ADVANCES IN WEATHER AND CIRCULATION TYPE
CLASSIFICATIONS & APPLICATIONS
(COST 733 Mid-term Conference)

22-25 October 2008, Krakow, Poland

 

 

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CONFERENCE PROGRAMME

Wednesday (22 October 2008)
Thursday (23 October 2008)
Friday (24 October 2008)
Saturday (25 October 2008)

 

POSTER SESSION

List of posters in the alphabetical order of the first Author

 

Wednesday (22 October 2008)
Collegium Novum (24, Gołębia Str.)

8.00-18.00	Registration
9.30-10.00	Opening ceremony
Theory, methodology & development of circulation classification methods
SESSION 1 - O.E. Tveito (chair)
10.00-10.40	Ian Jolliffe keynote	Some recent ideas in cluster analysis
10.40-11.10	Michael B. Richman, Indra Adrianto solicited	Advances in regionalization and classification through kernel-based principal component analysis
11.10-11.30	Danny Blair, Ryan Smith, Robert Dahni	User-friendly eigenvector classification of gridded data
11.30-12.00	David B. Reusch solicited	Nonlinear (paleo)climatology: Studying polar climate with self-organizing maps
12.00-12.20	Arne Spekat, Frank Kreienkamp, Wolfgang Enke	Towards impact-oriented atmospheric patterns
12.20-14.00	Lunch Break (lunch on your own)
SESSION 2 - M. Richman (chair)
14.00-14.30	Ricardo M. Trigo solicited	The emergence of WT classifications over western Iberia
14.30-14.50	Michel Erpicum, Georges Mabille, Xavier Fettweis	Automatic synoptic weather circulation types classification based on the 850 hPa geopotential height
14.50-15.10	Thomas Krennert, Alexander Beck, Christoph Zingerle	The WLKC733 automatic weather type classification and its applications at ZAMG - Austria
COST 733 database and its evaluation
15.10-15.40	Andreas Philipp solicited	Variety and consensus of weather and circulation type classifications for the European domain - results from the COST 733 classification database
15.40-16.00	Coffee Break
SESSION 3 - Z. Ustrnul (chair)
16.00-16.30	Christoph Beck solicited	Quantitative evaluation and comparison of circulation classifications - examples from the EU COST Action 733
16.30-16.50	Radan Huth	Synoptic-climatological applicability of circulation classifications from the COST 733 collection
16.50-17.10	Ole Einar Tveito	Climatological validation of weather type classifications for Norway
17.10-17.30	Matthias Demuzere, Zbigniew Ustrnul	COST 733 - WG4: Applications of weather type classifications
17.30-17.50	Constanta Boroneant, Florinela Georgescu, Monica Matei	Evaluation and comparison of weather type catalogues for the domains including Romania; Case study for heat waves
18.00	Visiting Jagiellonian University Museum (Collegium Maius - 15, Jagiellońska Str.)
19.00	ICEBREAKER RECEPTION (Collegium Maius - 15, Jagiellońska Str.)

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Thursday (23 October 2008)
Campus of the 600th Anniversary of the Jagiellonian University Revival (7, Gronostajowa Str.)

