Number

Title

Related Work Package(s)

Lead Beneficiary

Due Date

Means of Verification

MS1

Kick-Off Meeting

8

POLITO

M1

First supervisory board meeting carried out

MS2

Recruitment assessment

7

POLITO

M6

Check the status of ESR recruitment. Formulate detailed plan of secondments

MS3

Decision point

1,2,3,4,5

TAU/POLITO/MPG/UW/GRM/ENV

M7

Detailed: list of physical  quantities to be measured

MS4

Access gained to  PICO@Cineca BigData Infrastructure

2-3-4-5

POLITO/ICL/MPG

M10

Application to BigData infrastructure accepted. This step is necessary to plan the network database

MS5

HPC codes optimization

2-3-4-5

ICL

M10

Codes validated through test runs by groups

MS6

Control point: Instrumentation design

1

ENV

M12

Radiosondes, aerosol spectrometers, dust monitors portable Lidars and MEMS hot-film sensors design completed

MS7

Access gained to PRACE HPC resources

2-3-4-5

POLITO/UW/ LMD

M12

Application to PRACE Tier-0 and 1 HPC grants approved. This step is necessary to plan the HPC intensive simulations

MS8

Intermediary point: Instrumentation prototyping

1

PTL

M18

Radiosonde, portable Lidars and spectrometers, MEMS hot-film sensors prototypes completed and working flawlessly. Calibration in laboratories.

MS9

Control point: Laboratory experiments

2-3-4

TAU

M24

Laboratory experiments in cloud chamber, on droplet collision and coalescence rate, on shearless mixings, on aerosol/droplet seeding carried out

MS10

Decision point on field experiments

 

1-2-3-4-5

POLITO/LMD

M24

List of probes and sensors to use

How many probes use

MS11

Infield cloud measurement campaign

1-2-3-4-5

MPG

M28

Zugspitze field measurement campaign start

MS12

Numerical simulations of cloud microphysics carried out

2-3-4

ICL

M28

Numerical simulations on cloud-dry air interface, aerosol/droplets seeding, buoyancy interfaces completed

MS12

LES Simulations of cloud dynamics and trajectories

5

LMD

M30

LES Simulations completed

MS13

Control point: Scientific dissemination

And Communication at Large

1-2-3-4-5-6

UW

M30

Conference proceedings and Journal papers presented

Efficient Public Communication and Engagement?

MS14

Infield cloud measurement campaign

1-2-3-4-5

MPG

M36

Zugspitze field measurement campaign carried out

MS15

Data transfer at PICO@Cineca

2

MPG

M36

Data from measurement campaign, laboratory experiments and numerical simulations archived at PICO@Cineca

MS16

Parametrization of cloud dynamics into GCM and atmospheric dispersion models

4-5

LMD

M38

Parametrization of the mixing rates and aerosol/droplet dynamics for the incorporation into GCM and atmospheric dispersion models completed.

MS17

Deposit of data into a Cloud Lagrangian Database OpenAccess repository

1-2-3-4-5

MPG

M38

Deposit of selected and validated data – from field measurements, laboratory experiments and numerical simulations into an Open Access repository performed.

MS18

Control point on Final Conference/Euromech Colloquium

all

POLITO

M40

Euromech Colloquium on Cloud Dynamics and network final conference organization defined.

MS19

Control point: Scientific dissemination

Decision point: Communication and Public Engagement

all

UW

M44

Conference proceedings and Journal papers published

Decision on  TO DOs on Public Engagement until M48 and beyond