General Information

The Third International Workshop on Next-Generation NWP Models

29 August-1 September 2010, Jeju, Korea

This international conference will cover very high-resolution modeling for weather forecasting. After the 2004 meeting on the physical parameterization in NWP models (Lee and Hong 2005, BAMS), participants are expected to discuss progress in high-resolution NWP modeling for the past 6 years, and to share ideas about future challenges. The main theme is “the cloud-resolving modeling approach and beyond”. As of 2010, convection-permitting and cloud-resolving scale modeling has become practically feasible, together with the successful usage of LES in developing sub-grid scale parameterizations for these models.

  • The subjects for presentation include :
    • Current status of very high-resolution operational models
    • Advance in dynamical core and physics algorithms
    • Convection-permitting and cloud resolving scale modeling
    • Large-eddy modeling and its application

  • After the presentations by invited speakers, an in-depth discussion on the following challenging
    issues for the next decade will be carried out:
    • What are the convection-permitting and cloud-resolving scales?
      : What is the parameterization cut-off length scale for each physical process?
    • What is the role of sub-grid scale parameterization?
      : What is the future of cumulus parameterization?
      : What is the future of PBL parameterization
    • What are the prospects and limitations of LES modeling?
      : What considerations are needed to use LES for the sub-grid scale parameterization?
      : What considerations are needed for embedding LES within an NWP model?

Chairpersons

: Song-You Hong (YSU), Jimy Dudhia (NCAR)

Local organizers

: Song-You Hong (YSU), Yign Noh (YSU), Hye-Young Chun (YSU), Rokjin Park (SNU), Jong-Seong Kug (KORDI), Woo-Jin Lee (KMA), Cheon-Ho Cho (NIMR), Dong-Eon Chang (NIMR), Young-Hwa Byun (NIMR)

Hosts

: Yonsei University (YSU), Seoul National University (SNU), Korea Meteorological Administration (KMA), National Institute of Meteorological Research (NIMR), Korea Ocean Research and Development Institute (KORDI)