INM/WMO INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON CYCLONES AND HAZARDOUS WEATHER IN THE MEDITERRANEAN

Palma de Mallorca (Spain), 14-17 April 1997

Provisional Programme

Note: ** = LEAD PAPER

14 09-10.30 Opening Ceremony
Presidence: President of the Autonomous Government of the Balearic Is., Spanish Minister of Environment and WMO Secretary General

75** JANSA
A GENERAL VIEW ABOUT MEDITERRANEAN METEOROLOGY - CYCLONES AND HAZARDOUS WEATHER

14 10.30-11 coffee break

14 11-13 Session 1: Research and observational technology and methodology (oral pres.)
Chairperson: Ricardo Riosalido (Spain)

123** RADINOVIC
THE BASIC CONCEPT OF THE METHODOLOGIES OF MEDITERRANEAN CYCLONES AND HAZARDOUS WEATHER PHENOMENA STUDIES
118 PICORNELL , GENOVES , JANSA , NAVASCUES
MESOCYCLONES DETECTABILITY BY USING OPERATIONAL OBJECTIVE ANALYSIS
60 GEORGIEV
USE OF METEOSAT WV IMAGERY FOR SYNOPTIC ANALYSIS AND PROGNOSIS IN CASES OF BLOCKING REGIME OVER THE MEDITERRANEAN
46 F-SERDAN
PRODUCTS FOR A SATELLITE APLICATION FACILITY OF EUMETSAT TO SUPPORT NOWCASTING
131 SANCHEZ-DI, SEMPERE
MATCHING A CLIMATOLOGICAL RADAR REFLECTIVITY-RAIN RATE RELATIONSHIP USING HOURLY DATA FROM BARCELONA
77 JORGE , RIVERA
A PROPOSAL OF PATTERN RECOGNITION FOR MESOSCALE CLOUD SYSTEMS
155 AL-FENADI
MEDITERRANEAN CLOUD STUDIES

14 13-13.10 Session 1: Research and observational technology and methodology (poster pres.)
Chairperson: Ricardo Riosalido (Spain)

113 NBOU
THE MOROCAN WEATHER RADAR NETWORK
44 FEIDAS , CARTALIS
SYSTEMATIC CLASSIFICATION OF CLOUDS IN METEOSAT IMAGERY FOR THE DEFINITION OF CLOUDS CHARACTERISTICS IN WEATHER EVENTS ASSOCIATED WITH
71 HERMIDA , SEMPERE
A RAINFALL-RUNOFF MODEL TO USE SPATIAL RAINFALL FIELDS IN MEDITERRANEAN BASSINS
116 PARES , LORENTE , MASSONS
CLOUD CLASSIFICATION APPLIED TO THE STUDY OF PRECIPITATION
31 CORRAL , SEMPERE , MALGRAT , RASO
THE EVENT OF 21ST SEPTEMBER 1995 IN BARCELONA. COMPARISON BETWEEN RADAR AND RAINGAGES IN AN HYDROLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE
1 ABDOU
SYNOPTIC STUDY AND SATELLITE-DERIVED RAINFALL ESTIMATION FOR THE 2 NOVEMBER 1994 FLASH FLOOD OVER EGYPT

14 13.10-14.30 Lunch break

14 14.30-15.30 Session 2: Observational, synoptical and dynamical study of particular cases

S21: Cyclones (oral pres.)
Chairperson: Nicholas Prezerakos (Greece)

24 CHAKINA , BERKOVICH
DIAGNOSTIC AND NUMERICAL STUDIES OF A CASE OF CYCLOGENESIS OVER THE MEDITERRANEAN AND BLACK SEAS
50 FLOCAS
A DIAGNOSTIC STUDY OF CYCLOGENESIS OVER THE AEGEAN SEA
84 KARACOSTAS
DYNAMIC AND THERMODYNAMIC CHARACTERISTICS OF A METEOROLOGICAL BOMB OVER THE MEDITERRANEAN
78 JOSHI , PATHAN , TINMAKER
STUDY OF TROPOSPHERIC AND LOWER STRATOSPHERIC PARAMETERS ASSOCIATED WITH MEDITERRANEAN CYCLONE OF JANUARY 1982

