MPEX Workshop Agenda

December 13-14, 2012
National Center for Atmospheric Research
Boulder, Colorado

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MPEX Workshop Summary

1:00 PM	Introduction (Morris Weisman)
1:10 PM	Upsonde Update (Jeff Trapp)
1:30 PM	GV Operations in MPEX (Pavel Romashkin RAF)
2:00 PM	NCAR/NSF GV New Automated Dropsonde System Overview (Terry Hock)
2:20 PM	PI Presentations: (10 min each plus discussion)
	Microwave Temperature Profiler Observations for MPEX (Chris Davis)
	MPEX: NCAR WRF-DART, Realtime Forecasts, Retrospective Case Studies (Glen Romine)
	Real-time Sensitivity Analysis During MPEX (Ryan Torn)
3:10 PM	***** Coffee Break *****
3:30 PM	PI Presentations (Continued)
	NOAA-ESRL/GSD/AMB Participations in MPEX (David Dowell)
	Impact of Dropsonde and MTP Data on Convective Initiation Using WRFVAR (Jenny Sun)
	Upscale Impacts of Convection (Jeff Trapp)
	High Plains Convection: Diurnally Varying Mesoscale-Synoptic Scale Interactions over Complex Terrain during MPEX (Lance Bosart)
	MPEX soundings for the analysis and prediction of heavy precipitation (PPSX Version) (Russ Schumacher)
	What are supercells for? (Chuck Doswell)
4:45 PM	Mission Planning
	...Case selection criteria
	...Decision-making timeline
	...Forecast process
	...targeting strategies, etc.
	Retrospective case #1
6:00 PM	End for the day

8:00 AM	*** Bagels, cream cheese, pastries, etc. ***
8:15 AM	Mission Planning (Continued)
	Retrospective cases #2, #3
9:30 AM	Personnel needs: staffing, functions, etc.
10:00 AM	***** Coffee Break *****
10:30 AM	MPEX Field Catalog (Greg Stossmeister)
10:50 AM	MPEX Data Management (Steve Williams)
11:10 AM	Other observational opportunities: NWS 18 UTC soundings, profilers, mesonets, ARM, etc.
11:30 AM	Education and Outreach
11:50 AM	Timeline to Operations: Operations Plans, etc.
12:30 PM	Workshop Ends