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Conference on European Tornadoes and Severe Storms
Toulouse, 1-4 February 2000
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Tuesday, 1 Feb
Session 1
Session 2
Wednesday, 2 Feb
Session 2 cont.
Session 3
Session 4
Thursday, 3 Feb
Session 5
Session 6
Session 7
Friday, 4 Feb
Session 8
Conclusions |
09:00 |
Welcome of participants, welcome coffee |
| 10:00 |
Welcome and introductory addresses:
Météo-France/CNRM - D.Cariolle
Observatorie Midi-Pyrénées - D. Guédalia
University of Oklahoma - J.T. Snow
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| 10:30 |
Keynote Lecturer: Dr.
Robert Landus, World Meteorological Organization |
Session 1
- About tornadoes
Chairperson:
Dr. Richard E. Peterson, Texas Tech University, U.S. |
| 11:40 |
Snow, J.T.:
Challenges
and opportunities in tornado research. |
| 12:00 |
Golden, J.H.,
and C.R. Adams: The tornado problem: forecasting, a warning and response. |
| 12:20 |
Elsom, D., G.T. Meaden, D.J.
Reynolds and M.W. Rowe: Development of the European Tornado and Storm Research
Organisation (TORRO). |
| 12:40 |
Metha, K.C., and R.E. Peterson:
Occupant protection in tornadoes. |
| 13:00 |
Lunch |
Session 2 - Climatology,
statistics, history
Chairperson:
Dr. Pierre Bessemoulin, Météo-France |
| 14:20 |
Special presentation by Météo-France:
"Very Damaging Winds of 26/27 December 1999 in France" |
| 15:00 |
Brooks, H.E., and C.A. Doswell
III: Some aspects of the international climatology of tornadoes by damage
classification. |
| 15:20 |
Reynolds, D.J.: European
tornado climatology, 1960-1989. |
| 15:40 |
Stumpf, G.: Severe storm
climatologies using Doppler radar algorithms. |
| 16:00 |
Coffee break |
| 16:20 |
Dotzek, N.:
Tornadoes in Germany. (extended
abstract / slides) |
| 16:40 |
Holzer, A.M.:
Tornado climatology in Austria. (fscale
/ hour) |
| 17:00 |
Paul, F.: Tornadoes
in France. |
| 17:20 |
Vinet, F.:
Climatology of hail in France. |
| 17:40 |
Tooming, H.:
Tornadoes in Estonia. |
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Tuesday, 1 Feb
Session 1
Session 2
Wednesday, 2 Feb
Session 2 cont.
Session 3
Session 4
Thursday, 3 Feb
Session 5
Session 6
Session 7
Friday, 4 Feb
Session 8
Conclusion |
Session 2 -
Climatology,
statistics, history, continued
Chairperson: Dr.
François Paul, Climat-Energie-Enviroment |
| 09:00 |
Reynolds, D.J.: A
revised UK tornado climatology, 1960-1990. |
| 09:20 |
Elsom, D.: Deaths
and injuries caused by lightning in the United Kingdom, 1852-1998. |
| 09:40 |
Webb, J., D.J. Reynolds
and D.M. Elsom: Severely damaging hailstorms in Great Britain: a climatological
review. |
| 10:00 |
Tyrrell, J.: Tornadoes
and meteorological research in Ireland: an empirical and historical approach. |
| 10:20 |
Peterson, R.: Tornadoes
in Russia. |
| 10:40 |
Coffee break |
| 11:00 |
Gaya, M., V. Homar and
C. Ramis: Tornadoes and waterspouts in the Balearic Islands: phenomena and
environment characterizations. |
| Poster |
Bielec, Z.: Long-term
variability of thunderstorms and thunderstorm precipitation occurrence in Cracow in the
period 1896-1995 (authors' presentation choice). |
Session
3 - Severe winds, precipitation, hail
Chairperson: Dr.
Jose Luis Sanchéz, Universidad de Leon, Spain |
| 11:20 |
Bechini, R., D.
