Welcome WRF Verification Toolkit Workshop February 2007

Logistics  Two rooms: Columbine (Most plenary + breakout groups) Executive Board Room (breakout groups)  Continental breakfast and breaks here  Lunch on your own (Pearl Street Mall or in the hotel)

Logistics cont.  Reception – Wed evening; 5:30 NCAR Mesa Laboratory cafeteria Small poster session Transportation by car – organize rides  Other social events Organized by Tressa  Wireless: Lodgenet

Meeting organization  Wed morning Background information  Wed afternoon – Thursday afternoon Plenary sessions on 4 topics (2 presentations on each) Working group discussions on each topic  Friday Panel discussion on “system” issues Working group discussions Wrap-up discussion

Wednesday morning schedule  Workshop goals (Barb Brown)  Overview of Developmental Testbed Center (DTC) (Bob Gall)  Designing a DTC verification system (Jennifer Mahoney)  BREAK  WRF verification toolkit (Lacey Holland)  Operational verification (Pertti Nurmi)  User feedback on toolkit (Tressa Fowler)  Spatial methods intercomparison (Eric Gilleland)

Thanks to….  Air Force Weather Agency  NOAA  Bob Gall, Steve Koch, Louisa Nance  Pam Johnson!!!