01. Atmospheric data assimilation schemes, analysis and initialization, data impact studies, observing system experiments

Author(s)	Title	Country	Pages
Peter Bauer, Philippe Lopez, Emmanuel Moreau, Angela Benedetti, Adrian Tompkins and Marta Janiskovà	Assimilation of precipitation information at ECMWF	EC	1-01
Massimo Bonavita and Lucio Torrisi	Variational Data Assimilation At The Italian Air Force Weather Service: A Progress Report	Italy	1-03
Bernard Chapnik, Gerald Desroziers, F. Rabier and Olivier Talagrand	Estimation of observation error statistics, using an optimality criterion	France	1-05
Alexander Cress	Assimilation of MODIS wind data in the global NWP System of the German Weather Service	Germany	1-07
Alexander Cress	Use of dropsonde data in the global data assimilation of the German Weather Service	Germany	1-09
Antje Dethof	Assimilation of ozone retrievals from the MIPAS instrument on board ENVISAT at ECMWF	EC	1-11
Tadashi Fujita	Revision of the Background Error Covariance in the Global 3D-Var	Japan	1-13
Masahiro Kazumori, Hiromi Owada and Kozo Okamoto	Improvements of ATOVS radiance-bias correction scheme at JMA	Japan	1-15
Ekaterina Klimova	Adaptive algorithm of the suboptimal Kalman filter	Russia	1-17
Leiming Ma, Yihong Duan, Xudong Liang and Dongliang Wang	Four-dimensional Variational Data Assimilation of TRMM Data in Tropical Cyclone Prediction	China	1-19
A.P. McNally, P.D. Watts, J. Smith and R. Engelen	The assimilation of AIRS radiance data at ECMWF	EC	1-21
Hiroyuki Murakami and Takayuki Matsumura	Introduction of Vertical Normal Mode Incremental Initialization for a Hight Resolution Global Model	Japan	1-23
A.E.Pokhil, A.D.Naumov and M. Zaychenko	The study of the influence of the tropical cyclones initialization on the forecast of trajectories using the ETA model	Russia	1-25
Yoshiaki Sato, Yoshiaki Takeuchi and Toshiharu Tauchi	Use of TMI and SSM/I Data In The JMA Operational Meso Analysis	Japan	1-27
Hiromu Seko, Tadashi Tsuyuki and Takemasa Miyoshi	Impacts of Radial Wind measured by Doppler radar and GPS-derived Water Vapor on Numerical Prediction of Precipitation	Japan	1-29
Toshiki Shimbori and Ko Koizumi	Operational Implementation of the JMA Regional Four-Dimensional Variational Data Assimilation System	Japan	1-31
Simona Stefanescu and Loik Berre	Ensemble Dispersion Spectra and the Estimation of Error Statistics for a Limited Area Model Analysis	Romania	1-33
Toshiharu Tauchi, Yoshiaki Takeuchi and Yoshiaki Sato	Assimilation of SSM/I and TMI Total Column Precipitable Water Data into the JMA Global 3D-Var Assimilation System	Japan	1-35
Dongliang Wang, Xudong Liang and Yihong Duan	Impact of GMS-5 Cloud-drift Winds on the Track Prediction of Tropical Cyclones	China	1-37

02. Data sets, diagnostic and dynamical investigations, statistical post-processing , multi-year reanalyses and associated studies

Author(s)	Title	Country	Pages
Timothy Cowan and Ian Simmonds	Trends in weather parameters at Australian Antarctic bases	Australia	2-01
Nikolay Ivanov and Victor Lagun	Study of Statistical Structure of Surface Wind Speed Vector in Western Antarctica	Russia	2-03
Georgy V. Mostovoy, Patrick J. Fitzpatrick and Yongzuo Li	Quality of Quikscat Gridded Winds over the Bay of Bengal	USA	2-05
Georgy V. Mostovoy and Patrick J. Fitzpatrick	Comparison Of Quikscat Gridded Winds Over The Gulf Of Mexico	USA	2-07
Anthony Rafter, Ian Simmonds and Andrew B. Watkins	Southeast Pacific sea ice and ENSO co-variabilities	Australia	2-09
Franz Rubel	A New European Precipitation Dataset for NWP Model Verification and Data Assimilation Studies	Austria	2-11
Ian Simmonds	Kinetic energy fluxes into the Southern Ocean	Australia	2-13
Bulusu Subrahmanyam and V.S.N Murty	A New Technique for Estimation of Sea surface Salinity in the Tropical Indian Ocean from OLR	USA	2-15
Alberto Troccoli and Per Kallberg	Precipitation Correction in the ERA-40 Reanalysis	EC	2-17
Richard Wardle, Ian Simmonds and Kevin Keay	Quantifying relationships between rainfall and synoptic activity in the Australian region	Australia	2-19