14 15.30-15.40 Session 2: Research and observational technology and methodology (poster pres.)
Chairperson: Nicholas Prezerakos (Greece)

62 GILI , JANSA , RIESCO , GARCIA-MOY
QUASI-TROPICAL CYCLONE ON 12 SEPTEMBER 1996 IN THE BALEARICS
47 FERRAZ , ALVAREZ , CANSADO , CAMACHO , ALTER
A FLASH FLOOD EVENT IN THE SPANISH PYRENEES: THE BIESCAS CASE
53 FRONTERO , LOMBROSO , PUGNAGHI , SANTANGELO, ALTER
THE VERSILIA FLOOD: A PREFRONTAL SUPERCELL SYSTEMS EMBEDDED IN WEAK FLOW IMPINGING ON A NEAR-COSATAL MOUNTAIN RANGE
139 STANKOVIC , MILETA
SQUALL LINE OVER ADRIATIC SEA
11 BORDEI-ION, IANSCULESC, STEFAN , CORDONEANU, ALTER
THE PHENOMENON OF KNOCKING DOWN OF THE TREES OF 5-6 NOVEMBER 1995 IN THE CENTRAL ROMANIA-MESOSCALE ATMOSPHERIC CAUSES-DRAMATIC EFFECTS
42 EYESUS
A CASE OF AN UNUSUALLY PROLONGED WET WETAHER OVER ETHIOPIA DURING DECEMBER 1995 & JANUARY 1996 AND THE ROLE OF MEDITERRANEAN CYCLONES
45 FERNANDEZ , PREGO
SIMULATION OF A LONG-LIVED MESOBETA SCALE CONVECTIVE SYSTEM OVER THE MEDITERRANEAN COAST OF SPAIN: SENSITIVITY TO EXTERNAL FORCINGS

14 15.40-16.15 coffee break and poster viewing

14 16.15-17.45 S22: Heavy rain and convective systems (oral pres.)
Chairperson: Abdallah Mokssit (Morocco)

20 CAMACHO , GUTIERREZ , ARMENGOT
SUPERCELL OBSERVED BY DOPPLER RADAR IN VALENCIA
34 DAYAN , ABRAMSKI
SHOWERS AND FLOODING INVOLVING AN UNUSUAL JET STREAM STRUCTURE IN THE MIDDLE EAST
124 RAMIS , LOPEZ , ARUS
A SQUALL LINE IN CATALONIA (SPAIN)
120 PREZERAKOS
ANALYSIS AND DIAGNOSIS OF THE ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION SYSTEMS ASSOCIATED WITH AN EVENT OF MIXED TYPE HEAVY RAIN RESULTING IN EXTENSIVE
108 MOKSSIT
NUMERICAL SIMULATION OF DEVASTATING METEOROLOGICAL SITUATION
79 KABIDI
A CASE STUDY OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER ATLAS MOUNTAINS IN MOROCCO

14 17.45-18 S23: Other and combined phenomena (oral pres.)
Chairperson: Abdallah Mokssit (Morocco)

114 NOVEL
THE FORECAST OF HEAVY SOUTH-WEST SWELL ON FRENCH MEDITERRANEAN COAST

14 19-20 Short trip around Palma offered by the Symposium organisation

14 20-21 Reception to the participants offered by the Mayor of the city of Palma in the Bellver castle

15 08.30-10.30 Session 3: Characterization of phenomena

S31: Cyclones (oral pres.)
Chairperson: Branka Ivancan-Picek (Croatia)

40** EGGER
MEDITERRANEAN LEE CYCLONES-THEORIES AND NUMERICAL EXPERIMENTS
13 BORDEI-ION, JUDE , DIMA
THE REGISTER OF THE MEDITERRANEAN CYCLONE CHARGED ON TRAJECTORIES IN THE PERIOD 1979-1996 - THE FIRST ROMANIAN VERSION
35 DELORME
THE WARM CORE STORMS IN THE MEDITERRANEAN
73 IVANCAN
ADRIATIC CYCLOGENESIS - MESOSCALE STRUCTURES
58 GENOVES , JANSA , ESTARELLAS
FIRST EVALUATION OF OROGRAPHIC FACTOR IN MEDITERRANEAN CYCLOGENESIS
119 PIERVITALI, COLACINO , CONTE
THE METEOROLOGICAL "BOMB" IN THE MEDITERRANEAN
144 TAFFERNER
THE EFFECT OF TURBULENT AND DIABATIC PROCESSES ON THE HEIGHT AND STRUCTURE OF THE TROPOPAUSE DURING THE DECAY OF A MEDITERRANEAN CUT-OF

