Participants: Bernard Chapnik, Nils Gustafsson, Magnus Lindskog and Ole Vignes with support from other Meteo-France staff members (Claude Fischer, Francois Bouttier, Loïk Berre, et al.)

Main topics (see Nils’s report of the working week)

1. Review of the status of the ALADIN 4D-Var from an algorithmic point of view
2. ALADIN 4D-Var schematics
3. A plan for the continued work to develop HARMONIE 4D-Var
4. Other issues