1. WG3b Activities A proposal
Jean-Marie Bettems / MeteoSwiss
COSMO GM Roma, September 5th , 2011

2. WG3b – What is it?
The working group on physical aspects has been split in two parts, WG3a and WG3b, with WG3b being concerned with soil and surface aspects.
Jean-Marie Bettems / MeteoSwiss is currently the coordinator of WG3b.
The tasks of WG3b have to be defined.

3. WG3b – What is it for? From the new COSMO Terms of References:
Tasks, authority, and responsibilities of Working Group Coordinators
maintains a Work Package List documenting all the activities within the Working Group and coordinates the work of the scientists contributing the Working Group;
plans changes to the official version of the COSMO software within the scope of the Working Group and supervises their implementation;
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4. WG3b – Activities (1) Background
There are some tasks which were proposed within COLOBOC but which have not yet been finalized, or which are permanent (e.g. data pool).
There are also some tasks which were defined in the former WG3.
A priority task on the implentation of mire parametrization in TERRA has been accepted by the StC.
Many activities on this topic take place in the CLM community.
Criteria
Potential impact on the quality of the simulations (NWP, but also assimilation system and climate applications)
Significance for end users
Available resources and expertise
Risk asessment !

5. WG3b – Activities (2) 1. Define a list of WG3b activities with
Active tasks with associated resources,
Tasks without resource, but urgent (→ ask StC for resources)
Tasks without resource, on hold
2. Suggest activities to other working groups
3. Maintain a list of open questions
 WG3b_Proposal.doc

6. WG3b – Which resources? Active COSMO scientists in this field
Giovanni Bonafe ARPA-SIMC
Massimo Milelli ARPA-Piedmont
Juergen.Helmert DWD
Ekaterina Machulskaya DWD
Dmitrii Mironov DWD
Bodo Ritter DWD
Jan-Peter Schulz DWD
Martin Lange DWD
Claudia Heret DWD
Gerd Vogel DWD
Edouard Davin ETHZ
Grzegorz Duniec IMGW
Jean-Marie Bettems MeteoSwiss
Reto Stoeckli MeteoSwiss
Ekaterina Kazakova Roshydromet
Inna Rozinkina Roshydromet
Alla Yurova Roshydromet

7. Thank you for your attention!