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6th COPS Workshop
27 – 29 February 2008, University of Hohenheim, Stuttgart, Germany
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Protocoll Working Group CI (will be added soon)
Protocoll Working Group ACM (will be added soon)
Protocoll Working Group PPL (will be added soon)
Protocoll Working Group DAP

COPS Field Report, Version 2.1, 20 December 2007 (~ 21.8 MB).
Operation Times of Remote Sensing Instruments (Update including BASIL operations, Excel) (69 KB).




Wednesday, 27. February


13:00 – 13:15  Inaugural greetings: Hans-Peter Liebig, Rector of University of Hohenheim

13:15 – 14:30  1st session: COPS Overview (Chair: Hans Volkert)
13:15 – 13:30  COPS as WWRP RDP (Volker Wulfmeyer)  Presentation
13:30 – 13:45  D-PHASE (Mathias Rotach)  Presentation
13:45 – 13:55  COPS-UK (Stephen Mobbs)  Presentation
13:55 – 14:05  COPS-France (Evelyne Richard)  Presentation
14:05 – 14:15  COPS-Austria (Reinhold Steinacker)  Presentation
14:15 – 14:30  Discussion

15:00 – 16:00  2nd session: COPS Overview (Chair: Alan Blyth)
15:00 – 15:10  How representative were the meteorological conditions in the COPS area during the summer 2007? (Heini Wernli)  Presentation
15:10 – 15:20  ETReC07 (George Craig; given by Hans Volkert)  Presentation
15:20 – 15:30  Status of the collection of GTS and non-GTS data (Manfred Dorninger)  Presentation
15:30 – 15:40  COPS-GOP-D-PHASE data archive (Claudia Wunram & Hannes Thiemann)  Presentation
15:40 – 15:50  COPS synthesis: Which level-2 data products do we need to investigate the COPS science questions and how do we get them? (Andreas Behrendt)  Presentation
15:50 – 16:00  Discussion

16:30 – 17:30  3rd session: CI (Chair: Tammy Weckwerth)
10 min    Interaction of boundary layer and land surface based processes with mesoscale convection initiation: COPS IOP 9c (Ulrich Corsmeier)  Presentation
10 min    Characteristics of thermals as identified using Doppler lidar and microwave radiometer data (Chris Collier)  Presentation
10 min    Water vapour variability in the Rhine Valley and its role on convective initiation: first results from LEANDRE 2 (Cyrille Flamant)  Presentation
10 min    Water Vapour and Wind Profiles from the DLR Falcon Lidars (Christoph Kiemle)  Presentation
10 min    Discussion

17:30 – 19:00  Poster 1: CI (Chair: Cyrille Flamant)
CI 01  Analysis of convective initiation using Meteosat Reduced Scanns (Fumiko Aoshima)  Poster
CI 02  Exploiting the synergy of remote sensing data to analyse convective initiation processes in complex terrain (Andreas Behrendt)  Poster
CI 03  Raman lidar Observations of a MCS on July 20th (Rohini Bhawar)  Poster)
CI 04  Raman lidar measurements at the COPS Vosges supersite (Pierre Bosser)  Poster
CI 05  Doppler lidar measurements of boundary layer winds and sensible heat flux (Jenny Davis)  Poster
CI 06  First deployment of the airship ZEPPELIN NT as a carrier for instruments probing the chemical composition of the planetary boundary layer (Frank Holland)  Poster
CI 15  SODAR-based Investigation of the Boundary Layer in the Rench Valley during COPS (Florian Imbery)  Poster
CI 07  Measuremants with the IPM UHOH scanning water vapour DIAL during COPS (Sandip Pal)  Poster
CI 08  Measurements with the IPM UHOH scanning rotational Raman lidar during COPS (Marcus Radlach)  Poster
CI 09  Water vapor transport in the pre-convective environment during COPS IOP 13a on 1 August 2007 (Andreas Schaefler)  Poster
CI 10  High resolution ground measurements (Stefan Schneider)  Poster
CI 12  Surface layer observations from a network of 22 automatic weather stations covering the northern COPS region (Victora Smith)  Poster
CI 13  Simultaneous wind measurements with lidar and cloud radar - complementary and quality check (Katja Traeumner)  Poster
CI 14  Profiling the lower troposphere with an UHF-wind-temperature-radar at the supersite S (Siegfried Vogt)  Poster

