break & Setup for Poster Batch #A
M3 Parallel Session (LT1) S1: Forecasting of high impact weather in very-short-range S11: Special Session - CAS/CAeM Aviation Research Demonstration Project (AvRDP) Chair : Barb BROWN	15:50 – 16:10	SCOPE-Nowcasting – Introduction, Overview and Next Steps	Alexander BAKLANOV	BoM	Anthony REA, Stephan BOJINSKI
	16:10 – 16:30	Tokyo Metropolitan Area Convection Study for Extreme Weather Resilient Cities (TOMACS): Lessons and outcome	Kazuo SAITO	Meteorological Research Institute	Tsuyoshi NAKATANI, Ryohei MISUMI, Yoshinori SHOJI, Hiromu SEKO, Naoko SEINO
	16:30 – 16:50	Convection Products of SAFNWC	Jean-Marc MOISSELIN	Météo-France Nowcsating Department	Frédéric AUTONÈS
	16:50 – 17:10	Did Weather play a key role for the crash of Air Asia Flight QZ 8501? A Review!	Anupam KUMAR	Nanyang Technological University
	17:10 – 17:30	The Aviation Model – sub-km short-term forecasting at the Hong Kong International Airport	Kai-kwong HON	HKO
	18:00 – 19:00	Cocktail Reception

Tuesday, 26 July 2016

Session	Time	Activity / Topics	Speaker	Office/Organization	Author/Co-author(s)
T1 Plenary Session (LT1) Chair : Kazuo SAITO	09:00 – 09:30	Keynote #4: Overview of WMO Aviation Research Demonstration Project	Peter Ping Wah LI	Hong Kong Observatory
	09:30 – 10:00	Keynote #5: Latest Nowcasting Technology for Aviation	George ISAAC	Weather Impacts Consulting Inc
	10:00 – 10:30	Keynote #6: 0-12H VSR forecasting and nowcasting review and plan in CMA	Xiaoling ZHANG	China Meteorological Administration
	10:30 – 10:50	Poster Madness #A	Poster Authors #A
	10:50 – 11:20	Tea/Coffee Break
T2A Parallel Session (LT1) S1: Forecasting of high impact weather in very-short-range Chair : Kazuo SAITO	11:20 – 11:40	A deep-learning method for precipitation nowcasting	Wai Kin WONG	HKO	Xing Jian SHI, Dit Yan YEUNG, Wang-chun WOO
	11:40 – 12:00	Use of improved remote sensing data for a better nowcasting of severe weather events	Tim BÖHME	Deutscher Wetterdienst	Rong MU, Yong ZHANG
	12:00 – 12:20	Research on lightning nowcasting and warning system and its evaluation experiment	Wen YAO	Chinese Academy of Meteorological Sciences	YiJun ZHANG, Qing MENG, WeiTao LV
	12:20 – 12:40	Nowcasting Systems Developed for the City of Seattle	Clifford MASS	University of Washington	Jeff BAARS
	12:40 – 13:00	Enhanced use of Radar and Satellite data within the INCA Analysis and Nowcasting System	Benedikt BICA	ZAMG	Ingo MEIROLD- MAUTNER, Alexander KANN, Yong WANG
T2B Parallel Session (LT2) S11: Special Session - CAS/CAeM Aviation Research Demonstration Project (AvRDP) Chair : Barb BROWN	11:20 – 11:40	Air traffic management and weather: the potential of an integrated approach	Martin STEINHEIMER	Austro Control	Carlos GONZAGA-LOPEZ, Christian KERN, Martin MAYR, Markus KERSCHBAUM, Carl-Herbert ROKITANSKY
	11:40 – 12:00	Nowcasting for aviation purposes in South Africa – a case study : Part1 – Satellite and radar based tools	Estelle DECONING	South African Weather Service	Craig POWELL, Jacques STRYDOM
	12:20 – 12:40	Nowcasting for aviation purposes in South Africa – a case study : Part2 Evaluating the HKO’s SWIRLS over OR Tambo International Airport	Erik BECKER	South African Weather Service
	12:00 – 12:20	AvRDP:  First Results from Toronto Pearson International Airport	Janti REID	Environment and Climate Change Canada	Robert CRAWFORD, Bjarne HANSEN, Laura HUANG, Paul JOE, David SILLS
	12:40 – 13:00	Update of the Aviation Research Demonstration Project (AvRDP) Phase I over Hong Kong International Airport	Peter Ping-wah LI	HKO	Ping CHEUNG
	13:00 – 14:10	Lunch
T3 Plenary Session (LT1) Chair : George ISAAC	14:10 – 14:40	Keynote #7: Seamless ensemble prediction for civil protection: from week to minutes	Yong WANG	ZAMG
	14:40 – 15:10	Keynote #8: AvRDP/Nowcasting in Africa	Estella DECONIG	South African Weather Service
	15:10 – 15:40	Keynote #9: Nowcasting Initiatives in Argentina	Cynthia Mariana MATSUDO	National Meteorological Service
	15:40 – 16:10	Tea/Coffee Break
T4 (LT1) Plenary Session	16:10 – 16:40	Keynote #1 : Reducing the cost of disasters: opportunities and challenges for nowcasting (See M1)	Brian GOLDING	UKMO
T5 (Foyer) Poster Session #A	16:40 – 17:20	Posters #A	Poster Authors #A
T6 (LT2) Evening School	17:30 – 18:15	Evening School #1 : EUMET NWC SAF products	Pilar RIPODAS	AEMET
	18:15 – 19:00	Evening School #2 : Introduction to Radar-based Nowcasting	Wang-chun WOO	HKO

