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The PREDICT Science and GRIP/IFEX Coordination Meeting
was held 12-13 November 2009 at the
NOAA/AOML Hurricane Research Division, Virginia Key, Florida
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Participants List

Thursday, 12 Nov 2009

Scientific Hypotheses and Aircraft Assets
8:30 PREDICT M Montgomery
9:00PREDICT   NSF/NCAR Gulfstream-V J Jensen
9:15 GRIP Genesis and Rapid Intensification Processes
E Zipser
9:30 GRIP  aircraft  (NASA DC-8, GlobalHawk) G Heymsfield
9:45  Break
10:00 Intensification Forecast Experiment (IFEX-2010) R Rogers
10:15 IFEX-2010 Aircraft  (NOAA P-3s , G-IV) F Marks, others
10:30 Open Discussion of Objectives and Synergies
11:00 Aircraft Coordination Discussion
11:30 Operations Centers (NCAR/EOL) J Meitín
11:45
-1:00
Lunch   (aircraft coordination discussion with FAA representative)

Operational Interests and Experimental Support
1:00 NOAA National Hurricane Center perspective C Landsea,
J Beven
1:15 NCAR/EOL Support (Field Catalog, XChat, etc) G Stossmeister

Dry Run 2009- Lessons Learned
1:30 PREDICT Z Wang, Montgomery
1:50 GRIP E Zipser,
J Halverson
2:00 IFEX R Rogers
2:10 Discussion

PREDICT Investigators: Scientific Approaches and Plans
2:30 Multiscale Observational Analyses within the Marsupial Pouch of Pre-depression Tropical Disturbances M Bell
2:45 Flight Patterns for PREDICT
D Raymond
3:00 Break
3:15
C Velden
3:30
T Dunkerton
3:45 Microphysical Observations during PREDICT
A Heymsfield,
C Twohy
4:00 North Atlantic TC Genesis Climatology
L Bosart
4:15 Tropical Transition
C Davis
4:30 NSF Collaborative Research: Ensemble-based Predictability, Sensitivity and Data Assimilation in PREDICT
R Torn,
S Majumdar
4:50 Predictability and Observability of the Genesis of TC through Cloud-resolving Ensemble Analysis and Forecasting
F Zhang
5:05 Discussion
5:30 Adjourn Day 1
7:00 Group Dinner- Rusty Pelican
Friday, 13 Nov 2009
8:30 Recap of coordination issues from Day 1 C Davis

Mission Logistics
9:00 Daily Planning J Meitín,
M Montgomery

weather summary and forecast


scientific discussion and target identification


mission planning


web conference venue (Elluminate, GoToMeeting, other)


timing

9:30
Forecasting Tools
Marsupial Satellite Analysis Products for PREDICT
M Boothe,
R LeeJoice
10:00
Break

10:15
Communications


Ground, air-to-ground, air-to-air comms


quick-look, near real-time analyses

10:30
Identification of Project Participants
J Meitín, C Davis,
M Montgomery

Flight & Mission Scientists (St Croix USVI)


Forecast Teams

10:45
Open Discussion

11:45
-1:00
Lunch


Next Steps

1:00
Bases of Operations, Operations Centers

1:30
Contingency Plans


Evacuation


Alternative bases (EPAC if quiet in the Atlantic?)

1:45
Upcoming Meetings (64th IHC Savannah, AMS Tropical Conf, Tucson)

2:15
Recap and Action Items (under review)
C Davis
3:00
Adjourn


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