15 10.30-10.35 S31: poster presentations
Chairperson: Branka Ivancan-Picek (Croatia)

12 BORDEI-ION, JUDE , CORDONEANU, DIMA , PETRESCU
CYCLONES THAT SUDDENLY DEVIATE NORTH TO THE CLASSIC TRANSBALCANICS TRAJECTORIES 2A-2B-4A -CAUSES AND EFFECTS IN ROMANIA
14 BORDEI-ION, AUBERT
MEDITERRANEAN CYCLONES WITH TRANSBALCANIC TRAJECTORIES BLOCKED OR BACKWARD DEVIATED FROM THESE BY LARGE ANTICYCLONIC FORMATIONS
21 CAMPINS , GENOVES , JANSA , GUIJARRO , RAMIS
MEDITERRANEAN CYCLONES CLASSIFICATION
85 KARAS , ZANGVIL
A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF CYCLONE TRACKS OVER THE MEDITERRANEAN BASIN
152 ZERHOUNI
CONTRIBUTION TO A STUDY OF CYCLOGENESIS IN THE OCCIDENTAL MEDITERRANEAN BASIN

15 10.35-11.30 coffee break and poster viewing

15 11.30-13.15 S31 (oral pres., continued)
Chairperson: Piero Malguzzi (Italy)

18** BUZZI
FINITE AMPLITUDE AND MOISTURE EFFECTS IN OROGRAPHIC CYCLONES
43 FANTINI
NUMERICAL STUDY OF MOIST BAROCLINIC WAVES
106 MILEKIC
ON APPEARANCE OF EXPLOSIVE CYCLOGENESIS IN THE MEDITERRANEAN
105 MICHAELIDE
ATMOSPHERIC ENERGETICS AS A DIAGNOSTIC TOOL FOR ACTIVE BAROCLINIC CYCLONES IN THE MEDITERRANEAN
156 HERNANDEZ
A POTENTIAL VORTICITY BASED STATISTICAL STUDY ON CUT-OFF LOWS OVER SOUTHWESTERN EUROPE
151 WAHAB , IBRAHIM , BASSET
ENERGY BUDGET QUANTITIES ASSOCIATED WITH QUASI-STATIONARY CYCLONE IN THE MEDITERRANEAN

15 13.15-14.30 Lunch break

15 14.30-16 S32: Heavy rain and convective systems (oral pres.)
Chairperson: Charles Doswell (USA)

125** RIOSALIDO , CARRETERO , MARTIN , ELIZAGA
MESOSCALE CONVECTIVE SYSTEMS IN WESTERN MEDITERRANEAN-A SATELLITE VIEW
5 ARMENGOT , ABELLAN
SYNOPTIC CONTEXTS OF HEAVY RAINFALL IN THE VALENCIAN REGION (SPAIN)-REINFORCING AND INHIBITING FACTORS
7 BADDOUR
HAIL CLIMATOLOGY IN THE MIDDLE ATLAS MOUNTAINS IN MOROCCO
82 KALLOS , KOTRONI , LAGOUVARDO, NICKOVIC , ALTER
TORRENTIAL RAINS IN THE NORTH-EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN
67 GUIJARRO
SOME CLIMATOLOGICAL ASPECTS OF HEAVY RAINFALLS IN MEDITERRANEAN SPAIN

15 16-16.05 S32: poster presentations
Chairperson: Charles Doswell (USA)

8 BARRIENDOS, MARTIN-VID, PENA , GOMEZ , GOMEZ
SYNOPTIC RECONSTRUCTION OF A STRONG RAINFALL EPISODE IN MEDITERRANEAN COAST-DOCUMENTARY AND INSTRUMENTAL STUDY OF THE FLOOD OF EBRO RIV
117 PAZ , KUTIEL
RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN MEAN SEA LEVEL PRESSURE OVER EUROPE-MEDITERRANEAN AND NORTH AFRICA TO EXTREME RAINFALL CONDITIONS IN ISRAEL (1961-

