WMO Symposium on Nowcasting and Very Short Range Forecasting 2009

Whistler, British Columbia, Canada30 August – 4 Sept, 2009

http://www.nowcasting2009.ca

SPONSORSWorld Meteorological Organization

World Weather Research ProgrammeEnvironment Canada

Canadian Meteorological and Oceanographic SocietyAmerican Meteorological Society

INDUSTRIAL SPONSORSVaisala

Selex-SI Gematronik GmbHWeather decision Technologies, Inc.

Mardoc Inc.

CommitteesProgramme

• George Isaac: Chair, Canada• Paul Joe: Canada• Tom Keenan: Australia• Aurora Bell: Romania• Barb Brown: U.S.A.• Chris Collier: U.K.• Beth Ebert: Australia• Volker Gaertner: Germany• Steve Goodman: U.S.A.• Jarmo Koistinen: Finland• Edwin S.T. Lai: China• Jeanette Onvlee: Netherlands• Roy Rasmussen: U.S.A.• Stéphane Sénési: France • Jian Jie Wang: China• Marilyn Wolfson: U.S.A.• Isztar Zawadzki: Canada

Local Arrangements• Paul Joe: Chair• George Isaac: Program Chair• Monika Bailey: Abstracts• Faisal Boudala: Distribution Lists• Edwin Campos:

Sponsorships/Exhibits• Robert Crawford: CD• Desiree Dallas: Admin, Invitation• Lizz Gow: Conference Kit• Karen Haynes: Menus

• 129 papers from 29 countries submitted• 141 experts from 23 countries attended• 94 talks, 54 posters and 4 panel discussions on key items of interest.• Sessions on nowcasting in support of Olympics (Sydney 2000, Beijing 2008 and Vancouver 2010), the role of the operational forecaster, nowcasting using numerical weather prediction models, data assimilation and ensembles, nowcasting applications, nowcasting using radars and satellites, nowcasting techniques and verification.

Presentations can be found on-line at the Web Site http://www.nowcasting2009.ca