ECSS 2002 - conference program (version: 25 August 2002)

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Monday, August 26th
09:00 10:00 Welcome coffee
10:00 10:30 Opening of the Conference
Session 1: Introductory presentation, climatology, statistics reliability
10:30 11:30 [54] Doswell C.: Lessons learned about the societal impacts of severe thunderstorms and tornadoes
11:30 12:10 [43] Dotzek N., Grieser J., Brooks H.: Estimation of tornado intensity distribution shape for determination of violent tornado risk and total tornado number
12:10 12:30 Organizational and administrative notes
12:30 14:00 Lunch (1)
14:00 14:40 [35] Snow J.T., Jones T., McGrath K.: Toward a radar-based climatology of mesoscyclones
14:40 15:00 [29] Stumpf G.J., Elmore K.L., Marzban C.: Synthetic tornado climatologies based on Doppler radar vortex detection algorithms
15:00 15:20 [11] Brooks H.E., Craven J.P., Lee J.W.: Synthetic severe weather climatologies from sounding parameters
15:20 16:30 Coffee Break and Poster Presentations (1)
  sess.1 [24] Bielec-Bąkowska Z.: Long-term variability of thunderstorms' occurrence in Poland in 20th century
  sess.2 [09] Brázdil R., Dobrovolný P.: Documentary evidence on severe convective storms in the Czech Lands since 1000 A.D.
  sess.2 [30] Sokol A.: Possible tornado occurence in Budatinska Lehota village on 19th March 2001
  sess.2 [50] Nordio S., Stefanuto L., Stel F.: Severe weather events in the plain of Friuli Venezia Giulia (Italy)
  sess.2 [67] Walker A., Schmid W.: Funnels and whirls, generated by wind gusts
  sess.2 [84] Marcinoniene I.: Tornadoes in Lithuania
  sess.3 [32] Betts N.L.: Severe thunderstorm activity over Northern Ireland, 25/26 July 1985
  sess.3 [36] Počakal D., Štalec J.: Statistical analysis of hail characteristics in hail protected part of Croatia using data from hail suppression launching stations
  sess.3 [41] Mossmann V., Castro A., Fraile R., Sánchez J.L.: Detection of statistically significant trends in the summer precipitation of the Iberian Peninsula
  sess.3 [60] Kovačić T.: An attempt to evaluate the hail suppression in Croatia
16:30 16:50 [05] Sárközi S.: A homogenous approach in tornado climatology of Hungary for the recent five-year period (1996-2001) based on official damage reports
16:50 17:10 [13] Tyrrell J.: A tornado climatology for Ireland
Session 2: Tornadoes and downbursts - case studies, statistics
17:10 17:30 [02] Leitao P.: Tornadoes in Portugal
17:30 17:50 [15] Homar V., Gaya M., Romero R., Ramis C., Alonso S.: Tornadoes over complex terrain: an analysis of the 28th August 1999 tornadic event in eastern Spain
Tuesday, August 27th
09:00 09:20 [38] Kuiper J.: Damage survey of July 17th 1987 tornado in the Netherlands and the profits of a large spotter-network in 2002
09:20 09:40 [64] Schmid W., Wüest M., Walker A.: Tornadic storms in Switzerland
09:40 10:00 [45] Dotzek N., Lang P., Hoeller H., Hellmiss W.: Analysis of downburst-producing thunderstorms on 23 March and 3 August 2001 over southern Germany using radar, aircraft, and hail swath data
10:00 10:20 [46] Setvák M., Šálek M.: Tornadoes in the Czech Republic, years 2000 and 2001: significant increase of documented cases
10:20 11:00 Coffee Break
11:00 11:20 [17] Bertato M., Giaiotti D.B., Manzato A., Stel F.: An interesting case of tornado in Friuli
11:20 11:40 [03] Simon A.: Research of downbursts in Slovakia
11:40 12:00 [04] Sárközi S.: Aircraft accident and disaster due to burst strikes in Hungary
12:00 12:20 [59] Sioutas M.V.: Tornado and waterspout events in Greece
12:30 14:00 Lunch (2)
14:00 14:20 [68] Teittinen J.: Case studies of three tornadoes in Finland
14:20 14:40 [07] Tooming H.: Strong tornadoes in Estonia
14:40 15:00 [85] Alexeeva A.A., Gorlach I.A., Zhelnin A.A.: Case study of severe convective storm in Moscow on 24 July 2001
Session 3: Flash floods, heavy rain events, hail and hailstorms, winter thunderstorms
15:00 15:20 [63] Beatty K.: The use of hail climatology in catastrophe loss modeling - a U.S. methodology and the potential for application in Europe