03. Computational studies including new techniques, the effect of varying model resolution, parallel processing

Author(s)	Title	Country	Pages
Kohei Aranami and Junichi Ishida	Implementation of two dimensional decomposition for JMA non-hydrostatic model	Japan	3-01
Luca Bonaventura and Erich Roeckner	The ICON dynamical core project: modelling strategies and preliminary results	Germany	3-03
Pierre Bénard	Stablilization of two-time levels semi-implicit algorithms for the Euler system	France	3-05
Jochen Förstner and Günther Doms	Runge-Kutta Time Integration and High-Order Spatial Discretization - a New Dynamical Core for the LMK	Germany	3-07
Alexander V. Frolov	Spectral Analysis Of Real-Valued Functions On A Sphere: Visualization Of Spatial Spectra	Russia	3-09
Keiichi Katayama, Hiromasa Yoshimura and Takayuki Matsumura	Development of a 20 km mesh global NWP model on the Earth Simulator	Japan	3-11
Lazar Lazic	A Comparison of Super-Matsuno Scheme and Digital Filtering Initializations in the ETA Model	Serbia	3-13
Ahmed Mahidjiba and Jean Côté	Conservative Semi-Implicit Semi-Lagrangian Method (CSSL) for Transport in Climate and Chemical Models	Canada	3-15
Steven Morey and James O'Brien	Vertical resolution impacts on modeled Gulf of Mexico Loop Current Eddies	USA	3-17
Valery Parkhomenko, Anatoly Shipilin and S. A. Zabelok	AGCM parallel algorithm development for cluster computers	Russia	3-19
Jürgen Steppeler, Zavisa Janjic, H. W. Bitzer, P. Prohl and Ulrich Schättler	Tests of a Z-Coordinate Nonhydrostatic Model Including Physical Processes	Germany	3-21
Vyacheslav I. Tsvetkov	Fast Algorithm Of Harmonic Analysis Of Real-Valued Functions On A Sphere	Russia	3-23
Tim Woollings and John Thuburn	An Isentropic Model of the Atmosphere	UK	3-25
Yosuke Yamazaki and Kazuo Saito	Implementation of the Cylindrical Equidistant Projection for the Non-Hydrostatic Model of the Japan Meteorological Agency	Japan	3-27

