*SAARC Meteorological Research Centre (SMRC)
E-4/C, Agargaon, Sher-E-Bangla Nagar, Dhaka

Seminar Timetable

S.N.

Date

Name of Speaker

Title

1

1 July 2010

Dr. Someshwar Das

SAARC STORM Pilot field experiments 2009-2010

2

8 July 2010

Mr. Sujit K. Debsarma

A Hybrid ETKF–3DVAR Data Assimilation Scheme for the WRF Model. Part I: Observing System Simulation Experiment (MWR, 2008, 136, 5116-5131)

3

15 July 2010

Mr. Abdul Qayoom Khan

Study of Cold Waves over Pakistan and Bhutan

4

22 July 2010

Md. Abubakar Abdullah

Evaluation of Three Planetary Boundary Layer Schemes in the WRF Model (JAMCL, 2010)

5

29 July 2010

Md. Majajul Alam Sarker

Next-Day Convection-Allowing WRF Model Guidance: A Second Look at 2-km versus 4-km Grid Spacing (MWR, 137, 2009, 3351-3372)

6

5 Aug 2010

Ms. Farhana Faqrun Neesha

Comparison of WRF Model-Simulated and MODIS-Derived Cloud Data (MWR, 2008, 136, 1957-1970)

7

12 Aug 2010

Md. Nazmul Ahasan

Lessons Learned from IPCC AR4: Scientific Developments Needed to Understand, Predict, and Respond to Climate Change (BAMS, 2009, 90, 497-513)

8

19 Aug 2010

Mr. Mohan Kumar Das

Simulated Electrification of a Small Thunderstorm with Two-Moment Bulk Microphysics (JAS, 2010, 67, 171-194)

9

26 Aug 2010

Mr. Abdul Hamid

Study of Wind power potential

10

2 Sep 2010

Ms. Nazlee Ferdousi

Impacts of High-Resolution Land Surface Initialization on Regional Sensible Weather Forecasts from the WRF Model (J Hydromet, 2008, 9, 1249-1266)

11

9 Sep 2010

Dr. Someshwar Das

Doppler Weather Radar data Assimilation

12

16 Sep 2010

Md. Mizanur Rahman

Lessons learnt at ICTP

13

23 Sep 2010

Mr. Sujit K. Debsarma

 

A Hybrid ETKF–3DVAR Data Assimilation Scheme for the WRF Model. Part II: Real Observation Experiments (MWR, 2008, 136, 5132-5147)

14

30 Sep 2010

Mr. Abdul Qayoom Khan

Study of Heat and Cold waves over the SAARC region

 

3-5 Oct 2010

Training Workshop on Data Assimilation (Tentative)

6-7 Oct 2010

Workshop on Application of NWP in Agro-Meteorology (Tentative)

15

14 Oct 2010

Md. Abubakar Abdullah

Cell Merger Potential in Multicell Thunderstorms of Weakly Sheared Environments: Cell Separation Distance versus Planetary Boundary Layer Depth (MWR, 131, 2003, 1678-1695)

16

21 Oct 2010

Md. Majajul Alam Sarker

Evaluation of WRF Model Output for Severe Weather Forecasting from the 2008 NOAA Hazardous Weather Testbed Spring Experiment (Weather & Forecasting, 25, 2010, 408-427)

17

28 Oct 2010

Ms. Farhana Faqrun Neesha

Aerosol Effects on Intensity of Landfalling Hurricanes as Seen from Simulations with the WRF Model with Spectral Bin Microphysics (JAS, 2010, 67, 365-384)

18

4 Nov 2010

Md. Nazmul Ahasan

The South Asian Summer Monsoon and Its Relationship with ENSO in the IPCC AR4 Simulations, (J. Climate, 2007, 20, 1071-1092)

19

11 Nov 2010

Mr. Mohan Kumar Das

Examination of Convection-Allowing Configurations of the WRF Model for the Prediction of Severe Convective Weather: The SPC/NSSL Spring Program 2004 (Weather & Forecasting, 2006, 21, 167-181)

20

25 Nov 2010

Ms. Nazlee Ferdousi

Hurricanes and Global Warming: Results from Downscaling IPCC AR4 Simulations (BAMS, 2008, 89, 347-368)

21

2 Dec 2010

Md. Mizanur Rahman

Dynamical Global Downscaling of Global Reanalysis (MWR, 2008, 136,  2983-2998)

22

9 Dec 2010

Mr. Abdul Hamid

Study of Wind power potential

23

23  Dec 2010

Md. Abubakar Abdullah

Boundary Layer Clouds and Vegetation–Atmosphere Feedbacks (J. Climate, 2001, 14, 180-197)

24 30 Dec 2010 Mr. Mohan Kumar Das Evaluation of WRF Model Simulations of Tornadic and Nontornadic Outbreaks Occurring in the Spring and Fall (MWR, 2010)

* If a holiday falls on any of the dates, the seminar will be advanced or postponed by 1 day.
The seminars are held between 4-5 PM. Contact Dr. Someshwar Das (01731391339). or, Mr. Sujit K Debsarma (01818383404) for more information.