15 16.05-16.30 coffee break and poster viewing

15 16.30-18.15 S32 (oral pres., continued)
Chairperson: Tiziana Paccagnella (Italy)

97 LLASAT , GIBERGANS , GUILBAUD , RODRIGUEZ
THE USE OF THE VERTICAL THERMODYNAMIC DATA IN THE DAILY RAIN CLASSIFICATION-APPLICATION TO THE IMPROVEMENT OF AN ANALOG TECHNIQUE
107 MILLAN , ESTRELA , BADENAS
ANALYSIS OF TORRENTIAL PRECIPITATIONS IN THE MEDITERRANEAN AREA-THE BACK DOOR FRONT CONCEPT AS A MECHANISM THAT ORIGINATE TORRENTIAL ..
102 MARTIN-VID, BARRIENDOS, PENA , RASO , ALTER
BEHAVIOUR FOLLOWING POISSON DISTRIBUTION OF STRONG RAINFALL IN WESTERN MEDITERRANEAN AREA FROM PLURISECULAR SCALE (14TH-20TH CENTURIES)
39 DOSWELL , ROMERO , RAMIS , ALONSO
DIAGNOSIS OF TWO HEAVY RAINFALL CASES IN THE WSETERN MEDITERRANEAN
96 LLASAT
A CONTRIBUTION OF THE AMHY/FRIEND PROJECT TO THE KNOWLEDGE OF EXTREME RAINFALL EVENTS IN THE MEDITERRANEAN AREA-A FIRST REGIONALIZATION
115 OLCINA , RICO
IMPORTANCE OF THE LOWS OF ARGEL IN THE INCIDENTS OF HEAVY RAIN SHOWERS RESULTING IN CATASTROPHIC EFFECTS FOR THE SOUTHEAST OF THE IBERI
109 MORGENSTER, DAVIES
DYNAMICS OF MESOSCALE SEVERE PRECIPITATION EVENTS IN THE ALPINE REGION - A PV PERSPECTIVE

16 08.30-09.30 S32 (oral pres., continued)
Chairperson: Jean Coiffier (France)

133 SCHMID , WERNLI , LINDER
SEVERE LOCAL STORMS IN SWITZERLAND - IS THE MEDITERRANEAN SEA A SOURCE OF MOISTURE?
104 MASSACAND , WERNLI , DAVIES
AN UPPER-LEVEL PRECURSOR FOR HEAVY PRECIPITATION SOUTH OF THE ALPS
2 ALONSO
ANOMALIA-SOME CONSIDERATIONS ON THE ROLE OF SEA AND MOUNTAINS IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF HEAVY RAIN EVENTS
153 ZIV
HEAVY RAIN EVENTS IN NORTH AFRICA AND THE MIDDLE-EAST ASSOCIATED WITH DISTURBANCES IN THE SUBTROPICAL JET

16 09.30-10.30 S33: Combined severe phenomena (oral pres.)
Chairperson: Manfred Kurz (Germany)

32 CRESPI , MONAI , ZALAZAR
INTEGRATED STUDY OF SEVERE WEATHER EVENTS IN NORTH-EASTERN ITALY
37 DIMITRIESK
MEDITERRANEAN CYCLONES AND CATASTROPHIC FLOODS IN REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA
63 GJOKA
EXTRAORDINARY EVENTS OVER ALBANIA
132 SANTURETTE
REVIEW OF SEVERE WEATHER EVENTS ORIGINATING FROM THE MEDITERRANEAN AREA

16 10.30-11.15 Coffee break and poster viewing

16 11.15-12.45 S34: Strong winds and other severe phenomena (oral pres.)
Chairperson: Hussein Zohdy (Egypt)

22 CAMPINS , CALVO , JANSA
THE TRAMONTANE WIND -DYNAMIC DIAGNOSIS AND HIRLAM SIMULATIONS
129 SAARONI , ZIV , ALPERT , BITAN
EASTERLY WINDSTORMS AS AN ENVIRONMENTAL HAZARD OVER ISRAEL
150 VUCETIC
SEVERE BORA ALONG THE ADRIATIC COAST
57 GAYA , RAMIS , ROMERO , DOSWELL
TORNADOES IN THE BALEARIC ISLANDS (SPAIN): METEOROLOGICAL SETTING
146 TERRADELLA
MAIN FEATURES OF THE DISTRIBUTION OF THE ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRIC ACTIVITY IN CATALONIA AND SURROUNDING MEDITERRANEAN AREAS
147 TUDURI , RAMIS
ON THE ENVIRONMENTS OF SIGNIFICANT CONVECTIVE EVENTS IN THE WESTERN MEDITERRANEAN

