Welcome address Prof. Ulrich W. Suter Vice President for Research, ETH Zürich Prof. Joseph Egger Institute for Meteorology, University of Munich, Germany Atmospheric angular momentum: still uncharted terrain? Prof. Reinhold Steinacker Institute for Meteorology and Geophysics, University of Vienna, Austria Föhn: New verse of an old story Coffee break :30Prof. Christoph Schär Institute for Atmospheric and Climate Science, ETH Zürich Some aspects of the European summer heat wave Emeritus Prof. Keith Browning Department of Meteorology (JCMM), University of Reading, UK The Sting Jet: source of the most damaging winds in extratropical cyclones Prof. Ron Smith Dept. of Geology and Geophysics, Yale University, USA Theories of orographic precipitation Lunch break :35Dr. David Burridge Director ECMWF, Reading, UK High resolution global forecasting system Prof. Atsumu Ohmura Institute for Atmospheric and Climate Science, ETH Zürich The Earth’s radiation budget – How well do we understand it? Coffee break Prof. Brian Hoskins Department of Meteorology, University of Reading, UK Winter storm tracks Epilogue Apéro Birthday Symposium Prof. Huw C. Davies Friday, February 6, 2004 Auditorium Maximum, ETH Main Building Institute for Atmospheric and Climate Science,

Welcome address Prof. Ulrich W. Suter Vice president for Research, ETH Zürich Prof. Joseph Egger Institute for Meteorology, University of Munich, Germany Atmospheric angular momentum: still uncharted terrain? Prof. Reinhold Steinacker Institute for Meteorology and Geophysics, University of Vienna, Austria Föhn: New verse of an old story Coffee break :30Prof. Christoph Schär Institute for Atmospheric and Climate Science, ETH Zürich Some aspects of the European summer heat wave Emeritus Prof. Keith Browning Department of Meteorology (JCMM), University of Reading, UK The Sting Jet: source of the most damaging winds in extratropical cyclones Prof. Ron Smith Dept. of Geology and Geophysics, Yale University, USA Theories of orographic precipitation Lunch break :35Dr. David Burridge Director ECMWF, Reading, UK High resolution global forecasting system Prof. Atsumu Ohmura Institute for Atmospheric and Climate Science, ETH Zürich The Earth’s radiation budget – How well do we understand it? Coffee break Prof. Brian Hoskins Department of Meteorology, University of Reading, UK Winter storm tracks Epilogue Apéro Birthday Symposium Prof. Huw C. Davies Friday, February 6, 2004 Auditorium Maximum, ETH Main Building Institute for Atmospheric and Climate Science,

Birthday Symposium Prof. Huw C. Davies Friday, February 6, 2004 Auditorium Maximum, ETH Main Building Institute for Atmospheric and Climate Science, Welcome address Prof. Ulrich W. Suter Vice president for Research, ETH Zürich Prof. Joseph Egger Institute for Meteorology, University of Munich, Germany Atmospheric angular momentum: still uncharted terrain? Prof. Reinhold Steinacker Institute for Meteorology and Geophysics, University of Vienna, Austria Föhn: New verse of an old story Coffee break :30Prof. Christoph Schär Institute for Atmospheric and ClimateScience, ETH Zürich Some aspects of the European summer heat wave Emeritus Prof. Keith Browning Department of Meteorology (JCMM), University of Reading, UK The Sting Jet: source of the most damaging winds in extratropical cyclones Prof. Ron Smith Dept. of Geology and Geophysics, Yale University, USA Theories of orographic precipitation Lunch break :35Dr. David Burridge Director ECMWF, Reading, UK High resolution global forecasting system Prof. Atsumu Ohmura Institute for Atmospheric and Climate Science, ETH Zürich The Earth’s radiation budget – How well do we understand it? Coffee break Prof. Brian Hoskins Department of Meteorology, University of Reading, UK Winter storm tracks Epilogue Apéro