Monday, 7 May 2012

08:30 - 09:30

Registration

09:00 - 09:30

Opening session
Welcome address (Authorities and representatives)
Practical information (Local Organizers)

09:30 - 10:00

HyMeX Status (P. Drobinski, V. Ducrocq)

08:30 - 09:30

Coffee Break

ST1 - Plenary session - Science talks

Flash-floods and Heavy Precipitation

11:00 - 11:15

ST1.1 The FLOODSCALE project Multi-scale hydrometeorological observation and modelling for flash-floods understanding and simulation

I. Braud, C. Bouvier, G. Delrieu, S. Perez, FloodScale participants

11:15 - 11:30

ST1.2 Estimating peak discharges of extreme flash-flood events

E. Gaume and D. Lumbroso

11:30- 11:45

ST1.3 The Flash-flood of October 2011 in the Magra river (Italy): results of post-event documentation

L. Marchi, M. Borga, M. Cavalli, F. Comiti and F. Marra

11:45 - 12:00

ST1.4 An Hydrological description of the 4th November 2011 event in Genoa

S. Gabellani, F. Giannoni, N. Rebora, R. Rudari, F. Siccardi and F. Silvestro

12:00 - 12:15

ST1.5 Preliminary analyses of heavy precipitation events over Liguria: sensitivity experiments

S.Davolio

12:15 - 12:30

ST1.6 An analysis of three disastrous rain events occurred in Italy: Rome, Cinque Terre and Genoa

R. Ferretti, G. Panegrossi, R. Rotunno, E. Pichelli, F. Marzano, E. Picciotti, G. Vulpiani and S. Dietrich

12:30- 12:45

ST1.7 Evaluation of the AROME_WMED MODEL for the autumn 2011 period

M. Nuret, N. Fourrié, E. Bresson, A.Jansa,S. Guedj,C. Payan and V. Guidard

12:45 - 13:00

ST1.8 The HyMeX database

L. Mastrorillo, K. Ramage, J.-L. Boichard, G. Brissebrat, S. Cloché and L. Fleury

08:30 - 09:30

Lunch

S1 Plenary session - SOP preparation and coordination

14:30 - 14:40

Overview of the SOP1 and SOP2 observation strategy

14:40 - 16:00

Research Instrumentation of the hydrological and atmospheric sites

16:00 - 17:00

PS1 Poster session and coffee break

S2 Plenary session - SOP preparation and coordination

17:00 - 18:30

Atmospheric and hydrological mobile platforms

19:00 - 20:00

Welcome reception

Tuesday, 8 May 2012

ST2 - Plenary session - Science talks

Heavy Precipitation

09:00 - 09:30

ST2.1 Heavy precipitation in the Mediterranean - facts, questions and challenges (solicited)

H. Wernli

09:30 - 09:45

ST2.2 Mesoscale triggering of the heavy precipitation event in the southern Adriatic area

B. Ivancan-Picek, K. Horvath, N. Strelec Mahovic and M. Gajic-Capka

09:45 - 10:00

ST2.3 The dependance of convective precipitation on atmospheric conditions in Corsica

B. Adler, S. Späth and N. Kalthoff

10:00 - 10:15

ST2.4 Sensitivity of deep convection to terrain forcing over Corsica

C. Barthlot and D. Kirshbaum

Vulnerability and adaptation capacity

10:15 - 10:30

ST2.5 Impact of extreme events on people along the road network of Mediterranean region

O. Petrucci and A.E. Pasqua

10:30 - 11:00

Coffee Break

11:00 - 11:15

ST2.6 Post-event field investigations: a socio-hydro-meteorological experimentation of flash-flood events in the Var (France)

I. Ruin, B. Boudevillain,J.D. Creutin, C. Lutoff, S. Anquetin, L. Creton-Cazanave, G. Delrieu, O. Vannier and J.D. Creutin

11:15 - 11:30

ST2.7 Territorial vulnerability and damage analysis model for flash-floods : A Mallorca study case