16 12.45-13 S35: External influences and interactions (oral pres.)
Chairperson: Baruch Ziv (Israel)

54 GALVONAITE
MEDITERRANEAN CYCLONES AND CONDITIONED HAZARDOUS WEATHER IN LITHUANIA

16 13-13.15 S33, S34 and S35: poster presentations
Chairperson: Baruch Ziv (Israel)

55 GARCIA-GON, CANO , PALACIO , SANCHEZ
INFLUENCE OF THE MEDITERRANEAN CYCLOGENESIS IN THE WEATHER OF THE SOUTHERN IBERIAN TABLEAU
65 GORYACHEV , LYAPINA
UPPER-LEVEL DEPRESSIONS OVER THE CENTRAL ASIA
80 KADYROV
VERY SHORT RANGE HAZARDOUS WEATHER FORECASTING IN PIEDMONT AREAS OF THE CENTRAL ASIA DETERMINED BY THE MEDITERRANEAN CYCLONES
86 KARPOVA
PENETRATION OF SOUTHERN CYCLONES INTO THE TERRITORY OF UKRAINE AND ITS INFLUENCE ON OCCURRENCE OF HAZARDOUS WEATHER PHENOMENA
64 GOMA
COMPARISON OF OBSERVED WEATHER HAZARDS RESULTING FROM SOUTH WEST INDIAN OCEAN TROPICAL CYCLONES & MEDITERRANEAN CYCLONES
92 KURBATKIN
THE SIGNIFICANCE OF MEDITERRANEAN'S AIR MASS IN PROCESS'S OF THE FORMATION OF A PRECIPITATION IN CENTRAL ASIA
27 COLACINO , CONTE , PIERVITALI
HEAT WAVES IN THE CENTRAL MEDITERRANEAN
83 KAMALOV
THE MEDITERRANEAN CYCLONES AND DRYING OUT OF ARAL SEA
51 FRAILE , SANCHEZ , CASTRO , MARCOS
USE OF A HAILPAD NETWORK TO ANALYSE THE MOST SEVERE HAILSTORMS OCCURRING BETWEEN 1990 AND 1995

16 13.15-14.30 Lunch break

16 14.30-15.30 Session 4: Climatic modelling and tendencies (oral pres.)
Chairperson: Rosario Diaz-Pabon (Spain)

100** MARQUET
REGIONALIZATION OF CO2 DOUBLING OVER THE MEDITERRANEAN AREA
33 DACIC
REGIONAL CLIMATE MODELING USING ETA MODEL-MEDITERRANEAN SIMULATION PRELIMINARY RESULTS
94 KUTIEL , MAHERAS
CIRCULATION INDICES RELATED TO EXTREME TEMPERATURE AND RAINFALL CONDITIONS IN THE MEDITERRANEAN

16 15.30-16.15 coffee break and poster viewing

16 16.15-17 S4 (oral pres., continued)
Chairperson: Rosario Diaz-Pabon (Spain)

28 CONDE
DOWNSCALING OF GLOBAL CLIMATE CHARACTERISTICS TO REGIONAL SCALES: AN APPLICATION TO WINTER MEDITERRANEAN RAINFALL
29 CONTE , COLACINO , PIERVITALI
SPACE-TIME PRECIPITATION PATTERNS IN THE WESTERN-CENTRAL MEDITERRANEAN BASIN
52 FREI , LUTHI , DAVIES , SCHAR
GLOBAL WARMING AND THE OCCURRENCE OF HEAVY PRECIPITATION OVER SOUTHERN EUROPE AND THE ALPINE REGION

16 17-17.45 Session 5: Forecasting techniques and experiences (oral pres.)
Chairperson: Monique Ciccione (France)