Wednesday, 27 July 2016

Session	Time	Activity / Topics	Speaker	Office/Organization	Author/Co-author(s)
W1 Plenary Session (LT1) Chair : Peter LI	09:00 – 09:30	Keynote #10: Latest Satellite Applications to Nowcasting	Steve GOODMAN	NOAA/NASA
	09:30 – 10:00	Keynote #11: The Nowcasting SAF: satellite derived products on support to Nowcasting. Challenges and opportunities of the new era of EUMETSAT satellites	Pilar RIPODAS	AEMET
	10:00 – 10:30	Keynote #12: Himawari-8 current applications and future development	Hiroshi SUZUE	Japan Meteorological Agency
	10:30 – 11:00	Tea/Coffee Break & Poster Teardown #A / Setup #B
W2A Parallel Session (LT1) S1: Forecasting of high impact weather in very-short-range Chair : Xiaoling ZHANG	11:00 – 11:20	A real-time hydrometeorology research testbed for heavy rainfall and streamflow prediction	Rita ROBERTS	NCAR	James WILSON, Daniel MEGENHARDT, Jenny SUN, David Gochis, Amanda ANDERSON
	11:20 – 11:40	Analysis and Numerical Simulation using ASAPS of the Localized Heavy Precipitation Event in South Korea on 16 August 2015	Joon-Woo ROH	Urban Meteorology Convergence Service Development Laboratory, WISE Institute, Hankuk University of Foreign Studies	Young-Joon KIM, Jae-Sik MIN
	11:40 – 12:00	Numerical simulation of a prolonged rainstorm in Hong Kong on 22 July 2015	Yan-chun CHAN	HKO	Wai Kin WONG
	12:00 – 12:20	Observing Water Vapor Variability during Heavy Precipitation Events in Hong Kong by GPS Tomography	Biyan CHEN	Department of Land Surveying & Geo-Informatics, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University	Zhizhao LIU, Wai Kin WONG, Wang-chun WOO
	12:20 – 12:40	High Resolution Numerical Modelling of a distinct extreme weather event, ‘Cold Surges’ near the Hong Kong region	Anupam KUMAR	Nanyang Technological University	Edmond LO, Adam SWITZER
	12:40 – 13:00	Instability Indices and forecasting Mesoscale Thunderstorms for BIA Airport	T.M.N. PEIRIS	Department of Meteorology
W2B Parallel Session (LT2) S4: Integration of nowcast and mesoscale NWP Chair : Yong WANG	11:00 – 11:20	Blending of Multi-Sensing Nowcasting System and NWP Output to Improve Aviation Significant Convection Forecast	Ping CHEUNG	HKO
	11:20 – 11:40	An Integrated Rapid Multi-Scale Analysis and Prediction System (RMAPS-IN) and its Preliminary Performance Evaluation	Min CHEN	Institute of Urban Meteorology, Beijing, CMA	Conglan CHENG, Mingxuan CHEN, Feng GAO, Lingye SONG, Yong WANG
	11:40 – 12:00	Nowcasting with a dedicated mesoscale model and with a radar-NWP fusion technique	Jean-Marc MOISSELIN	METEO-FRANCE	Joel HOFFMAN, Nicolas MERLET
	12:00 – 12:20	Improving very short range precipitation forecasting over a tropical region	Sijin ZHANG	Meteorological Service Singapore	Xiang-Yu HUANG, Bruce MACPHERSON, Martin MCMILLAN
	12:20 – 12:40	On use of LHN method to assimilate the intensified surface precipitations for GRAPES_Meso model initialization	Yali WU	Guangzhou Institute of Tropical and Marine Meteorology	Dehui CHEN
	12:40 – 13:00	Merging radar nowcast with convection-permitting, rapidly-updated NWP model for significant convection forecast	Wai Kin WONG	HKO
	13:00 – 14:00	Lunch
	14:00 – 18:00	Excursion
	18:00 – 21:00	Official Banquet (see Chapter VIII)

