Date: 14 August 2024

Time: 8:00  MT/ 16:00 - 17:30 CET

Participants:

• NOAA
  • NESDIS/NCEI:
    • Jennifer Webster
    • Rob Redmon, NCAI Director
  • Cooperative Institute for Satellite Earth System Studies (CISESS):
    • Douglas Rao
  • National Weather Service (NWS):
    • Monica Youngman, NWS Chief Scientist
    • Daryl Kleist, NWS/NCEP/EMC
• Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere (CIRA):
  • Imme Ebert-UpHoff
  • Kate Musgrave
  • Mark Demaria
  • Galina Chirokova
• National Institute of Health (NIH) National Cancer Institute(NCI)
  • National Security Council (NSC) Artificial Intelligence Administrative Arrangement (AI AA):
    • Sylvia Gayle, NCI Director
• European Commission - CNECT:
  • Charalampos Babis TSITLAKIDIS
  • Jakub Dabrowski
• ECMWF:
  • Michael Maier-Gerber
  • Stephan Siemen
  • Linus Magnusson 

Agenda: (notes in blue)

• Round the table introductions (10 min)
• Quick update from ECMWF (10 min)
  • DestinE performance for TC Beryl (S Seimen)
  • AIFS work and verification affords ( Maier-Gerger, L. Magnusson)
  • Existing data streams
• Quick update from NOAA (10 min)
  • CIRA AIWP Tropical Cyclone Project Overview (M. DeMaria)
  • Overview of AI for Numerical Weather Prediction (AI4NWP) activities at NOAA ( Kleist)
• Discussion on Digital Twin and AI-based NWP’s role in overall TC forecasts (15 min)
  • To drive more local assessments
  • What we can expect in the coming years as developments on
    • Forecast quality
    • Forecast data and capabilities
  • Agreed we want to work together, share data and compare model outputs
• Brainstorming AI for local impact estimation and adaptation
  • Possible setup of AI training
  • Data sources – historical & 2024 season
  • Uncertainty communication
  • Verification of forecasts
• Actions and homework for next meeting
  • Make an ECMWF account for access to Confluence wiki
    • Go here: https://www.ecmwf.int/
    • Make an account with ECMWF
    • Email Stephan.Siemen[at]ecmwf.int what email address you used to register
    • Stephan will then add you to the wiki and send you a follow up email.
  • Load up meeting presentations to wiki
    • I have uploaded both Daryl and Mark's presentations to the wiki
    • ECMWF - would you please do the same
  • Share how to get access to TC PRIMED updates (Kate Musgrave and team to follow up with ECMWF)
  • Have an email check-in in 2 weeks - Coordinate AMS Abstract - (Jakub, Jennifer, Stephan)
  • Plan a end of September meeting after NOAA AI Workshop (17-19 September)