26 COIFFIER
EFFICIENCY OF OPERATIONAL WARNINGS FOR SEVERE WEATHER EVENTS IN THE MEDITERRANEAN AREA
9 BENECH
OPERATIONAL MANAGEMENT OF METEOROLOGICAL MEDITERRANEAN EVENTS - NEW TOOLS AND METHODS
70 HELLOCCO , CHEZE
RADAR DERIVED ESTIMATES OF HEAVY RAINFALLS-CASE OF THE PUISSERGUIER FLASH-FLOOD ON 28TH JANUARY 1996

16 20-20.30 Concert of the 'St Agusti' chorus, offered by the Autonomous Government of the Balearics and the Balearics Delegation of the Central Government, in the 'Sta Ana' chapel of the 'Almudaina' palace

17 08.30-09.30 S5 (oral pres., continued)
Chairperson: Monique Ciccione (France)

134 SEMPERE , PORRA , CREUTIN
CHARACTERISATION OF RAINFALL PROPERTIES USING THE DROP SIZE DISTRIBUTION. APPLICATION TO AUTUMN STORMS IN BARCELONA
91 KUCIAUSKAS, BRODY , BANCKERT , TAG , HADJIMICHA
USING AN EXPERT SYSTEM TO PREDICT GALE FORCE WIND EVENTS WITHIN THE MEDITERRANEAN BASIN
154 RIVERA
OPERATIONAL FORECASTING OF MEDITERRANEAN HAZARDOUS WEATHER. A POSSIBLE EVOLUTION
157 ARANDA
FORECASTING AND WATCH OF ADVERSE METEOROLOGICAL PHENOMENA AT THE SPANISH MEDITERRANEAN AREA

17 09.30-09.35 S5: poster presentations
Chairperson: Monique Ciccione (France)

130 SANCHEZ , FRAILE , FUENTE , MARCOS
DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS APPLIED TO THE FORECASTING OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
135 SHADIEVA
FORECAST OF HAIL AND FOLLOWING PHENOMENA IN CENTRAL ASIA
127 ROQUET , LEFEVRE , POITEVIN
IMPORTANCE OF SATELLITE WIND AND WAVE DATA FOR THE DETECTION AND MONITORING OF SEVERE WEATHER CONDITIONS IN THE MEDITERRANEAN SEA

17 09.35-10.15 Coffee break and poster viewing

17 10.15-11.30 Session 6: Numerical model behaviour and numerical; experiments;

S61: Numerical model behaviour and tunning (oral pres.)
Chairperson: Clemente Ramis (Spain)

3** ALPERT
FACTOR SEPARATION - AN EMERGING TOOL IN THE INVESTIGATION OF MEDITERRANEAN CYCLOGENESIS
25 CODINA , SAIROUNI , BECH , REDANO
OPERATIONAL APLICATION OF A NESTED MESOSCALE NUMERICAL MODEL IN CATALONIA (METEO'96 PROJECT)
74 JAKUBIAK
SIMULATION OF THE FRONTAL SYSTEM EVOLUTION BY NWP MODEL
90 KRICHAK , ALPERT , LEVIN
NUMERICAL SIMULATION OF HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS DURING THE NOV. 2 -1994 E. MEDITERRANEAN CYCLONE DEVELOPMENT

17 11.30-11.40 S6: poster presentations
Chairperson: Clemente Ramis (Spain)

4 ARDAO , GARCIA-MOY
CONTINOUS DATA ASSIMILATION (NUDGING) IN THE HIRLAM FORECAST MODEL. APPLICATION TO THE MEDITERRANEAN
38 DODLA , SURIREDDI
NUMERICAL SIMULATIONS OF TROPICAL CYCLONES WITH VARIOUS CONVECTION SCHEMES
17 BUENDIA-CA, PATINO
ON THE NUMERICAL FORECASTING WITH A LIMITED AREA MODEL
111 MUSIC , SUNDERIC
SIMULATION OF THE MEDITERRANEAN CYCLOGENESIS BY THE ETA MODEL
87 KEIL , VOLKERT
DEEP CONVECTION IN THE ALPINE REGION - RADAR OBSERVATION AND NUMERICAL SIMULATION
99 MARCHESI , MORELLI , STORTINI
INFLUENCE OF THE MEDITERRANEAN SEA OVER INTENSE PRECIPITATION EVENTS
19 CALVO
SIMULATION OF A STRONG LEE WAVE EVENT
103 MARTINEZ , GARCIA-MOY
THE ERICA IOP 5 STORM. SIMULATIONS WITH THE HIRLAM MODEL