Giaiotti, A. Manzato, F. Stel, and S. Micheletti: The June 4, 1999 severe weather
episode in San Quirino, Italy: a tornado event? |
| 11:40 |
Terpstra, E.: Super
cells in the Netherlands. |
| 12:00 |
Estrela, M., D.
Peñarrocha, F. Pastor and M. Millán: Torrential rain events on the Spanish
Mediterranean coast: relationships between spatial precipitation patterns and synoptic
conditions. |
| 12:20 |
López, L., J.L. Marcos, J.L. Sánchez, A.Castro and R. Fraile: CAPE values hailstorms
in Northwestern Spain. |
| 12:40 |
Kurz, M.: The
Munich hailstorm of 12 July 1984 - a spectacular convective event in Mid Europe. |
| 13:30 |
Lunch |
Session 3 - Severe winds,
precipitation, hail, continued
Chairperson: Dr.Peter Bechtold,
Observatorie Midi-Pyrénées |
| 14:20 |
Peñarrocha, D.,
M. Estrela, F. Pastor and M. Millán: Spatial and temporal distribution of
torrential rain events of the Spanish east coast (Valencia region) for the period
1971-1995. |
| 14:40 |
Sánchez, J.L., R.
Fraile and A. Vega: Techniques for the analysis of episodic hailstorms: and
application to the storms on 7 May 1999 in the Ebro Valley. |
| 15:00 |
Sauvageot, H., and
A.D. Ochou: Equilibrium raindrop size distributions in heavy rains. |
| 15:20 |
Sioutas, M.: Hail
patterns and variability at areal and temporal scales in Northern Greece. |
| 15:40 |
Setvak, M.,
and Jan
Munzar: Tornadoes
on the territory of the Czech Republic: (from
medieval chronicles to the Internet era) |
| 16:00 |
Coffee Break |
Session 4 -
Panel
discussion
Chairperson: Dr.
Derek Elsom, TORRO, U.K. |
| 16:20 |
J.T. Snow, D. Elsom, C. Doswell, H.
Brooks and others: Estimating and scaling of tornado intensity. |
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Tuesday, 1 Feb
Session 1
Session 2
Wednesday, 2 Feb
Session 2 cont.
Session 3
Session 4
Thursday, 3 Feb
Session 5
Session 6
Session 7
Friday, 4 Feb
Session 8
Conclusions |
Session 5 -
Electrical phenomena
Chairperson: Dr.
Serge Chauzy, Observatorie Midi-Pyrénées |
| 09:00 |
Koffi, E.N.,
S. Sénési and C. Morel: Quantitative aspects of European mesoscale convective
systems electrical life-cycle. |
| 09:20 |
Herrero-Bengoextea, I.,
A. Ezcurra-Talegón and J. Areitio-Piedra: Relationships between surface hail
observations and lightning activity in the upper part of the Ebro Valley (Spain) during
the 1998 year. |
| 09:40 |
Dotzek, N., H. Hoeller, T. Fehr and C.
Thery: Investigation of the interrelation between lightning evolution and internal
thunderstorm dynamics for the 21 July 1998 EULINOX supercell storm event. (extended
abstract / slides) |
| 10:00 |
Hohl, R.,
and H.H. Schiesser: Lightning patterns and their relation to the radar derived
hail kinetic energy. |
| 10:20 |
Saunders, C.:
A laboratory study of charging processes in electrified clouds. |
| 10:40 |
Coffee break |
| 11:00 |
Soula, S.,
and S. Chauzy: Correlation between lightning activity and rainfall in severe
thunderstorms. |
Session 6 -
Synoptic and
mesoscale processes
Chairperson: Dr. A.
Flossmann, Université
de Cleremont-Ferrand |
| 11:20 |
Van Delden, A.J.:
The synoptic setting of a thundery low and associated prefrontal squall line in
Western Europe. |
| 11:40 |
Schmid, W.,
and H.H. Schiesser: The Alps – a generator of tornadoes? |
| 12:00 |
Kotli, H.:
Tornadoes in Estonia and their synoptic background. |
| 12:20 |
Gaya, M.,
V. Homar and C. Ramis: A synoptic and mesoscale study of a tornado outbreak in the
Balearic Islands. |
| 12:40 |
Alberoni, P.P., V.
