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Sultan Qaboos University
Invites you to attend a Seminar on
“Computational Aspects of Numerical Weather Prediction”
Mr. Detlev Majewski
Head of Research and Development at the German Meteorological Center
Deutscher Wetterdienst, Germany
Date: Monday January 25, 2010
Time: 2:30 pm
Venue: Meeting Room, Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, College of Engineering
Time: 2:30 pm
Venue: Meeting Room, Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, College of Engineering
Abstract
Many national weather services worldwide run numerical weather prediction (NWP) models operationally. The forecast fields of these models provide the meteorological input for many applications like wave/surge models, trajectory calculations or power prediction for wind energy farms.
NWP models require substantial computer resources for operational, time critical runs where a 24-h forecast must not take longer than about 15 to 30 minutes wallclock time. Thus besides accuracy and stability the computational efficiency of the numerical algorithms employed is a major goal during model development.
Current approaches in NWP at Deutscher Wetterdienst, Germany will be discussed in some detail and future challenges highlighted.
Many national weather services worldwide run numerical weather prediction (NWP) models operationally. The forecast fields of these models provide the meteorological input for many applications like wave/surge models, trajectory calculations or power prediction for wind energy farms.
NWP models require substantial computer resources for operational, time critical runs where a 24-h forecast must not take longer than about 15 to 30 minutes wallclock time. Thus besides accuracy and stability the computational efficiency of the numerical algorithms employed is a major goal during model development.
Current approaches in NWP at Deutscher Wetterdienst, Germany will be discussed in some detail and future challenges highlighted.
Biography
Mr. Detlev Majewski is a Scientist at the Research and Development Division of the Deutscher Wetterdienst (DWD) in Offenbach, Germany since 1979. He was a member of the development team of the regional Europa-Modell (1981-1990). Between 1991 and 1995 he served as a Head of the development team of the high-resolution Deutschland-Modell (international team with the Swiss Meteorological Institute). Between 1996 and 1999, he was the Head of the development team of the global icosahedral-hexagonal gridpoint model GME (international team with J. Baumgardner, USA). Since 1996, he is the Head of the Section Numerical Models (16 scientists, 2 programmers). During 2000-2001, he supervised the development of the High resolution Regional Model HRM. Since 2002, he is a member of the CAS/JSC Working Group on Numerical Experimentation. Since 2004, he is the Head of ICON (Icosahedral nonhydrostatic global model) team; joint development of DWD and Max-Planck-Institute for Meteorology, Hamburg (German Climate Research Centre).
Mr. Detlev Majewski is a Scientist at the Research and Development Division of the Deutscher Wetterdienst (DWD) in Offenbach, Germany since 1979. He was a member of the development team of the regional Europa-Modell (1981-1990). Between 1991 and 1995 he served as a Head of the development team of the high-resolution Deutschland-Modell (international team with the Swiss Meteorological Institute). Between 1996 and 1999, he was the Head of the development team of the global icosahedral-hexagonal gridpoint model GME (international team with J. Baumgardner, USA). Since 1996, he is the Head of the Section Numerical Models (16 scientists, 2 programmers). During 2000-2001, he supervised the development of the High resolution Regional Model HRM. Since 2002, he is a member of the CAS/JSC Working Group on Numerical Experimentation. Since 2004, he is the Head of ICON (Icosahedral nonhydrostatic global model) team; joint development of DWD and Max-Planck-Institute for Meteorology, Hamburg (German Climate Research Centre).
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