Climate-related applications
SESSION 4 - A. Philipp (chair)
9.00-9.40	Jucundus Jacobeit keynote	Classifications in climate research
9.40-10.00	Alexandre M. Ramos, M. N. Lorenzo, L. Gimeno	Compatibility between regional WT classification and regional climate modes derived from EOF analysis: The case of NW Iberian
10.00-10.20	Monika Cahynová, Radan Huth	Links between atmospheric circulation classifications and climatic variability and trends in the Czech Republic
10.20-10.40	Florinela Georgescu, Constanta Boroneant, Sabina Stefan	Circulation types and associated severe weather
10.40-11.00	Coffee Break
SESSION 5 - R. Huth (chair)
11.00-11.30	Julie A. Winkler, Galina Guentchev solicited	A two-tier atmospheric circulation classification scheme for the European-North Atlantic region
11.30-11.50	Tadeusz Niedźwiedź	Application of atmospheric circulation patterns and indices for climate variability analyses (on the Western Carpathian Mountains example, 1873-2008)
11.50-12.10	Ewa Łupikasza	Relations between extreme precipitation occurrence and atmospheric circulation in Poland
12.10-12.30	Tayeb Raziei, Isabella Bordi, Luis S. Pereira	The relationship between 500 hPa atmospheric circulation patterns and winter time wet and dry spells in western Iran
12.30-13.30	Lunch Break
SESSION 6 - C. Beck (chair)
13.30-13.50	Joanna Wibig, Włodzimierz Pawlak, Marcin Rzepa, Mariusz Siedlecki	Circulation patterns connected with extreme weather events in Central Europe
13.50-14.10	Jadwiga Woyciechowska, Zbigniew Ustrnul, Danuta Czekierda	Fuzzy logic circulation types classification according to Osuchowska-Klein scheme for territory of Poland
14.10-14.30	Reinhard Schiemann, Christoph Frei	Quasi real-time gridding of daily rain-gauge precipitation in terms of reduced-space optimal interpolation
Meteorology-related applications
14.30-15.00	Massimiliano Pasqui, Edmondo Di Giuseppe, Sara Quaresima, Francesca Guarnieri, Sara Giavante, Stanislao Esposito solicited	An atmospheric regime characterization of monthly seasonal forecast in Italy based on weather type classification
15.00-16.00	Coffee Break & Poster Viewing
SESSION 7 - M. Demuzere (chair)
16.00-16.30	Paul James solicited	The use of synoptic regime classifications in ensemble forecasting and climate impacts research
16.30-16.50	John J. Cassano, Mark W. Seefeldt	Application of a synoptic pattern classification scheme to evaluate Antarctic Mesoscale Prediction System forecasts
16.50-17.10	Marek Kašpar, Miloslav Müller	Variability of synoptic patterns inducing heavy rains in the Czech Republic
19.00	CONFERENCE DINNER Wierzynek Restaurant (15, Rynek Główny / Main Market Square)

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Friday (24 October 2008)
Campus of the 600th Anniversary of the Jagiellonian University Revival (7, Gronostajowa Str.)

Hydrology-related applications
SESSION 8 - M. Pasqui (chair)
9.00-9.40	András Bárdossy keynote	Hydrological applications of circulation classifications
9.40-10.00	Anne K. Fleig, Lena M. Tallaksen, Hege Hisdal, David M. Hannah, Kerstin Stahl	Associations between weather types and hydrological drought in north-western Europe
10.00-10.20	Christel Prudhomme, Marie Genevier	Flood and weather types in COST 733
10.20-10.40	Miloslav Müller, Marek Kašpar	Quantitative aspect in synoptic classifications - a classification based on anomalies of the flux of moisture
10.40-11.30	Coffee Break & Poster Viewing
Environmental and health applications
SESSION 9 - C. Prudhomme (chair)
11.30-12.00	Jan Kyselý, Radan Huth, Jiyoung Kim solicited	Application of objective classifications of 'air masses' in evaluating heat-related mortality
12.00-12.20	Pavlos Kassomenos	Synoptic circulation control on wild fire occurrence
12.20-12.40	Domingo F. Rasilla, Juan C. García-Codrón, Virginia Carracedo, Concepción Diego	Atmospheric circulation, fire weather and very large forest fires in Spain
12.40-13.00	Matthias Demuzere, Ricardo M. Trigo, Jordi Vila-Guerau de Arellano, Nicole P.M. Van Lipzig	Evaluating the impact of weather and atmospheric circulation on O3 and PM10 levels in Cabauw (The Netherlands)
13.00-14.00	Lunch Break
Other classifications
SESSION 10 - R. Trigo (chair)
14.00-14.20	James A. Miller, Scott C. Sheridan	Sensitivity of the Spatial Synoptic Classification (SSC) categorization to changes in surface weather observations
14.20-14.40	Michał Marosz	The airflow characteristics response to the distinctive patterns of AO daily index development
14.40-15.00	Ebrahim Fattahi, Tayeb Raziei, Abdollah Sedaghatkerdar	Temporal and spatial variability of air masses and their applicability for monitoring dry/wet spells in Southwestern Iran
15.00-15.30	General discussion and concluding remarks R.Huth (chair), O.E.Tveito, Z.Ustrnul, I.Jolliffe, J.Jacobeit, A.Bardossy
15.30-15.45	Coffee Break
16.00-18.00	COST 733 Management Committee Meeting (for COST 733 MC members only)

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Saturday (25 October 2008)

8.00 - 19.00

Conference excursion Tatra Mountains and vicinity

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