20:00 Banquet

Thursday, 28. February


09:00 – 10:00  4th session: CI (Chair: Ulrich Corsmeier)
10 min    MSG SEVIRI products for COPS: Discussion of selected convective events (Wayne Feltz and Christopher Bedka; given by Dave Turner)  Presentation
10 min    Retrieval and Validation of GPS Water Vapor and Slant Delays during COPS/GOP (Galina Dick)  Presentation
10 min    First results from GPS tomography during the COPS field experiment (Cedric Champollion)  Presentation
10 min    An examination of atmospheric lids during COPS (Andrew Russel)  Presentation
10 min    The energy balance components for characteristic regions of the COPS domain: Examples from selected intensive observation periods (Norbert Kalthoff)  Presentation
10 min    Discussion

10:00 – 10:30  5th session: Water Vapor Validation (Chair: Andreas Behrendt)
10 min    Water vapour intercomparison effort in the frame of the Convective and Orographically-induced Precipitation Study (Rohini Bhawar)  Presentation
10 min    Long-term water vapour comparison at the ARM Mobile Facility (Susanne Crewell)  Presentation
10 min    Discussion

10:30 – 11:50  Poster 2: ACM (Chair: Susanne Crewell) & PPL (Chair: Martin Hagen)
ACM 1  Partenavia P68B D-Gery aircraft flight missions July 2007 (Christine Brandau)  Poster
ACM 2  Multi-platform monitoring of aerosols, clouds and atmospheric boundary layer dynamics in Vosges supersite in the framework of the COPS field campaign (Juan Cuesta)  Poster
ACM 3  Characterization of mixed-phase clouds - description of EUFAR ATR42 aircraft (Yann Dufournet)  Poster
ACM 4  Observations of the spatial distribution of integrated water vapour and liquid water path in the Murg valley with scanning microwave radiometer (Stefan Kneifel)  Poster
ACM 5  Lidar and radar measurements of the melting layer at supersite R: observations dark and bright band phenomena (Donato Summa)  Poster

PPL 1  Ground-based observations of precipitating clouds by a scanning polarimetric triple-frequency microwave radiometer (Alessandro Battaglia)  Poster
PPL 2  Overview and measurement examples from instruments operated by the University of Vienna (Manfred Dorninger)  Poster
PPL 3  PRINCE: Pre-COPS measurements of a convective cluster in the northern Black Forest (Pieter Groenemeijer)  Poster
PPL 4  Tracks of convective storms as observed during IOP (Jan Handwerker)  Poster
PPL 5  Modification of atmospheric parameters by convective cells derived from measurements of mobile dropup-radiosonde-systems (Holger Mahlke)
PPL 6  High resolution analysis of precipitation (Eberhard Reimer)
PPL 7  Measurements with the IPM-UHOH X-band precipitation radar during COPS (Andrea Riede)  Poster

11:50 – 13:00  6th session: ACM (Chair: Dave Turner)
10 min    UK Bae-146 Aircraft Contributions to COPS (Alan Blyth)  Presentation
10 min    Comparison of observed cloud properties at the COPS AMF site in Germany with their representation in operational models (Ewan J. O'Connor and Anthony J. Illingworth)  Presentation
10 min    Integrated Profiling at the AMF (Kerstin Ebell)  Presentation
10 min    Temperature, water vapour and cloud liquid water measurements at Hornisgrinde using a microwave profiler (Fabio Madonna)  Presentation
10 min    Observation of a Saharan dust outbreak on 1-2 August 2007: determination of microphysical particle parameters (Paolo Di Girolamo)  Presentation
10 min    Multiwavelength aerosol lidar and vertical-wind lidar observations during COPS (Albert Ansmann)  Presentation
10 min    Discussion

