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20
November 2006 (Monday) |
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1900-2000 |
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Pre-registration |
| 2000-2100 |
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Pre-workshop orientation session |
| 21
November 2006 (Tuesday) |
| 0800-0900 |
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Registration |
| 0900-0930 |
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Opening Ceremony |
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Plenary
Session
Topic 0 : Special Theme: Quantitative Forecasts of Tropical Cyclone
Landfall in relation to an Effective Warning system |
| 0930-1000 |
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Topic 0.1 : Track forecasts |
| 1000-1030 |
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Morning coffee break |
| 1030-1100 |
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Topic 0.2 : Observations and forecasts of wind distribution |
| 1100-1130 |
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Topic 0.3 : Observations and forecasts of rainfall distribution |
| 1130-1200 |
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Topic 0.4 : Observations and forecasts of storm surges |
| 1200-1330 |
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Lunch |
| 1330-1400 |
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Topic 0.5 : Observations and forecasts of hydrology-related issues |
| 1400-1445 |
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Topic 0 Chair summary |
| 1530-1600 |
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Afternoon coffee break |
| 1600-1730 |
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Breakout discussion groups – Topic 0 |
| 22
November 2006 (Wednesday) |
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Plenary Session
Topic 1 : Tropical
cyclone structure and structure change |
| 0830-0900 |
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Topic 1.1 : Environmental Effects on Tropical Cyclone Structure
and Structure Change |
| 0900-0930 |
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Topic 1.2 : Tropical cyclone inner-core dynamics influences |
| 0930-1000 |
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Topic 1.3 : Air-sea interface and oceanic influences |
| 1000-1030 |
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Morning coffee break |
| 1030-1100 |
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Topic 1.4 : Operational techniques in defining tropical cyclone
structure |
| 1100-1130 |
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Topic 1.5 : Operational guidance and skill in forecasting structure
change |
| 1130-1215 |
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Topic 1 Chair Summary |
| 1215-1330 |
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Lunch |
| 1330-1530 |
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Breakout discussion groups – Topic 1 |
| 1530-1600 |
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Afternoon coffee break |
| 1600-1630 |
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Group Photo |
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1630-1800 |
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Special Focus Topic 1a : Tutorial on the use of satellite data to
define tropical cyclone structure |
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1630-1800 |
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Special Focus Topic 1b : Field experiments related to tropical cyclone
structure (CBLAST & RAINEX) |
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23
November 2006 (Thursday) |
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Plenary Session
Topic 2 : Tropical
cyclone formation and extratropical transition |
| 0830-0900 |
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Topic 2.1 : External influences on formation |
| 0900-0930 |
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Topic 2.2 : Internal influences on tropical cyclone formation |
| 0930-1000 |
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Topic 2.3 : Operational forecasting of tropical cyclone formation |
| 1000-1030 |
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Morning coffee break |
| 1030-1100 |
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Topic 2.4 : Observing and forecasting of extratropical transition |
| 1100-1130 |
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Topic 2.5 : Physical processes and downstream impacts of extratropical
transition |
| 1130-1215 |
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Topic 2 Chair summary |
| 1215-1330 |
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Lunch |
| 1330-1530 |
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Breakout discussion groups – Topic 2 |
| 1530-1600 |
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Afternoon coffee break |
| 1600-1730 |
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Special Focus Topic 2a : The Catarina phenomenon |
| 1600-1730 |
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Special Focus Topic 2b : THORPEX: a focus on tropical cyclone related
research |
| 24
November 2006 (Friday) |
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Plenary Session
Topic 3 : Tropical
cyclone motion |
| 0830-0900 |
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Topic 3.1 : Advances and requirements for operational track prediction |
| 0900-0930 |
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Topic 3.2 : Improvements in understanding and prediction of tropical
cyclone motion |
| 0930-1000 |
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Topic 3.3 : Targeted observation and data assimilation in track
prediction |
| 1000-1030 |
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Morning coffee break |
| 1030-1115 |
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Topic 3 Chair summary |
| 1200-1330 |
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Lunch |
| 1330-1530 |
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Breakout discussion groups – Topic 3 |
| 1530-1600 |
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Afternoon coffee break |
| 1600-1730 |
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Special Focus Topic 3a : Sharing experiences in operational consensus
forecasting |
| 1600-1730 |
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Report to the IWTC-VI on the PROGRAM FOR IMPROVEMENTS TO HURRICANE
INTENSITY FORECASTS AND IMPACTS PROJECTIONS (HiFi) |
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25 November 2006 (Saturday) |
| 26 November 2006 (Sunday) |
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27
November 2006 (Monday) |
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Plenary Session
Topic 4 : Climate
variability and seasonal prediction of tropical cyclone activity/intensity |
| 0830-0900 |
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Topic 4.0 : The recent active Atlantic hurricane seasons |
| 0900-0930 |
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Topic 4.1 : Variability of tropical cyclone activity/intensity on
intraseasonal and interannual scales |
| 0930-1000 |
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Topic 4.2 : Possible relationships between climate change and tropical
cyclone activity |
| 1000-1030 |
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Morning coffee break |
| 1030-1100 |
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Topic 4.3 : Short-term climate (seasonal and intraseasonal) predictions
of tropical cyclone activity/intensity |
| 1100-1145 |
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Topic 4 Chair summary |
| 1200-1330 |
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Lunch |
| 1330-1530
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Breakout discussion groups – Topic 4 |
| 1530-1600 |
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Afternoon coffee break |
| 1600-1730 |
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Special Focus Topic 4a : Updated statement on the possible effects
of climate change on tropical cyclone activity/intensity |
| 28
November 2006 (Tuesday) |
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Plenary Session
Topic 5 : Disaster
mitigation, warning systems and societal impacts |
| 0830-0900 |
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Topic 5.1 : Evaluating the effectiveness of warning systems |
| 0900-0930 |
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Topic 5.2 : Factors contributing to human and economic losses |
| 0930-1000 |
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Topic 5.3 : Mitigation strategies and community capacity building
for disaster reduction |
| 1000-1030 |
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Morning coffee break |
| 1030-1115 |
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Topic 5 Chair summary |
| 1200-1330 |
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Lunch |
| 1330-1530 |
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Breakout discussion groups – Topic 5 |
| 1530-1600 |
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Afternoon coffee break |
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29
November 2006 (Wednesday) |
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Plenary
Session : Recommendations |
| 0830-1000 |
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Presentation of recommendations |
| 1000-1030 |
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Morning coffee break |
| 1030-1200 |
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Discussion of recommendations |
| 1200-1330 |
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Lunch |
| PM |
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Special topics emerging from the workshop |
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Afternoon coffee break |
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Topic Chairs to meet to review draft of workshop proceedings |
| 30
November 2006 (Thursday) |
| AM |
Plenary
Session : Workshop Proceedings |
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Discussion of workshop proceedings |
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Closing Ceremony |