04. Parameterization of important atmospheric and surface processes, effects of different parameterizations

Author(s)	Title	Country	Pages
Maxim M. Arzhanov, Oleg A. Anisimov, P. F. Demchenko, A. V. Eliseev and Igor I. Mokhov	Permafrost models intercomparison	Russia	4-01
L. V. Berkovich, Yu. V. Tkacheva and V. A. Shnaydman	Parameterization scheme for operational prediction of large-scale processes	Russia	4-03
L. V. Berkovich	The method of parameterization of convective cloudiness calculations	Russia	4-05
Mark Bourassa	A Sea Surface Stress Parameterization Dependent on Directional Sea State	USA	4-07
Yves Delage, Stéphane Bélair, Carole Labadie and Émilie Mallet	Comparison of surface models CLASS and ISBA over North America	Canada	4-09
Akihiro Hashimoto , Masataka Murakami, Teruyuki Kato, Chiashi Muroi, Masanori Yoshizaki and Syugo Hayashi	Improvement of Microphysical Parameterization in a Japan Meteorological Agency Nonhydrostatic Model with a High Resolution and Its Effect on Simulation Result.	Japan	4-11
Hideaki Kawai	Impact of a Parameterization for Subtropical Marine Stratocumulus	Japan	4-13
Vladimir Krasnopolsky, Michael Fox-Rabinovitz and Dmitry V. Chalikov	Fast and Accurate Approximation of the Long Wave Radiation Parameterization in a GCM Using Neural Networks: Evaluation of Computational Performance and Accuracy of Approximation in the NCAR Single Column Model	USA	4-15
Yukihiro Kumagai	Implementation of a non-local like PBL scheme in JMANHM	Japan	4-17
Yukihiro Kumagai	Improvement of the land surface processes in JMANHM	Japan	4-19
Dmitrii Mironov and Bodo Ritter	Testing the new ice model for the global NWP system GME of the German Weather Service	Germany	4-21
Dmitrii Mironov ,Arkady Terzhevik, Frank Beyrich and Erdmann Heise	A Lake Model for Use in Numerical Weather Prediction Systems	Germany	4-23
Shiro Ohmori and Yoshinori Yamada	Implementation of the Kain-Fritsch Convective Parameterization scheme in the JMA’s Non-hydrostatic Model	Japan	4-25
E.V. Perekhodtseva	Hydrodynamic And Statistical Model Of Operative Forecast To 36 H Ahead Of Dangerous Summer Wind Including Squalls And Tornadoes In The European Part Of Russia And In Europe	Russia	4-27
V.A. Shnaydman	Improved hydrodynamical scheme of the turbulence description	USA	4-29
Laxmi Sushama, René Laprise, Daniel Caya, Marie Larocque and M. Slivitzky	Variable-lag Channel Flow Routing Algorithm for climate models	Canada	4-31
Mitsuru Ueno and Akihiko Murata	Application of steering weight concept to Typhoon Saomai (2000)	Japan	4-33
Xiaqiong Zhou, Johnny Chan and Chenxi Wang	The Effect of Convective Parameterization On Tropical Cyclone Motion and Intensity	China	4-35

05. Development of and studies with regional and smaller-scale atmospheric models, regional ensemble forecasting

Author(s)	Title	Country	Pages
Michael Baldauf	Prognostic Precipitation in the Lokal Modell (LM) of the German Weather Service	Germany	5-01
Günther Doms and Jochen Förstner	Development of a NWP System for Very Short-Range Forecasts	Germany	5-03
Jun Du	Impact of Model Error and Imperfect Initial Condition Perturbations on Ensemble-based Probabilistic Forecasts: Unpredictable Spots	USA	5-05
Hisaki Eito, Chiashi Muroi, Syugo Hayashi, Teruyuki Kato and Masanori Yoshizaki	A High-Resolution Wide-Range Numerical Simulation of Cloud Bands Associated With The Japan Sea Polar-Air Mass Convergence Zone in Winter Using a Non-Hydrostatic Model on the Earth Simulator	Japan	5-07
William Gallus and Isidora Jankov	Simulations of warm season MCS rainfall using mixed physics in the Eta and WRF models	USA	5-09
Thomas Haiden	NWP research in Austria	Austria	5-11
Dale Hess, Manuela Burgers, Piyaratne Dewundege and Michael Johnson	The Australian Air Quality Forecasting System	Australia	5-13
Stjepan Ivatek-Sahdan and Martina Tudor	Use of high-resolution dynamical adaptation for the extreme wind estimate	Croatia	5-15
Svetlana Jagovkina, Igor Karol, V. A. Zubov, Victor Lagun, Alexander Reshetnikov, Nina Paramonova, Viacheslav Privalov, Anatoly Poberovsky and Maria Makarova	Application of 3D regional transport model for study of methane formation mechanisms over large industrial area (Saint Petersburg)	Russia	5-17
Fanyou Kong and Kelvin Droegemeier	Ensemble Forecasts of Tornadic Thunderstorms	USA	5-19
Fedor Mesinger and Lazar Lazic	Water Vapor Sources and Sinks, and Hydrometeor Loading in the ETA Model	Serbia	5-21
A. Montani, D. Cesari, C. Marsigli, F. Nerozzi, T. Paccagnella and S. Tibaldi	Operational implementation of regional ensemble forecasts	Italy	5-23
Kazuo Saito	Direct evaluation of the buoyancy and consideration of moisture diffusion in the continuity equation in the JMA Nonhydrostatic Model	Japan	5-25
Ryota Sakai and Takuya Hosomi	A change to the physical process of JMA Typhoon Model	Japan	5-27
Bent H. Sass and Claus Petersen	An atmospheric model prediction system for very short range forecasts	Denmark	5-29