14:00 – 15:00  7th session: PPL (Chair: Reinhold Steinacker)
10 min    Observations with the polarimetric weather radar POLDIRAD and the lightning detection system LINET (Martin Hagen and Hartmut Hoeller)  Presentation
10 min    Preliminary results on convective cells and rain fall studies during COPS 2007 using the LaMP X band radar and MRR (Joel Van Baelen)  Presentation
10 min    High resolution atmospheric profiling with the S-band Doppler polarimetric radar TARA (Christine Unal)  Presentation
10 min    IMGI's contribution to the COPS 2007 field experiment - A short overview of the state of data preparation and first results (Simon Hoelzl and Alexander Gohm)  Presentation
10 min    Measurements with the Doppler-On-Wheels (Tammy Weckwerth et al., NCAR, USA)  Presentation
10 min    Discussion

15:30 – 16:30  8th Session: DAP (Chair: Evelyne Richard)
10 min    Quantitative precipitation forecasts in the Alps – first results from the Forecast Demonstration Project MAP D-PHASE (Felix Ament; given by Marco Arpagaus)  Presentation
10 min    Daily runs and real time assimilation during the COPS campaign with AROME (Pierre Brousseau)  Presentation
10 min    Possible contributions of MRI to COPS (Kazuo Saito)  Presentation
10 min    Assimilation of groundbased GPS observations with the MM5 4DVAR system (Florian Zus)  Presentation
10 min    Plans for Observing System Experiments and Re-Analyses for the COPS period at Deutscher Wetterdienst (Werner Wergen; given by Hans-Joachim Koppert)  Presentation
10 min    Discussion

16:30 – 18:00  Poster 3: DAP (Chair: Hans-Stefan Bauer)
DAP 01  High-resolution reanalyses and impact studies for improving process understanding and precipitation forecast skill based on the COPS data set (Hans-Stefan Bauer)  Poster
DAP 02  Modelling of an isolated thunderstorm during COPS 15/7/2007 (John Cardwell)  Poster
DAP 10  First results from Meteo-NH simulations for the COPS IOP 9, 18 – 20 July 2007 (Oliver Caumont)  Poster
DAP 03  Verification of cloud forecasts with satellite observations during COPS (Jean-Pierre Chaboureau)  Poster
DAP 04  Assimilation of GPS observations into the MM5 4d-Var system during a six month period covering D-PHASE and COPS (Matthias Grzeschik)  Poster
DAP 05  Development and result of a cloud-resolving non-hydrostatic 4DVAR assimilation system (NHM-4DVAR) (Takuya Kawabata)  Poster
DAP 06  HYMACS: A hybrid mass flux convection scheme for non-hydrostatic NWP models (Volker Kuell)  Poster
DAP 07  Comparison of water balance components derived from GPS data and COSMO simulations (Romi Schnitter nee Sasse)  Poster
DAP 08  COSMO model simulations for COPS IOP 8b, 15 July 2007 (Joerg Trentmann)  Poster)
DAP 09  Studies of the process chain and the predictability of precipitation with the D-PHASE ensemble and COPS observations (Volker Wulfmeyer)  Poster

18:00 – 18:30  9th Session: Informal Ad-Hoc Working Groups

19:30 Reception, Musical Surprise & Awards


Friday, 29. February


09:00 – 11:00  10th Session: COPS Working Group Meetings CI, ACM, PPL, and DAP (WG Chairs)

11:30 – 13:00  11th session: Final Discussion (Chair: Volker Wulfmeyer)

13:00 Adjourn

14:00 – 15:30  ISSC Meeting

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