M. Ruiz Perez and M. Grimalt Gelabert

P1 - Parallel science discussions

11:30-13:00

P1.1 - WG4

Chairs: S. Belamari, M. Herrmann, J. Salat, P. Testor

11:30-13:00

P1.2 - WG5/WG3

Chairs: E. Gaume, C. Llasat, L. Marchi, I. Ruin

13:00 - 14:30

Lunch

S3 Plenary session - SOP preparation and coordination

14:30 - 16:00

Ocean operations (SOP1 & SOP2)

16:00 - 17:00

PS2 Poster session and coffee break

S4 Plenary session - SOP preparation and coordination

17:00 - 18:30

Operation coordination during SOP1

Wednesday, 9 May 2012

ST3 - Plenary session - Science talks

The Continental Hydrological Cycle, Water Resources

09:00 - 09:30

ST3.1 The MedCORDEX initiative: coordinated exercise with fully coupled Regional Climate System Models to study the Mediterranean climate variability and change (solicited)

S. Somot, P. Ruti and the MedCORDEX team

09:30 - 09:45

ST3.2 Drought monitoring: towards the integration of satellite products into continental hydrological models

J.-C. Calvet, A. Barbu, D. Carrer,S. Lafont, C. Szczypta,B.Decharme,J.F. Mahfouf, E. Martin and S. Somot

09:45 - 10:00

ST3.3 Comparison and validation of two meteorological analysis systems in the Northeast of Spain

P. Quintana Seguí, M.C. Peral García, M. Turco,J.D. Salas Pérez, M. Llasat and E. Martin

10:00 - 10:15

ST3.4 Stochastic rainfall downscaling of the PROTHEUS regional climate models

D. D'Onofrio, V. Artale, S. Calmanti, J. von Hardenberg, E. Palazzi and A. Provenzale

10:15 - 10:30

ST3.5 Effects of interacting vegetation phenology on heat waves

M. Stéfanon, P. Drobinski, F. D'Andrea and N. De Noblet

10:30 - 11:00

Coffee Break

11:00 - 11:15

ST3.6 Modelling water balance and biomass production at the regional scale: Example of Crau area

R. Lecerf, A. Chanzy and A. Olioso

11:15 - 11:30

ST3.7 A climate change impact study on a carbonate aquifer in Southern Italy

I. Portoghese,M. Vurro and E. Bruno

P2 - Parallel science discussions

11:30-13:00

P2.1 - WG1/WG2

Chairs: P. Drobinski

11:30-13:00

P2.2 - WG3

Chairs: C. Barthlott, I. Braud, S. Davolio, V. Ducrocq, R. Ferretti, E. Richard

13:00 - 14:30

Lunch

ST4 - Plenary session - Science talks

Heavy Precipitation

14:30 - 14:45

ST4.1 Impact study of MEDEX-2009 Data targeting using the HIRLAM system

J. Campins and B. Navascués

14:45 - 15:00

ST4.2 Testing DTS sensitivity methods for Mediterranean high-impact weather targeting guidance

L. Garcies and V. Homar

15:00 - 15:15

ST4.3 Sensitivity of an intense HPE to upper-level PV modifications derived from a PV advection model

S. Fresnay, K. Maynard, P. Arbogast, D. Lambert and E. Richard

15:15 - 15:30

ST4.4 A large ensemble of data assimilations for studying forecast errors and predictability over the Mediterranean

Y. Michel, R. Legrand, B. Ménétrier and T. Montmerle

15:30 - 15:45

ST4.5 Towards the development of a convection-permitting ensemble based on the COSMO model over Italy

C. Marsigli, A. Montani and T. Paccagnella

15:45 - 16:00

ST4.6 Explicit simulations of electrified mixed-phase clouds in MESO-NH: Towards real-case studies for HyMeX

J.-P. Pinty, C. Barthe, E. Defer, E. Richard and M. Chong

16:00 - 17:00

PS3 Poster session and coffee break

18:00 -

Workshop Dinner

Thursday, 10 May 2012

ST5 - Plenary session - Science talks

The Mediterranean Water Budget

09:00 - 09:30

ST5.1 Does the thermohaline circulation weaken in the Adriatic Sea? (solicited)

I. Vilibić,J. Šepić and N. Proust

09:30 - 09:45

ST5.2 To what extent do atmospheric modes of variability determine Mediterranean surface heat and freshwater exchanges?

