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The Observing System Research and Predictability Experiment (THORPEX)

 

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MISSION

THORPEX is a 10-year international research and development programme to accelerate improvements in the accuracy of one-day to two-week high impact weather forecasts
for the benefit of society, the economy and the environment.

THORPEX establishes an organizational framework that addresses weather research and forecast problems whose solutions will be accelerated through international collaboration among academic institutions, operational forecast centres and users of forecast products.

 

NEWS

2012

 

  • THORPEX ICSC - 10 Session
    (Geneva, WMO Headquarters,Autumn 2012)

 

  • THORPEX DAOS Working Group- Fifth session
    (Madison, USA, 19-20 Septembre 2012)

 

  • THORPEX GIFS-TIGGE Working Group
    (Boulder, CO, USA, June)

 

  • Fifth WMO Workshop on the Impact of Various Observing Systems on NWP
    (Sedona, AZ, United States 22 to 25 May 2012)

 

  • THORPEX Africa Regional Committees Meeting
    ( Geneva, WMO Headquarters, 8-10 May 2012)



  • Steering Group meeting of the Polar Prediction Research Project
    (Montreal, Canada, 27-28 March 2012)

 

  • Meeting of the Sub-seasonal to Seasonal Prediction Research Project
    (Geneva, WMO Headquarters, 22-23 March 2012)


    Information for participants

  • THORPEX Executive Committee Meeting - Fourth session
    (Met Office, Exeter, UK, 8 March 2012)


    2011

 

 

  • THORPEX ICSC-9 (Geneva, WMO Headquarters, 21-22 September 2011)

    Final report

New Revision of THORPEX Mid-term Review

Part I (An Overview of International Acitivities and Achievements)

Part II (Regional Activities and Achievements)

Documentation plan

Presentations

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  • 9th THORPEX GIFS-TIGGE Working Group meeting (Geneva, WMO Headquarters, 31 August - 2 September 2011)

Working Group Report

Presentations

Information for participants
Doc 1.2 - Provisional agenda
Doc 2.2 - IPO report
Doc 2.3 - IWTC-7 report
Doc 2.6 - Discussions at the 4th meeting of the JSC in February 2011
Doc 9 - GEO

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
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