06. Developments in global forecast models, case studies, predictability investigations, ensemble, monthly and seasonal forecasting

Author(s)	Title	Country	Pages
Masayuki Hirai and Takuya Sakashita	Verification of Quantitative Precipitation Forecast from Operational Numerical Weather Prediction Models over Japan (WGNE precipitation forecast intercomparison project)	Japan	6-01
Greg Roff, Agathe Untch, John McCormack, Mark Iredell and Mike Keil	WGNE NWP stratospheric prediction comparison	Australia	6-03
Dong-Wook Shin, Steve Cocke, T. E. LaRow and J. J. O'Brien	Seasonal Climate Signatures in the FSU Climate Model Coupled to the CLM2	USA	6-05
Frederic Vitart	Monthly Forecasting at ECMWF	EC	6-07

07. Global and regional climate models, sensitivity and impact experiments, response to external forcing

Author(s)	Title	Country	Pages
Soline Bielli and René Laprise	Scale Decomposition of the Water Budget in a Regional Climate Model	Canada	7-01
K. C. Chow and Johnny Chan	Effect of Surface Heating over Indochina on the Summer Monsoon over South China	China	7-03
Michel Deque, Florence Sevault and Samuel Somot	Mediterranean convection and climate change	France	7-05
Ralf Döscher and H.E. Markus Meier	Baltic Sea Climate Scenarios for Sea Surface Temperature and Ice	Sweden	7-07
Alexey V. Eliseev, Dmitry V. Khvorostyanov, I. I. Mokhov and E.V. Sigaeva	Limit cycles of the delayed action oscillator model for ENSO	Russia	7-09
Thierry Fichefet , Hugues Goosse, E. Driesschaert, C. Poncin and Frank Wolk	Recent and ongoing climate modeling activities at UCL-ASTR	Belgium	7-11
Michael Fox-Rabinovitz , Jean Côté, Michel Deque, Bernard Dugas and John McGregor	International Stretched-Grid Model Intercomparison Project (SGMIP): Initial Results	USA	7-13
Anjari Gupta, P.K. Thapliyal and P. K. Pal	Simulation of impact of deforestation in African and north-east Indian region on Asian summer monsoon using CCM3 model	India	7-15
Yanjun Jiao, Daniel Caya and René Laprise	The surface climatology simulated by the Canadian Regional Climate Model (CRCM)	Canada	7-17
Teruyuki Kato , Kazuaki Yasunaga, Chiashi Muroi, Masanori Yoshizaki, Sachie Kanada, Akihiro Hashimoto, Yasutaka Wakazuki, Hisaki Eito, Syugo Hayashi and Hidetaka Sasaki	Regional Climate Prediction by using a Japan Meteorological Agency Nonhydrostatic Model with a High Resolution. Part 1: Outline/Purpose of a High-Resolution Long-Term Prediction	Japan	7-19
Shoji Kusunoki , Keiichi Matsumaru, Toshiyuki Nakaegawa, Isamu Yagai and Osamu Arakawa	51-year Simulation of the Period from 1951 to 2001 by the JMA AGCM	Japan	7-21
Eun-Pa Lim and Ian Simmonds	Changes in winter cyclone vertical structure with increasing CO2	Australia	7-23
Yiming Liu and Johnny Chan	A Ten-year Climatology of the Summer Monsoon over South China from a Regional Climate Model	China	7-25
Philippe Lucas-Picher, Daniel Caya and Sébastien Biner	RCM’s internal variability as function of domain size	Canada	7-27
R.S. Ajaya Mohan, S. Jagtap, T. E. LaRow, S. Cocke, J.J. O'Brien, Jim Jones and D.W. Shin	Using Climate Models to generate Crop yield forecasts in Southeast USA	USA	7-29
Igor Mokhov, Vyacheslav Bezverkhny and A. A. Karpenko	Analysis of time lags between variations of temperature and greenhouse gases atmospheric content at Milankovitch periods from paleoreconstructions	Russia	7-31
I.I. Mokhov, J.-L. Dufresne, H. Le Treut and V.A. Tikhonov	Climate Extremes And Net Primary Producion In Eastern Europe: Changes In XIX-XXI Centuries From Model Simulations	Russia	7-33
I. I. Mokhov and V. Ch. Khon	Atmospheric Centers of Action in Northern Hemisphere from Observations and Simulations: Interannual Variability and Long-Term Tendencies of Change	Russia	7-35
Hans von Storch and Frauke Feser	Spectral nudging in regional climate modelling: Does it induce additional gravity waves?	Germany	7-37
Richard Wardle	Using Anticyclonicity to Determine the position of the Southern Hemisphere Westerlies: Implications for the LGM	Australia	7-39
Katja Woth	Dynamical downscaling of North Sea storm surges driven by RCM simulations	Germany	7-41
Kazuaki Yasunaga , Teruyuki Kato, Yasutaka Wakazuki, Hidetaka Sasaki, Chiashi Muroi, Kazuo Kurihara, Yasuo Sato, Masanori Yoshizaki, Sachie Kanada and Akihiro Hashimoto	Regional Climate Prediction using a Japan Meteorological Agency Nonhydrostatic Model with a High Resolution.Part 2: Performances of the Model with the Spectral Boundary Coupling Method	Japan	7-43