S. Josey

09:45 - 10:00

ST5.3 Towards a 1993-2013 Mediterranean Sea reanalysis

J. Beuvier, J. Lellouche, K. Beranger, Y. Drillet, S. Somot,R. Bourdallé-Badie, M. Benkiran, F. Sevault, T. Arsouze and B. Alhammoud

10:00 - 10:15

ST5.4 Resolving explicitly the Black Sea in the Mediterranean Sea simulations using an atmosphere-ocean coupled model

A. Elizalde and U. Mikolajewicz

10:15 - 10:30

ST5.5 Impact of the near Atlantic Ocean characteristics on the Mediterranean water budget using the CNRM-RCSM

C. Dubois, S. Somot, F. Sevault

10:30 - 11:00

Coffee Break

11:00 - 11:15

ST5.6 Modeling the mesoscale oceanic circulation in the eastern Mediterranean Sea during the EGYPT campaign

T. Arsouze, M. Dorel, K. Béranger, I. Taupier-Letage, J. Beuvier, R. Bourdallé-Badie,Y. Drillet and A. Stegner

Intense air-sea fluxes, severe winds and dense water formation

11:15 - 11:30

ST5.7 A modification for sea evaporation estimates based on thye stratification of the atmospheric contact layer

J. Salat, M. Umbert and J. Ballabrera

11:30 - 11:45

ST5.8 Impact of regional model configuration on the representation of Mediterranean wind variability and intense events.

M. Herrmann, S. Somot, S. Calmanti,C. Dubois and F. Sevault

11:45 - 12:00

ST5.9 High-resolution modelling of the oceanic circulation and winter vertical mixing in the Northwestern Mediterranean

P. Damien, C.Estournel and P. Marsaleix

12:00 - 12:15

ST5.10 A Two-way coupling of the Adriatic Sea circulation and wave models

M. Dutour Sikiric, A. Roland, I. Janekovic, M. Kuzmic and I.Tomazic

12:15 - 12:30

ST5.11 The analysis of Bora flow over the complex orography of the mid-Adriatic region

K. Horvath, Ž. Večenaj and B. Grisogono

12:30 - 12:45

ST5.12 First steps towards a quantitative assessment of Medicane risk under future climate conditions

M. Tous, R. Romero and J. Martín

12:45 - 13:00

ST5.13 AROME-WMED, a mesoscale model designed for the HyMeX special observation periods

N. Fourrié, M. Nuret, E. Bresson, P. Brousseau

13:00 - 14:30

Lunch

ST6 - Plenary session - Science talks

Heavy Precipitation

14:30 - 14:45

ST6.1 Relationships between lightning activity, microphysics, and kinematics during a thundercloud observed in the HyMeX SOP1 area

M. Buguet, S. Coquillat, S. Soula, C. Barthe, M. Chong, O. Bousquet and E. Defer

14:45 - 15:00

ST6.2 Retrieval of 3D Multiple-Doppler wind syntheses and wind field derivatives from RHYTMME and ARAMIS radars in the French Mediterranean Alps

J. Beck, E. Wattrelot and O. Bousquet

15:00 - 15:15

ST6.3 Influence of the DSD variability at the radar subgrid scale on radar power laws

J. Jaffrain and A. Berne

15:15 - 15:30

ST6.4 RASTA: The airbone cloud radar, a tool for studying cloud and precipitation during HyMeX SOP1.1

J.Delanoë, A. Protat, J. Vinson, E. Fontaine, A. Schwarzenboeck and C. Flamant

15:30 - 16:00

Summary and closing remarks (P. Drobinski, V. Ducrocq, B. Ivancan-Picek)