15:20 16:30 Coffee Break and Poster Presentations (2)
  sess.3 [74] Kolendowicz L.: Thunderstorms in winter and summer months in Poland and macro scale circulation conditions
  sess.3 [75] Munzar J., Franc M.: Winter thunderstorms in central Europe in the past and in the present time
  sess.3 [81] Bartosik, B.: The event of winter storm in Poland
  sess.4 [21] Dorman B., Kryvobok O., Bakhanov V.: Microphysical models of winter frontal clouds and numerical simulation of cloud microstructure effect on satellite signal
  sess.4 [22] Kryvobok O., Bakhanov V., Dorman B.: Analysis of cloud parameters derived from multispectral satellite images in cloud systems giving heavy precipitation over Ukraine
  sess.4 [27] Kolev S.: One possible approach in determining the later thunderstorm lightning activity on the base of the inductive mechanism of electrification
  sess.4 [31] Lakshmanan V., Rabin R., DeBrunner V.: Hierarchical texture segmentation of weather radar and satellite images
  sess.4 [51] Svabik O.: Documentation of severe convective storms using radar images and corresponding hail pad data of two target areas in Austria
  sess.4 [61] Struzik P.: The severe storms in Poland in the light of satellite information - selected cases of year 2001
16:30 16:50 [10] Fraile R., Berthet C., Dessens J.: Embryonic European hail climatology: return periods of severe hailfalls in southwestern France
16:50 17:10 [26] Giaiotti D., Nordio S., Stel F.: The climatology of hail in the plain of Friuli Venezia Giulia (Italy)
17:10 17:30 [77] Tudurí E., López L., García E., Sánchez J.L., Ramis C.: The 14 July 2001 hailstorm in northeastern Spain: diagnosis of the meteorological situation
20:00 23:00 Conference Dinner (Průhonice)
23:20 ~1:00 Launch of MSG-1 (live video transmission)
Wednesday, August 28th
09:30 09:50 [14] Castro A., Fraile R., Sánchez J.L., López L., Dessens J.: The influence of melting on hailstone size distribution
09:50 10:10 [08] Saunders C.P.R., Avila E.E., Castellano N.E., Norman H.: The effect of cloud properties on the charging of hailstones
10:10 10:30 [37] Iršič M.: Analysis of severe storm case over Slovenia with the purpose of verification of operational forecasts
10:30 11:10 Coffee Break
Session 4: Radar and satellite observations, lightning detection
11:10 11:30 [20] Martín F., Carretero O., San Ambrosio I., Elizaga F.: Identification and analysis of a supercell storm in the Mediterranean area from radar-based perspective
11:30 11:50 [42] López L., Tuduri E., García E., Marcos J.L., Vega A., Massot M., Fraile R., Ramis C., Sánchez J.L.: Analysis of radar variables in hailstorms
11:50 12:10 [80] Soula S., Seity Y., Feral L., Sauvageot H.: Compared analysis of cloud-to-ground lightning activity in hail-bearing cells and heavy precipitation-producing cells
12:10 12:30 [40] Fernández M.V., Torá M., Sánchez J.L.: Analysis of convective systems with hail precipitation in the Ebro Valley by means of IR images from the Meteosat
12:30 14:00 Lunch (3)
14:00 14:20 [66] Krennert T., Zwatz-Meise V.: Initiation of convective cells in relation to water vapour boundaries in satellite images
14:20 14:40 [01] Georgiev C.G.: Use of Meteosat WV data for monitoring moisture changes in the environment of a tornado-producing storm
14:40 15:00 [12] Setvák M., Rabin R.: Multispectral observations of convective storm tops including the 1.6 µm band
15:00 15:20 [58] Melani S., Cattani E., Cervino M., Levizzani V.: Characterization of plumes on top of deep convective storm using AVHRR imagery and radiative model simulations
15:20 16:00 [57] Levizzani V., Amorati R., Alberoni P.P., Pinori S., Dietrich S., Adamo C., Mugnai A., Iocca F., Guerrieri L., Turk J.F., Tripoli G.J., Smith E.A.: Multisensor studies of heavy precipitation events during MAP SOP
16:00 17:00 Coffee Break and Poster Presentations (3)
  sess.4 [71] Kráčmar J., Novák P.: Weather radar data for operational meteorology in the Czech Republic
  sess.4 [72] Novák P., Kráčmar J.: Enhancement of storm detection capability of Czech weather radar network
