Science Program Topics with Conveners and Keynote Speakers

As you are completing your abstract application you will be asked to select an appropriate TOPIC for your submission.

For the OPEN SCIENCE CONFERENCE (OSC) please review the list of possible Themes (1 through 5) and Topics

Please select the TOPIC that best suits your Abstract during the actual submission process.
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Program Session Structure

SPECIAL SESSIONS: WWRP POST-THORPEX LEGACY
PPP -  Polar Prediction Project (PPP)
Conveners: Thomas Jung (AWI, Germany) and Peter Bauer (ECMWF)
Keynote speakers: Marika Holland (NCAR, USA) and Dave Bromwich (Ohio State U., USA)
S2S - Subseasonal to Seasonal (S2S) Prediction Project
Conveners: Frederic Vitart (ECMWF) and Andrew Robertson (IRI, USA)
Keynote speakers: TBD

Theme 1
ODA -  Observations and Data Assimilation
ODA -  New technologies and observation instrumentation innovations: from urban to global scales.
Conveners: Susanne Crewell (U. of Cologne, Germany) and Johannes Schmetz (EUMETSAT)
Keynote speakers: TBD
ODA -  Observations and their assimilation in global to convective scale models
Convener: Roger Saunders (Met Office, United Kingdom)
Keynote speakers: TBD
ODA -  THORPEX field campaigns
Conveners: Patrick Harr (NRL, USA) and Chun-Chieh Wu (National Taiwan U., China)
Keynote speakers: TBD
ODA -  Observations and assimilation of atmospheric constituents
Conveners: Arlindo daSilva (NASA, USA) and Vincent-Henri Peuch (ECMWF)
Keynote speakers: TBD
ODA -  Ocean and cryosphere observations and their assimilation
Convener: Peter Minnett (U. of Miami, USA)
Keynote speakers: TBD
ODA -  Coupled data assimilation and reanalyses
Conveners: Dick Dee (ECMWF) and Oscar Alves (BoM, Australia)
Keynote speakers: TBD
ODA -  Data assimilation methodology and diagnostic tools
Conveners: Mark Buehner (Environment Canada) and Takemasa Miyoshi (RIKEN, Japan)
Keynote speakers: TBD

Theme 2
P&P - Predictability and Dynamical/Physical/Chemical Processes (PDPCP)
P&P - Dynamics and predictability of middle latitude weather systems and their higher and lower latitude interactions
Convener: Heini Wernli (ETH, Germany) and Sue Gray (U. of Reading, United Kingdom)
Keynote speakers: TBD
P&P - Continental convective systems
Convener: David Parsons (U. of Oklahoma, USA)
Keynote speakers: TBD 
P&P - Clouds and radiation
Conveners: TBD
Keynote speakers: TBD
P&P - Tropical cyclones and tropical convection
Conveners: Johnny Chan (City University of Hong Kong, China) and Chris Davis (NCAR, USA)
Keynote speakers: TBD
P&P - Sub-grid parameterizations for the atmosphere and ocean
Conveners: Martin Miller (ECMWF) and Andy Brown (Met Office, United Kingdom)
Keynote speakers: TBD
P&P - Stochastic forcing, Ensemble prediction systems and TIGGE
Conveners: Richard Swinbank (Met Office, United Kingdom) and Tom Hamill (NOAA, USA)
Keynote speakers: TBD
P&P - Atmospheric and oceanic composition (processes and physics)
Convener: Véronique Bouchet (Environment Canada)
Keynote speakers: TBD
P&P - Numerical methods of the atmosphere and ocean (including composition and boundary layer at all latitudes)
Convener: Jean Côté (UQAM, Canada)
Keynote speakers: TBD
P&P - Year of Tropical Convection (YOTC)
Conveners: Mitch Moncrieff (NCAR, USA) and Duane Waliser (JPL, USA)
Keynote speakers: TBD

Theme 3
ISS - Interactions between sub-systems
ISS - Land-Atmosphere interactions and water cycle
Conveners: Paul Dirmeyer (COLA, USA)
Keynote speakers: Sonia Seneviratne (ETH, Germany) and Vincent Fortin (Environment Canada) 
ISS - Ocean-Atmosphere coupling and interaction
Convener: Stephen Belcher (Met Office, United Kingdom)
Keynote speakers: TBD
ISS - Cryosphere and stable atmospheric boundary layers
Conveners: Diana Verseghy (Environment Canada) and Anton Beljaars (ECMWF)
Keynote speakers: Eric Brun (Météo-France) and Gunilla Svensson (Stockholm U., Sweden)  
ISS - Ecosystems modelling and carbon-meteorology
Conveners: TBD
Keynote speakers: TBD
ISS - Chemicals transport and aerosols modelling
Conveners: Bernhard Vogel (KIT, Germany) and Alexander Baklanov (U. of Copenhagen, Denmark)
Keynote speaker: Vincent Huijnen (KNMI, Netherlands)
ISS - Coupling sub-systems: methodologies and diagnostic tools
Conveners: Christa D. Peters-Lidard (NASA, USA) and Jan Polcher (LMD, France)
Keynote speakers: Sophie Valcke (CERFACS, France) and Joe Santanello (NASA, USA)

Theme 4
NPE - Numerical Prediction of the Earth system: putting it all together
NPE - Urban scale environmental prediction systems
Convener: Greg Carmichael (U. of Iowa, USA)
Keynote speaker: Valery Masson (Météo-France)
NPE - Environmental Prediction Systems: Tropical Aspects
Convener: Masaki Satoh (U. of Tokyo, Japan)
Keynote speaker: Aida Diongue (SMS, Senegal)
NPE - Environmental Prediction Systems: Mid latitude regional aspects
Conveners: Virginie Marécal (Météo-France) and Jeannette Onvlee (KNMI, Netherlands)
Keynote speakers: Dale Barker (Met Office, United Kingdom) and Stéphane Bélair (Environnement Canada)
NPE - Environmental Prediction Systems: Global and medium-range aspects
Conveners: Florence Rabier (ECMWF) and Bill Lapenta (NOAA, USA)
Keynote speaker: Martin Charron (Environment Canada)
NPE - Cross-cutting research on verification techniques
Conveners: Beth Ebert (BoM, Australia) and Barbara Brown (NCAR, USA)
Keynote speaker: Marion Mittermaier (Met Office, United Kingdom)

Theme 5
WHI - Weather-related Hazards and Impacts
WHI - Development of applications in the forecasting process
Conveners: Paul Joe (Environment Canada) and Dirk Heizenreder (DWD, Germany)
Keynote speakers: TBD
WHI - Improved understanding of the synergies and science-based needs of multi-hazard events
Conveners: Xu Tang (WMO) and Paul Davies (Met Office, United Kingdom)
Keynote speakers: TBD
WHI - Improved understanding of and techniques for decision making
Conveners: Pertti Nurmi (FMI, Finland) and Kevin Petty (Vaisala Inc., USA)
Keynote speakers: TBD