Thursday, 28 July 2016

Session	Time	Activity / Topics	Speaker	Office/Organization	Author/Co-author(s)
H1 Plenary Session (LT1) Chair : Peter LI	09:00 – 09:30	Keynote #13: Mesoscale Modelling in Nowcasting	Wai Kin WONG	Hong Kong Observatory
	09:30 – 10:00	Keynote #14: ATM expectation from AvRDP	Peter CHADWICK	CAD
	10:00 – 10:30	Keynote #15: Airline expectation from future MET support	Jonathan REBBECK	Cathay Pacific Airways
	10:30 – 10:50	Poster Madness #B	Poster Authors #B
	10:50 – 11:20	Tea/Coffee Break
H2A Parallel Session (LT1) S3: Advances on mesoscale NWP model, data assimilation, ensemble prediction Chair : Brain GOLDING	11:20 – 11:40	SWAN – The Operational System for Nowcasting and Very-short Range Forecast in CMA	Kanghui ZHOU	NMC, CMA	Dongyan MAO, Yuanyuan ZHENG, Yerong FENG, Bo YANG, Feng HAN, Feng XUE, Hongyan WANG, Yufa WAN, Yongguang ZHENG, Sehng HU, Fuyou TIAN
	11:40 – 12:00	A comparative study on the genesis of North Indian Ocean cyclone Madi (2013) and Atlantic Ocean cyclone Florence (2006)	Rajasree VPM	National Atmospheric Research Laboratory	Amit P KESARKAR, Jyoti N BHATE, Umakanth UPPARA, Vikas SINGH
	12:00 – 12:20	gSREPS The New Mesoscale Multimodel Ensemble Prediction System in Spain	Jose A. Garcia-MOYA	AEMET	Alfons CALLADO, Pau ESCRIBA, Carlos SANTOS
	12:20 – 12:40	OSSEs Stormscale Radar Data Assimilation with an Ensemble of 3DVAR system	Jidong GAO	NOAA/National Severe Storm Laboratory	Chenghao FU, David STENSRUD, Jack KAIN
H2B Parallel Session (LT2) S8: Verification and Validation Chair : Steve GOODMAN	11:20 – 11:40	Validation of a 3D Radar Mosaic using STEPS	Robert SCOVELL	UKMO
	11:40 – 12:00	On the Verification of Thunderstorm MetObjects During the 2015 Toronto Games	Janti REID	Environment and Climate Change Canada	David SILLS, Norbert DRIEDGER, Emma HUNG, Dominique BRUNET
	12:00 – 12:20	Inter-comparison of spatial verification for landing typhoon precipitation forecast	Bin ZHAO	NMC, CMA
	12:20 – 12:40	Simulated satellite imagery: verifying NWP model analyses and short range forecasts against satellite observations.	Thomas BLACKMORE	UKMO	Roger SAUNDERS, Simon KEOGH
	12:40 – 14:00	Lunch
H3A Parallel Session S3: Advances on mesoscale NWP model, data assimilation, ensemble prediction Chair: Yong WANG	14:00 – 14:20	A Cycled EnKF and Storm-Scale Ensemble Forecasting Experiment	Fanyou KONG	Center for Analysis and Prediction of Storms, University of Oklahoma	Ming XUE, Youngsun JUNG, Keith BREWSTER
	14:20 – 14:40	Simulation of significant convective weather processes using fine-resolution NWP model	Wai Kin WONG	HKO
	14:40 – 15:00	Genesis of tropical cyclone Madi (2013): Appraisal of recent understanding	Rajasree VPM	National Atmospheric Research Laboratory	Amit P Kesarkar, Jyoti N BHATE, Umakanth UPPARA, Vikas SINGH
	15:00 – 15:20	Radar data quality control, national radar network mosaic and its application with cloud analysis in GRAPES_CR	Yuan JIANG	NMC, CMA	Liping HUANG
	15:20 – 15:40	Design of a high-resolution ensemble prediction system for Argentina	Cynthia Mariana MATSUDO	National Meteorological Service	Luciano Vidal, Juan José Ruiz,María Paula Hobouchian, María Eugenia Dillon, Yanina García Skabar, Paola Salio
H3B (LT2) Parallel Session S5: Urban meteorology S10: WMO/WWRP Nowcasting-Mesoscale FDP/RDP Chair: George ISAAC	14:00 – 14:20	The Canadian Urban km and sub km-scale numerical weather prediction System	Stephane BELAIR	Environment Canada	Sylvie LEROYER
	14:20 – 14:40	The Environment Canada Pan Am Science Showcase for Severe Weather, Air Quality and Health Nowcasting in an Urban Environment	Stephane BELAIR	Environment and Climate Change Canada	Paul JOE
	14:40 – 15:00	EUMETNET ASIST: A joint initiative on European-wide nowcasting	Benedikt BICA	ZAMG	Yong WANG, Ingo MEIROLD-MAUTNER, Alexander KANN
	15:00 – 15:20	Weather warnings: HIWeather and the science needed for future resilience	Brian GOLDING	UKMO
	15:20 – 15:40	Introduction to the ICE-POP 2018	Sangwon JOO	KMA
	15:40 – 16:10	Tea/Coffee Break
H4 (Foyer) Poster Session #B	16:10 – 17:20	Poster Session #B	Poster Authors #B
H5 Evening School (LT2)	17:30 – 19:00	Evening School #2 : Introduction to Satellite Applications in Nowcasting	Steve GOODMAN	NOAA/NESDIS

