First Announcement
Workshop on Meteorological Sensitivity Analysis and Data Assimilation
1-5 June 2015 Roanoke, West Virginia

Sponsored by:
Morgan Sate University, Baltimore Maryland
The U. S. National Science Foundation
The European Geosciences Union

This is the 10th in the series of "Adjoint Workshops" that began in 1992. It is intended to provide public evaluation of new works, reviews of techniques, and tutorials on fundamentals. Historically, more than half of each workshop has been devoted to data assimilation issues. Presentations from oceanography, geo-sciences, or engineering are welcome as are applications of techniques that do not include adjoint models but concern the applications to which they may otherwise apply. Opportunities for oral and poster presentations will be available. Unlike at larger meetings, all presenters will be instructed to "teach us something that you have learned" rather than to "advertise to us what you have done." The audience will be provided ample time and encouragement to critique and discuss all presentations. Information regarding the previous workshop in this series may be found here.

This 10th workshop will be held 1-5 June 2015 at the Stonewall Resort in Roanoke, West Virginia. This is a very secluded conference center located on a lake within a State Park, where all participants are expected to room, dine, and socialize. The all-inclusive cost, exclusive of travel, per person for each of the five days will be approximately $260 single occupancy, $180 double per person per day. There will be no other registration fee. The closest airports are Clarksburg WV (CKB) and Pittsburgh PA (PIT). Some kind of transit to/from the hotel may be arranged in the future.

Funds will be available for a limited number of students and postdocs to provide partial travel support (primarily the local expenses). A brief set of pre-workshop tutorials describing some fundamentals not generally presented elsewhere will be offered on 31 May to help novices in the field to spin up their understanding. Workshop supported students and postdocs will be expected to attend these tutorials.

If you are interested in receiving notifications about the workshop via email, please contact ronald.m.errico@nasa.gov. If you are a student or postdoc requesting travel support from the workshop, include the name of your institution, (expected) degree date, and topic of study. Further instructions will be provided sometime this fall.

For the organizing committee,
Ronald M. Errico

GMAO Head: Steven Pawson Global Modeling and Assimilation Office NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

Curator: Nikki Privé Last Updated: June 13 2014