The 23rd Session of the WGSIP was held remotely from 16 to 17 November 2021.
Agenda and presentations
Tuesday 16 November 2021 – DAY 1
WGSIP-relevant WCRP business, reporting & discussion relating to external groups and WGSIP activities
- 10h30 - Connection and technical check
- 11h00 - a. Welcome and WGSIP overview – Co-chairs
- 11h10 - b. Overview of transformed WCRP & role of WGSIP in new Earth System Modelling and Observations (ESMO) core project, etc. – Nico Caltabiano, Bill Merryfield
- 11h25 - c. Linkages with WCRP Lighthouse Activity on Explaining and Predicting Earth System Change – June-Yi Lee
- 11h35 - d. S2S update - Y. Takaya
- 11h45 - e. WMO ET-OCPS / LC-LRFMME update – Mikhail Tolstykh
- 11h55 - f. WMO LC-ADCP & GADCU update – Leon Hermanson
- 12h05 - g. DCPP update – Jon Robson
- 12h15 - Break
- 12h25 - h. Project report: CHFP and LRFTIP – Ramiro Saurral
- 12h35 - i. Project report: Monsoon prediction – Yuhei Takaya
- 12h45 - j. Project report: Ocean prediction – Bill Merryfield
- 12h55 - k. Project report: I4D – Ángel Muñoz
- 13h05 - l. Project report: Extremes – Bill Merryfield
- 13h15 - m. Debrief on WCRP ExCPEns Workshop – June-Yi Lee
- 13h25 - n. Upcoming meetings
- 13h30 - o. Linkages with WWRP-WGNE Joint WG on Forecast Verification Research (JWGFVR) - Barbara Casati/Caio Coelho
- 13h40 - p. Discussion on: current and envisaged future WGSIP activities and their linkages to ESMO and other WCRP and external activities; emerging science questions; engagement with WMO climate prediction services
- 14h00 - End of Day 1
Wednesday 17 November 2021 – DAY 2
- 10h30 - Connection and technical check
- 11h00 - a. Continuation of Day 1 discussions
- 11h20 - b. Recent work at CNRM on windows of opportunity at S2S time scales – Lauriane Batté
- 11h30 - c. Operational seasonal forecasting at CIMA – Ramiro Saurral
- 11h40 - d. UNSEEN: using hindcasts to estimate unprecedented events – Leon Hermanson
- 11h50 - e. ACCESS-S2: An upgraded seasonal prediction system, including new operational forecast products – Debbie Hudson
- 12h00 - f. Subseasonal to seasonal forecasting highlights at ECMWF – Stephanie Johnson
- 12h10 - g. Earth System Predictability Studies in ICCP – June-Yi Lee
- 12h20 - h. Seasonal forecasting developments at ECCC – Bill Merryfield
- 12h30 - Break
- 12h40 - i. S2S2D forecasting developments with the German Forecast System – Johanna Baehr
- 12h50 - j. Update on CSIR Climate Prediction System – Asmerom Beraki
- 13h00 - k. “NextGen” climate-and-society forecasts – Ángel Muñoz
- 13h10 - l. New developments of climate prediction at CMA – Hongli Ren
- 13h20 - m. Coupled atmosphere-ocean-sea ice-ice shelf modelling – François Massonnet
- 13h30 - n. Next upgrade of the JMA seasonal prediction system – Yuhei Takaya
- 13h40 - o. Update on HMCR long range prediction system – Mikhail Tolstykh
- 13h40 - p. Wrap-up/discussion
- 14h00 - End of Day 2