Usual IP or STREP in atmospheric sciences

A B C D

A

A

B C

Little reliance on each other

GEMS-aerosol is different !

A B C D

A

A

B C

GEMS-aerosol consists of many bricks which need to be assembled with each other Availability and timeliness of all partners is needed!

Risk #1: delay in one deliverable delays the whole project.

D

GEMS-aerosol

Risk #2: Two GEMS projects develop aside from each other

ECMWF Other GEMS partners

Who is doing what at ECMWF, related to GEMS-Aerosols?

- Jean-Jacques Morcrette: direct modelling, radiance direct and adjoint codes, simulations (FC) - Angela Benedetti: satellite data, error covariance matrices, simulations (AN) - Erik Andersson: overseeing data assimilation of aerosol quantities - Soumia Serrar, Johannes Flemming: emissions, link to RG - Claude Gibert: GEMS Web site - Agathe Untch, Anton Beljaars, Peter Bechtold: transport of tracers - Martin Suttie: Acquisition, archival and pre-processing of satellite data- Adrian Simmons for general feedbacks- Johannes Kaiser, link to HALO

WP1: Direct modelling of aerosolsPartners:

Informal meeting in Oslo during the AEROCOM workshop (15-17 June)