MAP Design Proposal

Second edition, December 1996 (Document in Pdf-Format 2897 kB)

• Table of contents:
• Foreword
• Executive Summary
• 1 Motivation
  1.1 General Aims and Tools
  1.2 Weather Prediction Aspects
  1.3 Flood Prediction Aspects
  1.4 Climate Aspects
  1.5 Links to Past and Present Research Initiatives
• 2 Scientific Objectives
  2.1 Topographically Influenced Precipitation
  2.1.1 Atmospheric Aspects
  2.1.2 Hydrological Aspects
  2.2 Gravity Waves and Foehn
  2.3 Validation and Improvement of High-Resolution Models
  2.3.1 Atmospheric Models
  2.3.2 Hydrological Models
  2.4 Supporting Objectives
  2.4.1 Establishment of a Mesoscale Alpine Climatology
  2.4.2 The Alpine Planetary Boundary Layer
  2.4.3 Upper-Level Features
  2.4.4 Other Low-Level Wind Systems
• 3 Programme Strategy
  3.1 Phase I
  3.1.1 Numerical Experimentation
  3.1.2 HYdrological Modelling
  3.1.3 Climatology
  3.1.4 Testing of New Observing Systems
  3.1.5 Involvement of Operational Forecasters
  3.2 Phase II: Field Phase
  3.2.1 Field Experiment: Time, Duration and Location
  3.2.2 Observational Strategy
  3.2.3 Observational Requirements
  3.3 Phase III: Evaluation
• 4 Data Management
  4.1 Tasks
  4.2 Archiving Philosophy
  4.3 Security
  4.4 Network
  4.5 Data Format
  4.6 Personnel
• 5 Organization and Overall Schedule
  5.1 Organizational Structure of MAP
  A. Intergovernmental Panel
  B. Scientific Steering Committee
  C. Coordination and Implementation Group
  D. Programme Office
  E. MAP Liaison to WMO
  5.2 Overall Schedule
• Appendix
  List of Acronyms
• References