FRAM Workshop Program

Program of the Fog Remote Sensing and Modeling (FRAM) Workshop

Location:	Great Hall, University Club, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Dates:	21-22 May 2008

Thank you to everyone who joined us in Halifax and
helped to make this such a great workshop!

The program including all abstracts and presentations is provided below. Additionally a PDF version is available, with abstracts only. You are invited to comment on summaries of discussions which took place the afternoon of May 22. The FRAM Workshop Organizing Committee can be reached at framworkshop@gmail.com.

Program
21 May
9:00	Workshop begins
	Stewart Cober Cloud Physics and Severe Weather Research Section, Environment Canada, Downsview, Ontario, Canada	Opening address
*Search and Rescue*
9:05	Peter Stow Maritime Search and Rescue, Joint Rescue Coordination Centre Halifax, Canadian Coast Guard, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada	The impact of fog and fog forecasting on Search and Rescue operations	abst. pres.
*Field Experiments and Observations*
9:35	Ismail Gultepe Cloud Physics and Severe Weather Research Section, Environment Canada, Downsview, Ontario, Canada	The Fog Remote Sensing and Modeling (FRAM) Field Project: observations and visibility applications in warm and cold environments	abst. pres.
9:55	Thierry Bergot and Robert Tardif Centre National de Recherches Meteorologiques, Meteo-France, Toulouse, France	Fog field experiment in France, from ParisFog to ToulouseFog: goal and description of the observations	abst. pres.
10:15	Michèle Colomb Regional Laboratory of Bridges and Roadways, Ministry of Ecology, Energy, Sustainable Development and Regional Planning, Clermont-Ferrand, France	Use of ground-fog observations to determine visibility parameterization and droplet distribution model	abst. pres.
10:35	Discussion *
10:40	Break
*Modeling and Forecasting*
10:55	Jason Milbrandt Numerical Weather Prediction Research Section, Environment Canada, Dorval, Quebec, Canada	Upcoming status of explicit fog forecasting with the GEM-LAM-2.5	abst. pres.
11:15	Junfeng Miao Department of Oceanography, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada	Sea fog modelling over the Nova Scotia coast using the GEM-LAM15: Sensitivity to vertical resolutions	abst. pres.
11:35	Robert Tardif Centre National de Recherches Meteorologiques, Meteo-France, Toulouse, France	Understanding precipitation fog: fundamental research using field observations and numerical modeling	abst. pres. www
11:55	Discussion *
12:00	Lunch
*Modeling and Forecasting (continued)*
13:30	Jérôme Rangognio Centre National de Recherches Meteorologiques, Meteo-France, Toulouse, France	Influence of aerosol on the life cycle of fog	abst. pres.
13:50	Alexander Kann Central Institute of Meteorology and Geodynamics, Vienna, Austria	Parameterizing low stratus in Aladin-Austria: Its added value and limitations	abst. pres.
14:10	Duo Yang Department of Oceanography, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada	Performance of high resolution GEM-LAM in marine fog prediction	abst. pres.
14:30	Binbin Zhou Environmental Modeling Center, NCEP/NWS/NOAA, Camp Springs, Maryland, USA	Talk 1: Ensemble forecast of ceiling, visibility and fog with NCEP Short-Range Ensemble Forecast System (SREF) Talk 2: Asymptotic analysis of equilibrium of radiation fog	abst. pres. www
14:50	Discussion *
15:10	Break
*Nowcasting*
15:30	Claude Landry Canadian Meteorological Centre, Environment Canada, Dorval, Quebec, Canada	Nowcasting the visibility in Scribe	abst. pres.
15:50	George Isaac and Faisal Boudala Cloud Physics and Severe Weather Research Section, Environment Canada, Downsview, Ontario, Canada	The Canadian Airport Nowcasting Project (CAN‑Now): Vision for future and preliminary results	abst. pres.
16:10	Harald Seidl Central Institute of Meteorology and Geodynamics, Vienna, Austria	Towards very high resolution forecasting of fog/low visibility in Central Europe	abst. pres.
16:30	Samuel Rémy and Stevie Roquelaure Centre National de Recherches Meteorologiques, Meteo-France, Toulouse, France	Numerical prediction of fog for airport: local assimilation, nowcasting and predictability	abst. pres.
16:50	Discussion *
17:20	Break for day-1
22 May
9:00	Workshop reopens with a summary of important issues raised on day-1
*Satellite-based Detection and Forecasting*
9:10	James Gurka GOES-R Operations, NOAA/NESDIS, Greenbelt, Maryland, USA	Expected benefits from GOES-R for fog detection and forecasting	abst. pres.
*Statistical Forecast Applications*
9:30	Gaetano Zazzaro Software Technology Lab, Italian Aerospace Research Centre (CIRA), Capua, Italy	An index for local fog forecast by applying data mining techniques	abst. pres.
	[simulation of Linate collision, 8 Oct. 2001]
9:50	Bjarne Hansen Cloud Physics and Severe Weather Research Section, Environment Canada, Dorval, Quebec, Canada	Fog forecasting applications of conditional climatology	abst. pres.
*Application and Verification Issues*		(two 5-minute talks)
10:10	Garry Pearson National Laboratory for Marine and Coastal Meteorology, Environment Canada, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada	Plans for a "fog shootout" and forecaster evaluation of different techniques	pres.
10:15	Bjarne Hansen	Concept of a NinJo smart tool for aviation forecasters	pres.
10:20	Discussion *
10:30	Break
*Applications, Operations, and Verification*
10:50	Garry Toth and William Burrows Hydrometeorology and Arctic Lab, Environment Canada, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada	Automated fog forecasts from an operational NWP model	abst. pres.
11:10	Michael Rohn and Björn-Rüdiger Beckmann FEZE Zentrale Entwicklung, Deutscher Wetterdienst, Offenbach, Germany	iPort-VIS: Site-specific fog forecasting at Munich Airport — A proposal to implement an operational system	abst. pres.
11:30	Nico Maat and Daan Vogelezang Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute (KNMI), De Bilt, The Netherlands	Verification of statistical forecasts of low visibility at Amsterdam Airport	abst. pres.
11:50	Discussion *
12:00	Lunch
13:30	*Full-group discussion, brainstorming, and identification of future projects* *
Discuss issues raised so far and the following. · field projects · modeling issues and applications - 3D modeling issues - freezing fog, ice fog - model verification and forecast verification · arctic environments - ice microphysics for parameterization / modeling applications · marine environments · observations - in situ and satellite, real-time and climatological - remote sensing (methods, techniques, processing) · statistical methods · climatology - conditional climatology for fog and ice fog - nowcasting and forecasting issues - nowcasting of fog and visibility · operational applications - airport applications for visibility and ceiling - technology transfer, lessons learned Proposed questions and/or discussion points: · Strategy in development efforts in the NWP community... which aspects the development efforts should focus on? How? · How best to put resources in common? Databases from field experiments for example. · Streamline development efforts... how to best take advantage of what others have accomplished... how can I best share my development... to not re-invent what others have done, etc. Continuous coordination, beyond workshops and conferences.
~13:45	*Break-out groups*
	We break out into smaller groups to go into details of specific subjects.
15:30	Break
16:00	*Full-group discussion and resolutions*
	We reconvene to sum up everything, and to share any new insights, opportunities, and plans. This last session takes place in the Earl of Dalhousie Room.
17:00	Workshop formally ends
* Rounds of discussion are loosely guided and refer to the presentations which took place before the round.

Last updated 29 May 2008