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WRFDA Tutorial: 2019 Agenda

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2019 WRFDA Tutorial Agenda
Monday - July 22, 2019
08:30-09:00 Registration  
09:00-09:20 Welcome and Participants' Introduction Zhiquan (Jake) Liu
09:20-10:20 Basics of Data Assimilation Chris Snyder
10:20-10:50 Photo Taken & Coffee Break  
10:50-11:20 WRFDA Overview Zhiquan (Jake) Liu
11:20-11:30 Introduction to Practice Sessions Zhiquan (Jake) Liu
11:30-12:30 Lunch  
12:30-13:20 Observations (1): Conventional Obs Pre-Processing Junmei Ban
13:20-14:30 Practice Session 1 (OBSPROC, software compilation)  
14:30-14:50 Coffee Break  
14:50-15:50 Algorithm (1): 3DVAR Setup, Run and Diagnostics Craig Schwartz
15:50-16:50 Algorithm (2): Background Error Modeling and Estimation Dale Barker
16:50-18:00 Practice Session 2 (3DVAR, GEN_BE, single-ob tests)  
Tuesday, July 23, 2019
09:00-10:00 Observations (2): Radiance data assimilation Craig Schwartz
10:00-10:20 Coffee Break  
10:20-11:00 Algorithm (3): 4DVAR Jonathan Guerrette
11:00-12:30 Practice Session 3 (Radiance, 4DVAR)  
12:30-13:30 Lunch  
13:30-14:20 Algorithm (4): Hybrid-3D/4DEnVar Craig Schwartz
14:20-15:10 Observations (3): Radar Data Assimilation Juanzhen Sun
15:10-15:30 Coffee Break  
15:30-16:10 WRFDA Verification and Graphics Yali Wu
16:10-18:00 Practice Session 4 (hybrid, radar, tools)  
Wednesday - July 24, 2019
09:00-09:40 Algorithm (5): Forecast Sensitivity to Observations Wei Sun
09:40-10:20 Aerosol/Chemical DA for WRF-Chem Wei Sun
10:20-10:40 Coffee Break  
10:40-12:00 Practice Session 5 (FSO)  
12:00-13:00 Lunch  
13:00-14:00 Algorithm (6): Minimization Algorithms Jonathan Guerrette
14:00-14:20 Wrap-up discussion and feedback Zhiquan (Jake) Liu
14:20-14:40 Coffee Break  
14:40-17:30 Practice Session 6 (WRF/WRFDA cycling, allsky radiances, other exercises)  

Thanks to all this year's attendees!

WRFDA 2019 Summer Tutorial group photo