ERA-40 Project Plan

TABLE OF CONTENTS

1. SUMMARY

2. SCIENTIFIC/TECHNICAL OBJECTIVES AND INNOVATION

2.1 Objectives

2.2 Data Assimilation

2.3 Re-analysis as an improvement on operational data analyses

2.4 ERA-40: a new re-analysis

2.5 Validation studies for ERA-40

3. PROJECT WORKPLAN

3.1 Introduction

3.2 Project organization

3.3 The partnership

3.4 Project time table

3.5 Milestones

3.6 Graphical presentation of the project's components

3.7 Workpackage list

3.8 Deliverables list

3.9 Workpackage descriptions

4. CONTRIBUTION TO OBJECTIVES OF THE EU WORK PROGRAMME

4.1 Better exploitation of existing data and adaptation of existing observing systems

4.2 Climate change prediction and scenarios

4.3 Stratospheric ozone depletion

4.4 Atmospheric composition change

4.5 Contributions to other objectives

5. COMMUNITY ADDED VALUE AND CONTRIBUTION TO EU POLICIES

6. CONTRIBUTION TO COMMUNITY SOCIAL OBJECTIVES

6.1 Quality of life, health and safety of the citizens

6.2 Environment and natural resources

6.3 Employment, education, training and working conditions

7. ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL PROSPECTS

8. THE PARTNERS

8.1 European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF)

8.2 Max-Planck-Institut für Meteorologie (MPIfM)

8.3 The Meteorological Office (UKMO)

8.4 Météo-France

8.5 Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute (KNMI)

8.6 National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR)

8.7 Department of Meteorology, University of Reading (UREADMY)

9. PROJECT MANAGEMENT

10. RELATED EU-FUNDED PROJECTS

Appendix A: Workpackages of the Preparatory Phase

Appendix B: List of References

Appendix C: List of Acronyms