REGIONAL CLIMATE MODELLING WORKSHOP:
PROGRAMME

Hungarian Meteorological Service, 1024 Budapest, Kitaibel Pál utca 1., Ground floor

4th of February, Monday
13:00 - 13:30	Opening of the meeting Welcome (László Bozó, president, Hungarian Meteorological Service) Organisational matters (András Horányi) Overview about the Hungarian Climate Dynamics Programme (András Horányi)
Session 1: Introductory talks (chairperson: András Horányi)
13:30 - 14:10	Jens Christensen: PRUDENCE, ENSEMBLES, IPCC AR4
14:10 - 14:50	Daniela Jacob: Regional climate modelling activities in CLAVIER
14:50 - 15:30	Tomas Halenka: Regional climate modelling activities in CECILIA
15:30 - 16:00 COFFEE/TEA BREAK
16:00 - 16:30	Discussion about general issues, cooperation possibilities between the CLAVIER and CECILIA projects (moderator: Sonia Seneviratne)
Session 2: Model validation (chairperson: Tomáš Halenka)
16:30 - 17:10	Laurent Li: Model validation activities in CLAVIER
17:10 - 17:35	Ales Farda: The comparison of precipitation and temperature indices between model ALADIN-CLIMATE/CZ and station data in the Central Europe
17:35 - 18:00	Imran Nadeem: Effect of High Resolution Sub-scale Topography and Landuse on the RCM-modeled Surface Climate over Alpine Region
5th of February, Tuesday
Session 2: Model validation (chairperson: Daniela Jacob)
9:00 - 9:40	Susanne Pfeifer: Summer drying problem
9:40 - 10:05	Gabriella Szépszó: REMO experiments in Hungary
10:05 - 10:30	Rita Pongrácz: RegCM control experiments for the Carpathian basin at the Eötvös Loránd University
10:30 - 10:55	Gabriella Csima: ALADIN/Climate experiments in Hungary
10:55 - 11:25 COFFEE/TEA BREAK
11:25 - 11:40	Christopher Moseley: Summary of CLAVIER discussions about the summer drying problem
11:40 - 12:40	Discussion about the validation of regional climate models (moderator: Michel Déqué)
12:40 - 14:30 LUNCH BREAK
Session 3: Extreme events (chairperson: Judit Bartholy)
14:30 - 15:10	Michel Déqué: Extreme precipitation and high resolution with ALADIN
15:10 - 15:35	Sonia Seneviratne: Analyses of extreme events in Central and Eastern Europe: the CECILIA project
15:35 - 16:00	Ole Bøssing Christensen: Precipitation extremes in the CECILIA project
16:00 - 16:30 COFFEE/TEA BREAK
16:30 - 17:30	Discussion about the extreme events (moderator: Stefan Hagemann)
OFFICIAL DINNER (Invitation of the Hungarian Meteorological Service)
6th of February, Wednesday
Session 4: Application of RCM outputs (climate change scenarios, impact studies) (chairperson: Ole Bøssing Christensen)
9:00 - 9:25	Samuel Somot: Climate change scenario for the Euro-Mediterranean area using a coupled Atmosphere-Ocean Regional Climate Model: mean signal and precipitation extremes
9:25 - 10:05	Judit Bartholy, Gabriella Szépszó: PRUDENCE results for the Hungarian National Climate Strategy Part I: Eötvös Loránd University Part II: Hungarian Meteorological Service
10:05 - 10:30 COFFEE/TEA BREAK
10:30 - 10:55	Bernd Krüger: Climate change impacts on air quality and health
10:55 - 11:20	Stefan Hagemann: Overview of the WATCH project
11:20 - 11:50	Discussion about the application of RCM outputs (moderator: Ole Bøssing Christensen)
12:20 - 13:00	Final discussions, recommendations (moderator: András Horányi)
13:00 CLOSURE OF THE WORKSHOP