  sess.4 [73] Novák P.: JsMeteoView - web-based viewer of remote-sensing data
  sess.4 [82] Tomás C., de Pablo F., Rivas L., Fraile R.: Cloud-to-ground lightning flashes and circulation weather types over Iberian peninsula
  sess.4 [83] Kondratiev A., Chichkova E.: Detection and analysis of severe convective phenomenon in summer time using multispectral satellite data
17:00 21:30 Sightseeing and Cultural Program (optional)
Thursday, August 29th
Session 5: Storm environment and soundings, mesoscale and synoptic-scale processes, orography
09:00 09:20 [55] Doswell C., Evans J.S.: Proximity sounding analysis for derechos and supercells - Similarities and differences
09:20 09:40 [44] Groenland R.: A bow-echo event on a squall line in the Netherlands
09:40 10:00 [52] Stan-Sion A., Martin-Leon F., Soci C.: Mesoscale features and climatology of severe convective storms in the southern part of Romania
10:00 10:20 [16] Romero R., Homar V., Ramis C., Alonso S.: Baroclinic and diabatic regulation of the 10-12 November 2001 superstorm in the Balearics
10:20 11:00 Coffee Break
11:00 11:20 [34] Manzato A.: A climatology of instability indices derived from Friuli-Venezia Giulia soundings, using three different methods
11:20 11:40 [47] van Delden A.J.: Forward sloping cold fronts and thunderstorms
11:40 12:00 [39] Meaden G.T., Bolton N., Elsom D.M., Gilbert A., Matthews P., Reynolds D.J., Rowe M.W.: Influence of an island land mass on the frequency of waterspout and tornado formation in its vicinity
12:00 12:20 [79] Simeonov P., Georgiev C.G.: Severe wind- and hailstorms over Bulgaria in the 1999-2001 period: synoptic- and meso-scale factors for generation
12:30 14:00 Lunch (4)
Session 6: Numerical modelling
14:00 14:20 [18] Wobrock W., Saugues C., Flossmann A.I.: The role of microphysical parameterisations and model grid size on the formation of extensive precipitation events in southern France
14:20 14:40 [53] Frank H.P.: Early warning capabilities of the global model GME of DWD
14:40 15:00 [70] Řezáčová D., Sokol Z.: Diagnostic studies of severe convective precipitation events by local non-hydrostatic NWP model - a summary of results related to the Czech territory
15:00 15:20 [65] Schulz J.P., Doms G.: Simulating the storm on 10-11 November 2001 in the Western Mediterranean with the Lokal-Modell of the Deutscher Wetterdienst
15:20 16:30 Coffee Break and Poster Presentations (4)
  sess.5 [23] Bakhanov V., Manzhara O., Kolezhuk V.: Mesoscale structure of frontal winter cloud systems over Ukraine and heavy precipitation formation
  sess.5 [33] Manzato A.: Evaluating the sounding instability with the Lifted Parcel Theory
  sess.5 [62] Kaltenböck R.: The outbreak of severe storms along convergence lines northeast of the Alps. Cases study of the 17 May 2001 supercell and the 3 August 2001 mesoscale convective system with a pronounced bow echo
  sess.5 [69] Pešice P., Sulan J., Řezáčová D.: Analysis of convection precursors in the Czech territory
  sess.7 [76] Kašpar M.: Preliminary analyses of well-defined gust fronts by means of local NWP model outputs
Session 7: Forecasting, nowcasting and warnings; insurance claims
16:30 17:00 [78] Bolton N., Elsom D.M., Meaden G.T.: Forecasting tornadoes in the United Kingdom
17:00 17:20 [48] Haklander A., van Delden A.J.: The performance of thunderstorm-indicators in thunderstorm-forecasting
17:20 17:40 [56] Roberts S.K., Elsom D.M.: Analysis of storm insurance claims in the United Kingdom, 1997-2001
Friday, August 30th
09:00 09:40 [28] Stumpf G.J.: The National Severe Storms Laboratory's contribution to severe weather warning improvement
09:40 10:00 [19] Elizaga F., Martín F., San Ambrosio I., Carretero O.: Operational forecasting of severe convective storms at the Spanish Meteorological Service (INM)
10:00 10:20 [25] Horváth Á., Geresdi I.: Nowcasting of severe convective storms in the Carpathian Basin
10:20 11:00 Coffee Break
11:00 11:45 Panel discussion
11:45 12:30 Final discussions, closure of the conference
12:30 14:00 Lunch (5)
15:00 17:00 Visit to the CHMI Forecast Center (optional)