List of WP4 deliverables during the second period

Del. no.

Deliverable name

WP no.

Date due

Actual/Forecast delivery date

Used indicative person-months

Lead contractor

D4.1-02.

First improved versions of numerical models (RCAO, ORCM, HELMI, TOPAZ and FRAM Strait model)

4.1

Month 22

Month 23

8.25

SMHI

D4.1-03

First sensitivities of standalone model components (RCAO, ADNAOSIM, HELMI, 1D)

4.1

Month 23

Month 24

52

SMHI

D4.1-04a

First sensitivities of coupled models (RCAO, ORCM, 1D)

4.1

Month 24

Month 25

7

SMHI

D4.2-02

The coupled HIRLAM/HIROMB (SMHI) model is prepared in first preliminary version for the Arctic reanalysis

4.2

Month 20

Month 20

5,2

SMHI

D4.3-04

Adjoint code of cost function for NAOSIM-DAS verified against finite differences

4.3

Month 19

Month 18

12

FastOpt

List of WP4 milestones during the second period

Milestone n°.

Milestone name

Task n°

Date due

Actual/Forecast delivery date

Lead contractor

M4.3-01

Decision between close to real-time or hind-cast modes for TOPAZ/Fram Strait data assimilation system, depending on availibility of observations

T4.3

Month 18

Month 24

NERSC

M.4.1-04

First validation of coupled model with tides

T4.1

Month 24

Month 24 (as part of this report)

INM-RAS

List of WP4 workshops during the second period

During the second year of DAMOCLES, WP4 had one workshop together with the US Arctic modelling community, organized under the umbrella of SEARCH for DAMOCLES (S4D), hold in October 2007 in Paris Workshop topics were

  • Improvement of models
  • Process studies
  • Reliability of reanalyzes in the Arctic
  • Enhance coordination of experiments
  • Data and Models.
  • Enhance synthesis and integration

A more detailed description can be found under

http://www.oasys-research.de/s4d_workshop/goals

Feb 5, 2008
Nov 10, 2008

Developing Arctic Modeling and Observing Capabilities for Long-term Environmental Studies