Third TEAMx-UK Workshop

The 3rd TEAMx-UK Workshop took place in Reading, UK, on the 15&16 September 2026.

Tuesday 15th September

Time  
12:00–13:00 Arrival and lunch

Session chair: Helen Dacre

Time  
13:00–13:10 Helen Dacre: Welcome and meeting overview
13:10–13:40 Nischal Sharma: Evaluating UM simulations of mountain boundary layer structures and associated turbulence using Doppler lidar observations at Sterzing
13:40–14:10 Jack Mustafa: OFRAM update: observed structure of Inn Valley turbulence during IOP20
14:10–14:40 Kyle Ahern: Investigating the role of valley and slope flows in convection during TEAMx
14:40–15:00 Coffee break

Session chair: Jack Mustafa

Time  
15:00–15:30 Discussion about ECR integration funds (led by Helen Dacre)
15:30–16:00 Timothy Banyard: Gravity wave detection using cospectral analysis of dual radiosonde soundings over the Alps during TEAMx
16:00–16:30 Siddharth Gumber: Using radiosonde measurements from sites in the Alps to evaluate mountain wave characteristics from atmospheric simulations using the high-resolution regional Met Office Unified Model
16:30–17:00 Peter Sheridan: Using the latest Regional Ancillary Suite for the Alps
19:30 Dinner at Rosa’s Thai, Reading

Wednesday 16th September

Session chair: Natalie Harvey

Time  
09:00–10:30 Discussion about the TEAMx modelling strategy (led by Natalie Harvey)
10:30–11:00 Coffee break

Session chair: Timothy Banyard

Time  
11:00–11:30 Samantha Smith: UM orographic drag scheme
11:30–12:00 Paul Burns: Adding turbulent orographic form drag to LFRic
12:00–13:00 Lunch

Session chair: Siddharth Gumber

Time  
13:00–13:30 Mohamed Foudad: A generalized 3D Richardson number for boundary-layer diagnosis over complex terrain: application to the TEAMx campaign
13:30–14:00 Julian Quimbayo-Duarte: Quantifying the impact of soil moisture on radiation fog onset with high-resolution numerical simulations
14:00–14:30 Coffee break
14:30–15:30 Discussion about the TEAMx-UK TOC paper/report (led by Kyle Ahern)
15:30–16:00 AOB, plans for the next TEAMx-UK workshop and close of meeting