Topic: Assimilation of High Frequency/Resolution Observations
Thursday, 11 June 2026 from 15-17h UTC
Organizers and Conveners: Hristo Chipilski (Florida State University, US), Minghua Zheng (University of California San Diego, US), Guannan Hu (University of Reading, UK), Tobias Necker (ECMWF, Germany)
The rapid growth of high-frequency, high-resolution observations is transforming how we estimate key components of the Earth system. Platforms such as satellites, ground-based profilers, radars, lidars, unmanned aerial systems (UAS), and targeted observations now deliver unprecedented detail across scales. This session invites contributions on the integration of these observations into Earth system models, emphasizing their impacts as well as the unique opportunities and challenges they present for modern data assimilation.
Program/Abstracts (PDF download)
Questions asked during the session (Yopad)
Presentations:
- Modelling and accounting for spatially correlated errors at ECMWF and the UK Met Office
Rishabh Bhatt, Massimo Bonavita, Niels Bormann, Sarah Dance, Alison Fowler, Elias Holm, Christopher Merchant, Jonathan Mittaz, Stuart Newman, Nancy Nichols, Jennifer Scott, Joanne Waller - Potential of ground-based DIAL and MWR profiling networks and their synergy with MTG-IRS
Nina Raabe, Maria Toporov, Alexander Pschera, Ulrich Löhnert - Insights from assimilating a network of 12 Doppler wind lidars in the ICON-D2 model
Julia Thomas, H. Reich, T. Steinert, G. Geppert, K. Stephan, M. Borne, P. Gasch, N. A. Carrassi, J. Keller, P. Knippertz, A. Oertel - Lightning data assimilation experiments over Argentina
Federico Cutraro, María Eugenia Dillon, Juan Ruiz - Rapid update mesoscale data assimilation for a mid-latitude high-impact weather event
Emanuel Alfie, Juan Ruiz, Yanina Garcia Skabar, Maria Eugenia Dillon, Paula Maldonado
Time Zones:
15 – 17 UTC
Europe: 04 – 06 pm BST (London) | 05 – 07 pm CEST (Berlin)
Asia/Australia: 11 – 01 am CST (Shanghai) | 00 – 02 am JST (Tokyo) | 01 – 03 am AEDT (Sydney)
Americas: 08 – 10 am PDT (San Fran.) | 09 – 11 am MDT (Denver) | 11 – 01 pm EDT (New York)
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