Levizzani, P. Mezzasalma, S. Costa and S. Nanni: Deep convection over
Northern Italy: synoptic and mesoscale processes. (presentation) |
| 13:00 |
Lunch |
Session 7 -
Numerical modelling
Chairperson: Dr.
Stéphane Sénési, Météo-France |
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14:20
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Nolan, D.S., A.S. Almgren and J.B. Bell: High
Reynolds number simulations of axisymmetric tornado-like vortices with adaptive mesh
refinement. |
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14:40
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Ducrocq, V.,
J.P. Lafore, J.L. Redelsperger, C. Cibot and F. Orain: Experiments of fine scale
prediction of mesoscale convective systems over France. |
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15:00
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Tripoli, G.J.,
G. Panegrossi, A. Mugani and E.A. Smith: Numerical simulation of heavy
precipitation events in northern Italy. |
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15:20
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Wobrock,
Wolfram, A. Flossmann, U. Thielen and R. Farley: Modelling of severe precipitation
events in North-Eastern Italy. |
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15:40
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Bechtold, P.,
and E. Bazile: Problems and achievements in modelling/forecasting of atmospheric
convection. |
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16:00
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Coffee Break |
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16:20
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Pastor, M.,
M. Estrela, D. Peñarrocha, M. Millan: Mesoscale numerical modelling of a
torrential rain event on the Spanish Mediterranean coast: evaluation of the
sea-surface-temperature data input on model results. |
| 18:00 |
Reception at the City Hall of
Toulouse |
| 20:00 |
Dinner at the Cafe des Arcades,
14 place du Capitole |
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Tuesday
1 Feb
Session 1
Session 2
Wednesday
2 Feb
Session 2 cont.
Session 3
Session 4
Thursday
3 Feb
Session 5
Session 6
Session 7
Friday
4 Feb
Session 8
Conclusions |
Session 8 - Observation,
monitoring and forecasting
Chairperson:
Dr. Harold E. Brooks, National Severe Storms Laboratory |
| 09:00 |
Stumpf, G.: The
national severe storms laboratory severe weather detection algorithms. |
| 09:20 |
Sénési, S., C.
Morel and L. Labatut: Monitoring rapidly developing thunderstorms using Meteosat
second generation. |
| 09:40 |
Setvak, M., R.
Rabin and C. Doswell: Satellite observations of storm tops. |
| 10:00 |
Novak, P., and J.
Kracmar: Using data from the Czech weather radar network for detection of
convective storms. |
| 10:20 |
Geresdi, I., and A. Horvath: Severe
convective storms and associated phenomena in Hungary. |
| 10:40 |
Coffee Break |
| 11:00 |
Stensrud, D.J.,
M. Xu, J.W. Bao and T.T. Warner: Using short-range ensemble forecasts for severe
weather events. |
| 11:20 |
Sánchez, J.L.,
E. Garcia and J.L. Marcos: Application of a statistical model to the prediction of
thunderstorms. |
| 11:40 |
Giaiotti, D., F.
Stel and S. Micheletti: A comparison between subjective and objective thunderstorm
forecasts. |
| 12:00 |
Walker, A., and W.
Schmid: A photographic documentation of European tornadic thunderstorms
(poster
presentation). |
| 12:05 |
Kolendowicz,
L.: Synoptic
situations over Europe associated with thunderstorms in Poland
(poster presentation). |
| 12:10 |
Labbe,
L.: Thunderstorm and tornado around Calais:
The 7-8 January Case (poster presentation) |
| Preliminary
conclusions of "Eurotornado 2000" |
| 12:20 |
G. De Moor, J. Dessens and J.T. Snow: Concluding remarks and prospects. |
| 13:00 |
Lunch |
| 14:20 |
Visit of the Météopole, Météo-France. |
| 17:00 |
End of "Eurotornado 2000". |
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