<p> WORLD METEOROLOGICAL ORGANIZATION GCW-PS-1/INF. 4 ______Date: 28.I.2013 GLOBAL CRYOSPHERE WATCH (GCW) Snow-Watch Workshop</p><p>TORONTO, CANADA Original: English 28 – 30 JANUARY 2013</p><p>TENTATIVE WORKPLAN</p><p>VENUE: Environment Canada, 4905 Dufferin Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M3H 5T4, Conference Room 3</p><p>MONDAY JANUARY 28 (09:00-17:30)</p><p>09:00-10:00</p><p>1. ORGANIZATION OF THE WORKSHOP 1.1 Welcome and opening (10 min) M. Shepherd, Director, Climate Research Division, EC B. Goodison, Secretariat, WMO 1.2 Adoption of the agenda (5 min) 1.3 Working arrangements (5 min) 1.4 Participant introductions (10 min)</p><p>2. BACKGROUND (J. Key, R. Brown, B. Goodison) 2.1 GCW Implementation Plan 2.2 Workshop Objectives 2.3 Summary of Questionnaire</p><p>10:00-12:30</p><p>3. SESSION 1: IN-SITU MONITORING (Session Chair: E. Brun; Rapporteur: R. Fleetwood) 3.1 Environment Canada National Snow Network Project: Rick Fleetwood, MSC, Environment Canada, Fredericton, Canada (20 min with questions) 3.2 The US SNOTEL Program: Jim Marron, USDA, USA (20 min with questions)</p><p>10:40-10:55 HEALTH BREAK </p><p>3.3 Snow Monitoring Data and Products at NCDC: Jay Lawrimore, NCDC, Ashville, USA (20 min with questions) 3.4 Snowfall Measurement Challenges-SPICE: Rodica Nitu, MSC, Environment Canada, Toronto, Canada (20 min with questions) 3.5 GCW Initiative for Improving in-situ Snow Depth Measurement and Exchange: Eric Brun, Météo-France, Toulouse, France (20 min with questions) GCW-PS-1/INF. 4, p. 2</p><p>3.6 Discussion: common issues, QC, data timeliness, data sharing, GCW priorities, etc. (35 min) 12:30-13:30 LUNCH (Downsview Cafeteria, self-catered)</p><p>13:30-17:30</p><p>4. SESSION 2: SATELLITE SNOW COVER PRODUCTS (Session Chair: J. Key, Rapporteur: K. Luojus) 4.1 GlobSnow Passive Microwave-based SWE time series: Kari Luojus, FMI, Helsinki, Finland (20 min with questions) 4.2 GlobSnow Snow Extent-product: Sari Metsämäki , Finnish Environment Institute, Helsinki, Finland (20 min with questions) 4.3 MODIS snow products: Dorothy Hall, NASA, Greenbelt, USA (20 min with questions) 4.4 Snow products and services from the GMES CryoLand Project: Thomas Nagler, Enveo IT GmbH, Innsbruck, Austria (20 min with questions) 4.5 Snow product development and applications in the Scandinavian Mountains: Rune Solberg, Norwegian Computing Centre, Oslo, Norway (20 min with questions)</p><p>15:10-15:30 HEALTH BREAK</p><p>4.6 Retrieval of the ECV snow extent from the long-term satellite data (AVHRR) record of University of Bern: Stefan Wunderle, U. Bern, Bern, Switzerland (20 min with questions) 4.7 ESA snow monitoring initiatives: Bojan Bojkov, ESA/ESRIN, Frascati, Italy (20 min with questions) 4.8 PMW applications for snow cover monitoring: Marco Tedesco, CUNY, New York, NY USA (20 min with questions) 4.9 Discussion: common issues, validation, GCW priorities, etc (60 min)</p><p>END OF DAY (17:30)</p><p>______</p><p>TUESDAY JANUARY 29 (09:00-17:00)</p><p>09:00-12:15</p><p>5. SESSION 3: SNOW ANALYSIS PRODUCTS (Session Chair: T. Nagler; Rapporteur: Sean Helfrich) 5.1 National Ice Center (NIC) snow analysis products: Sean Helfrich, NOAA/NESDIS/NOAA Ice Center, Washington DC, USA (20 min with questions) 5.2 Blended satellite product: Peter Romanov, NOAA/NESDIS/STAR, Washington, DC USA (20 min with questions) 5.3 NOHRSC operational snow analysis: Andy Rost, NOHRSC, NOAA/NWS, Chanhassen, MN, USA (participation by internet) (20 min with questions) 5.4 Snow cover re-analysis activities at Canada Centre for Remote Sensing (CCRS): Richard Fernandes, NRCan/CCRS, Ottawa, Canada (20 min with questions) GCW-PS-1/INF. 4, p. 3</p><p>10:20-10:40 HEALTH BREAK</p><p>5.5 Snow data assimilation in CaLDAS (Canadian Land Data Assimilation System): Stéphane Belair, Numerical Weather Prediction Research, Environment Canada Dorval, Canada (20 min with questions) 5.6 ECMWF snow data assimilation: use of snow cover products and in situ snow depth data for NWP: Patricia De-Rosnay, ECMWF, Reading, UK (20 min with questions) 5.7 Discussion: common issues, validation, GCW priorities etc (55 min) </p><p>12:15-13:15 LUNCH (Downsview Cafeteria, self-catered)</p><p>13:15-16:15</p><p>6. SESSION 4: SNOW RESEARCH DATASETS (Session Chair: A. Walker; Rapporteur: C. Derksen) 6.1 NOAA-CDR dataset: Dave Robinson, Rutgers University / NJ State Climatologist, Piscataway, NJ, USA (20 min with questions) 6.2 Arctic snow cover monitoring: Chris Derksen/Ross Brown, Environment Canada, Toronto and Montreal, Canada (20 min with questions) 6.3 Reanalysis-driven snow cover products: Drew Slater, NSIDC, Boulder, USA (20 min with questions) 6.4 Outcomes of the European satellite snow monitoring workshop: Kari Luojus, FMI, Helsinki, Finland (20 min with questions) 6.5 Demo of Canadian Cryospheric Information Network (CCIN): Julie Friddell, U. Waterloo, Waterloo, Canada (20 min with questions)</p><p>14:55-15:15 HEALTH BREAK</p><p>6.6 Discussion: common issues, validation, user needs, GCW priorities etc (60 min)</p><p>16:15-17:00</p><p>END OF DAY (17:00)</p><p>17:30 -21:30 GROUP DINNER (own expense, within walking distance of venue)</p><p>______GCW-PS-1/INF. 4, p. 4</p><p>WEDNESDAY JANUARY 30 (09:00-12:00)</p><p>09:00-11:45</p><p>7. SESSION 5: TOWARDS THE DEVELOPMENT OF A GCW SNOW-WATCH (Session Chairs: J.Key, B. Goodison; Rapporteur, R. Brown)</p><p>7.1 Rapporteur reports and discussion 7.2 Recommendations for GCW Snow-Watch projects 7.3 Establishment of GCW Task Team to oversee the development of a GCW Snow- Watch</p><p>10:15-10:45 HEALTH BREAK</p><p>7.4 Summary of action items and planning for next meeting</p><p>11:45-12:00 CLOSING REMARKS</p><p>12:00-12:30 LUNCH (Downsview Cafeteria, self-catered)</p><p>12:30-16:00 Optional field trip to EC CARE precipitation intercomparison site, weather permitting (Rodica Nitu) – SPICE Intercomparison Site</p><p>______</p>