Programme

Programme

!!! INVITED SPEAKERS !!!

We are pleased to announce a strong scientific program, including the in-person participation of two leading figures in the atmospheric modeling community:

🔹 Georg Grell  

– “History, state of the art, and overview of WRF-Chem”  

– “The new version of the GFL convective parameterization (former GF) in WRF and MPAS, including aerosol–convection interactions”

🔹 Mary Barth  

– â€śNSF NCAR’s transition from WRF-Chem to MPAS-A with chemistry and aerosols”

Additional invited seminars by internationally recognized experts (in-person and online) include:

– â€śImproving operational weather forecasts: Incorporating smoke aerosol feedback in NOAA’s numerical weather prediction models” â€“ Ravan Ahmadov (online)  

– “NOAA GSL experimental aerosol forecasting in MPAS-A” â€“ Jordan Schnell (online)  

– â€śUsing WRF-Chem for air quality and pollen forecasting in RAP-Chem” â€“ Jordan Schnell (online)

– â€śModeling of volcanic eruptions using the WRF-Chem v4.8 model“– Alexander Ukhov (in person)  

– “Implementation of a fully coupled atmosphere–aerosols–waves–ocean model based on the COAWST package and the WRF-Chem model: Application to the Medicane IANOS” â€“ Umberto Rizza and Antonio Ricchi (in person)