Welcome! This DVD contains all of the communications (short and long abstracts, collected posters and talks) submitted to the World Weather Research Programme's Symposium on Nowcasting and Very Short Range Forecasting, held in Toulouse, France, September 5-9 2005.
The introduction here below and the presentation material were designed during July 2005.
The International Symposium on Nowcasting and Very Short Range Forecasting (WSN05) is organized by the World Weather Research Programme and hosted by Meteo-France. The Symposium is sponsored by the WMO, Meteo-France, Eumetsat and AMS-Gematronik, and endorsed by the American Meteorological Society, the Royal Meteorological Society, the European Meteorological Society and the Société Météorologique de France. The Symposium will be held at Meteo-France, Toulouse, from 5 to 9 September 2005.
The aim of the Symposium is to examine the capabilities, opportunities and requirements for improved forecasts in the 0-6 hour nowcasting timeframe. Special emphasis will be placed on forecasts of high impact weather such as summer convective hazards (heavy rain, hail, lightning, high winds), as well as winter weather events (snowstorm, blizzards, etc.) and other hazardous conditions (fog, etc.) Since the 0-6 hour period spans the timeframe where it is known that both traditional Nowcasting techniques and NWP can contribute useful information, both approaches will be covered at the Symposium as well as methods that combine Nowcasting and NWP.
See presentation for more details.
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