08. Development of and advances in ocean modelling and data assimilation, sea-ice modelling, wave modelling

Author(s)	Title	Country	Pages
Sergey Danilov, Gennady Kivman and Jens Schröter	An eddy-permitting finite-element model for the North Atlantic	Germany	8-01
A. A. Deo, D. W. Ganer and P.S. Salkevar	Numerical investigation of ocean mixed layer in response to moving cyclone : Sensitivity to model resolution	India	8-03
Thierry Fichefet , Hugues Goosse, V. Dulière, R. Timmermann and Martin Vacoppenolle	Recent and ongoing sea ice modeling activities at UCL-ASTR	Belgium	8-05
D. W. Ganer, A. A. Deo and P.S. Salkevar	Characteristics of Tropical Indian Ocean during IOD Events	India	8-07
Lidia Gaslikova	Wave simulations for Heligoland	Germany	8-09
Erik Kvaleberg, Steven L. Morey and James O'Brien	The Influence of Coriolis on Instability Wavelengths	USA	8-11
H.E.Markus Meier and Frank Kauker	Response of a two-layer estuary to freshwater inflow and wind: a case study of the Baltic Sea	Sweden	8-13
Yurii Resnyansky and Alexander Zelenko	Observed and Simulated Variability of Ocean Currents on Seasonal and Intra-Monthly Scales	Russia	8-15
Shinya Shimokawa and Hisashi Ozawa	Thermodynamics of the oceanic general circulation	Japan	8-17
Arthur Vidard, David Anderson, Magdalena Balmaseda, Tim Stockdale, Alberto Troccoli, Keith Haines, Xiaobing Zhou and Ivan Astin	Ocean Data Assimilation at ECMWF	EC	8-19
Peng Yu, Steven Morey and James J. O'Brien	Development of a reduced space adjoint data assimilation technique for numerical simulation of oceanic circulation	USA	8-21

09. Development of and studies with coupled ocean-atmosphere models

Author(s)	Title	Country	Pages
Dmitry Dukhovskoy, Mark Johnson and Andrey Proshutinsky	Decadal Variability in the Arctic Ocean - Greenland-Iceland-Norwegian Seas Ice-Ocean-Atmosphere Climate System	USA	9-01
Minwei Qian, Daniel Caya, François Saucier and René Laprise	Study of Air-Sea Interaction over Hudson Bay and its Effect on Regional Climate of Québec by using the MRCC coupled with MRO	Canada	9-03
Akiyoshi Wada	Effects of atmospheric physical processes to the intensity of typhoons and their ocean responses	Japan	9-05
Akiyoshi Wada	A role of surface boundary processes in a typhoon-ocean coupled model	Japan	9-07
Klaus Wyser, Ralf Döscher, H. E. Markus Meier and Colin Jones	Development of a coupled regional climate model for the Arctic	Sweden	9-09
Goro Yamanaka, Yoshinobu Nikaidou, Masayoshi Ishii and Yoshiteru Kitamura	Upgrade of JMA El Nino Forecast Model (JMA-CGCM02)	Japan	9-11