Friday, 29 July 2016

Session	Time	Activity / Topics	Speaker	Office/Organization	Author/Co-author(s)
F1 Plenary Session (LT1) Chair: Brian GOLDING	09:00 – 09:30	Keynote #16: Verification for nowcasting, with some focus on aviation	Barbara BROWN	NCAR
	09:30 – 10:00	Keynote #17: Seamless nowcasting and modeling" (including ultra-high resolution model and blending with nowcasting)	Kazuo SAITO	JMA
	10:00 – 10:30	Keynote #18: Urban Meteorology and GURME overview	Alexander BAKLANOV	WMO
	10:30 – 11:00	Tea/Coffee Break & Poster Teardown #B
F2A (LT1) Parallel Session S3: Advances on mesoscale NWP model, data assimilation, ensemble prediction Chair: Brian GOLDING	11:00 – 11:20	A Real Time Forecast Trial using Convective NWP in Australia	Peter STEINLE	Australian Bureau of Meteorology	Susan RENNIE, Yi XIAO, Alan SEED, Aurora BELL
	11:20 – 11:40	Development of the operational visibility data assimilation system at Korea Meteorological Administration	Kyungjeen PARK	National Institute for Meteorological Science	Minyou KIM, Ji-Eun NAM, Won CHOI, Jin CHOI, Sangwon JOO
	11:40 – 12:00	Mesoscale hybrid data assimilation system based on JMA non-hydrostatic model	Kosuke ITO	University of the Ryukyus
	12:00 – 12:20	Experiments on meso-scale ensemble forecasting of severe weather over the South China coastal areas	Kai-Kwong HON	HKO
F2B (LT2) Parallel Session S7: Applications of nowcasting of severe weather in public weather services, transportation, public utilities Chair: Peter LI	11:00 – 11:20	Survey and Multi-Scale Characteristics of Wind Damage Caused by Convective Storms in the Surrounding Area of the Capsizing Accident of the Cruise Ship "Dongfangzhixing"	Yongguang ZHENG	NMC, CMA	Fuyou TIAN, Zhiyong MENG, Ming XUE, Dan YAO, Lanqiang BAI, Xiaoxia ZHOU, Xu MAO, Mingjun WANG
	11:20 – 11:40	Application of nowcasting severe weather in public weather service, transportation and public utilities in Uganda	Mwayi Martin RICKY	Uganda Airforces
	12:20 – 13:30	Lunch
F3 (LT1) Plenary Session S6: Transfer of the science on nowcasting and very-short-range forecasting to services S7: Applications of nowcasting of severe weather in public weather services, transportation, public utilities Chair: Steve GOODMAN	13:30 – 13:50	Operational Nowcast Services of India Meteorological Department	Kamaljit RAY	IMD	L S RATHORE
	13:50 – 14:10	Community version of SWIRLS nowcasting system	Wai Kin WONG	HKO	Tsz Lo CHENG, Wang Chun WOO
	14:10 – 14:30	Fog nowcasting and its influence on aviation operations at Entebbe International Airport-Uganda	Abubakar KALEMA	Uganda National Meteorological Authority
	14:30 – 14:50	0-6 hour Weather Forecast Guidance at The Weather Company	Todd HUTCHINSON	The Weather Company	Steven HONEY, Joseph KOVAL, Cathryn MEYER, Peter NEILLEY
	14:50 – 15:10	A smart system framework enabling an innovative weather awareness system for airports and beyond	Christian SCHIEFER	Selex ES	Sebastian KAUCZOK, Andre WEIPERT
CC (LT1) Closing Ceremony	15:10 – 15:30	Closing Ceremony
	15:30 – 16:00	Tea / Coffee Break
F4 Evening School (LT2)	16:00 – 17:30	Evening School #3 : Introduction to Mesoscale Modelling	Kazuo SAITO	JMA