Participants: Yvan Orsolini, Gianpaolo Balsamo, ISSI-BJ-Snow-HTP Team.
Meeting Notes: ISSI-BJ-HTP Notes
Meeting Team: ISSI-BJ-HTP Team
Meeting Plans: ISSI-BJ-HTP Activity
Meeting Presentations: ISSI-BJ-HTP Material
Agenda: Below the agenda of the 1st meeting (27 February-3 March 2017)
Time  | Agenda (talks of 30 minutes)  | 
Monday FEB 27 (start 10:00)  | |
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 Morning 
  | 10 min presentation about ISSI (Anna Yang)  | 
Welcome, objectives of the first meeting, Y. Orsolini, G. Balsamo  | |
HTP snow and the Indian summer monsoon – Y. Orsolini  | |
The East Asian summer monsoon and the impact of snow cover over HTP– C. Zhu  | |
 Afternoon 
  | Stand-alone surface modelling and land reanalysis at ECWMF – G. Balsamo  | 
Snow Observations and International Coordination aspects – P. De Rosnay  | |
Discussion: HTP snow and reanalyses Workplan for the week  | |
Evening  | reception at the ISSI-BJ office (B0357, 3rd floor)  | 
 Tuesday FEB 28 (start 09:30)  | |
|---|---|
 Morning 
  | East Asian Summer monsoon – Y. Gao  | 
Some aspects of Monsoon research at IAP (tbc) – Y. Zhu  | |
Discussion  | |
 
 Afternoon 
 
  | Snow data assimilation at ECMWF – P. De Rosnay  | 
| Hydrometeorological processes in the Tibetan Plateau – K. Yang | |
Discussion: HTP snow and reanalyses & Satellite data  | |
Wesnesday MAR 1 (start 09:30)  | |
 
 AM 
 
  | Prediction skill and predictability of Eurasian snow cover in the NCEP Climate Forecast System – Q. He | 
Snow processes in the ECMWF model – E. Dutra  | |
Eurasian snow in (long-term) climate re-analyses – M. Wegmann  | |
Discussion  | |
PM  | Role of Tibetan Plateau in the Asian summer monsoon onset – B. Liu  | 
  | ECMWF Worktool on land modelling and data assimilation (PRISMA)  | 
Thursday MAR 2 (start 09:30)  | |
 AM 
  | Connection between November Snow Cover over Eastern Europe and Winter Precipitation over East Asia – J. Ming  | 
Break-up groups : Model experiments / Reanalyses intercomparison and verification  | |
 PM 
 
  | Discussion of break-up groups  | 
ECMWF Worktool on land modelling and data assimilation (PRISMA) (continued)  | |
Discussion: HTP snow and reanalyses Satellite data  | |
Friday MAR 3 (start 09:30)  | |
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 AM 
  | Break-up group : Model experiments  | 
Break-up group : Reanalyses intercomparison and verification  | |
 PM 
  | Synthesis  | 
ECMWF Worktool on land modelling and data assimilation (PRISMA) (continued)  | |
Discussion: plan for articles, plan for next meeting  | |