17 11.40-12.15 Poster viewing

17 12.15-13.15 S61 (oral pres., continued)
Chairperson: Evelyne Richard (France)

93 KURZ
THE PERFORMANCE OF THE NWP MODELS OF RSMC OFFENBACH IN FORECASTING HAZARDOUS WEATHER EVENTS IN THE MEDITERRANEAN AND THE ALPS
6 ATGER
MEDIUM RANGE FORECASTING OF MEDITERRANEAN CYCLONES
16 BRZOVIC , ZAGAR
NUMERICAL SIMULATIONS OF THE ADRIATIC CYCLONE USING ALADIN MODEL: INVESTIGATION OF SYSTEMATIC MODEL TRENDS
56 GARCIA-MOY
STRONG CONVECTIVE PRECIPITATION IN THE WEST MEDITERRANEAN. A CASE STUDY

17 13.15-14.30 Lunch break

17 14.30-15.45 S61 (oral pres., continued)
Chairperson: Evelyne Richard (France)

138 SOL
A FINE MESH MODEL APPLIED TO THE MESOSCALE CONVECTIVE SYSTEMS
126 ROMERO , RAMIS , ALONSO
A COMPARATIVE NUMERICAL STUDY OF TWO CUMULUS CONVECTION SCHEMES APPLIED TO HEAVY RAIN EVENTS IN THE WESTERN MEDITERRANEAN
112 NAVASCUES , GARCIA-MOY
SST INFLUENCE ON MEDITERRANEAN CONVECTION
30 CORDONEANU, IVANIVICI , BANCIU , DRAGULANES, SOCI
SEVERE WEATHER EVENTS DURING THE COUPLING BETWEEN A MEDITERRANEAN CYCLONE AND A NORTH-NORTH-EASTERLY ANTICYCLONE OVER ROMANIA
95 LIONELLO , MALGUZZI
SIMULATION OF EXTREME EVENTS WITH A COUPLED ATMOSPHERE-WAVE-OCEAN MODEL

17 15.45-16 S62: MAP-related numerical experiments (oral pres.)
Chairperson: Jean Quiby (Switzerland)

15 BOUGEAULT
AN UPDATE ON MAP-THE MESOSCALE ALPINE PROGRAMME

17 16-16.45 Coffee break and poster viewing

17 16.45-18.30 S62 (oral pres., continued)
Chairperson: Jean Quiby (Switzerland)

10 BENOIT , YAU , TREMBLAY , GAYRARD , ALTER
RAIN PROCESSES IN THE BRIG FLASH FLOOD AND PREPARATION OF THE HYDROLOGICAL SIMULATION
76 JANSA , GENOVES , GARCIA-MOY
SHALLOW OROGRAPHIC CYCLONES VS HEAVY RAIN IN THE WESTERN MEDITERRANEAN -A NUMERICAL EXPERIMENT CONCERNING THE PIEDMONT EVENT
98 MALGUZZI , BUZZI , TARTAGLION
CASE STUDIES OF EVENTS OF HEAVY PRECIPITATION IN THE MEDITERRANEAN AREA
121 QUIBY , ROSSA
THE OPERATIONAL FORECASTS PRODUCED BY A MESO-SCALE NWP MODEL FOR TWO SEVERE FLOODING EVENTS ON THE MEDITERRANEAN COAST
149 VIVIAND , RICHARD
NUMERICAL SIMULATION OF THE BRIG FLASH-FLOOD EVENT
140 STEIN , BOUGEAULT , DORE , SENESI
NUMERICAL SIMULATION OF THE VAISON-LA-ROMAINE INTENSE RAINFALL EVENT
59 GEORGELIN
THE FOEHN EVENT OF JANUARY 12 -1996- IMPACT OF ROUGHNESS SPECIFICATION ON WAVE BREAKING

17 18.45-19.15 Closure

17 21 Symposium Dinner ('Bahia Mediterraneo' Restaurant, Paseo Maritimo)

Symposium Local Commitee, 04-April-1997