MAP Working Groups

So far nine working groups (WGs) have been established in the framework of MAP to carry out work important for the prefield phase. These WGs are listed in the following along with the chairperson's e-mail address. Anyone interestted in any of the WGs is invited to contact the respective chairperson. The brief description of the WGs given here will be complemented by reports on their activities and plans forthcoming issue of the MAP Newsletter. For the forecasters group a report on its first meeting is given on page 12.

1. Numerical Modelling (WG-NM)
   Evelyne Richard
   rice@aero.obs-mip.fr
   · stimulation and coordination of numerical experimentation
   
   
2. Hydrological Models (WG-HYD)
   Roberto Ranzi
   ranzi@bsing.ing.unibs.it
   · stimulation and coordination of numerical experimentation
   
   
3. Routine Network Data (WG-ROUND)
   Reinhold Steinacker
   reinhold.steinacker@univie.ac.at
   · inventory of existing networks in the whole Alpine region: surface and upper-air
   
   
4. Aircraft (WG-AC)
   Hans Richner
   hans.richner@env.ethz.ch
   · research aircraft
   · MAP Operations Centre (MOC)
   
   
5. Radar (WG-RAD)
   Frank Roux
   rouf@aero.obs-mip.fr
   · inventory of radar network
   · status of international compositing
   · coordination for field experiment: operational and research radars
   
   
6. Forecasters Group (WG-FC)
   a.i. Tiziana Paccagnella
   paccagnella@meteo2.arpamet.regione.emilia-romagna.it
   · involvement of bench forecasters: practitioner's view; MOC
   
   
7. Planetary Boundary Layer (WG-PBL)
   Stefan Emeis, Mathias Rotach
   emeis@ifu.fhg.de
   rotach@iac.umnw.ethz.ch
   · coordination and implementation of PBL studies
   
   
8. Precipitation Climatology (WG-PCli)
   Christoph Schär, Carlo Cacciamani
   christoph.schaer@env.ethz.ch
   cacciamani@meteo2.arpamet.regione.emilia-romagna.it
   · high-resolution precipitation climatology for Alpine region
   
   
9. Upper-level Features (WG-ULF)
   Klaus Peter Hoinka
   klaus.hoinka@dlr.de
   · platform for upper-level feature studies