CONFESS hosted its first public General Assembly online on the Wednesday, 1st December 2021 from 09:00 UK Time.

Over 70 participants from Europe and beyond heard about the objectives and progress of the project.

Presentations from the meeting are available below.

9:00 – 9:40 Welcome and Introduction to the GA

Time	Presenter	Presentation
9:00-9:10	Jean-Noel Thepaut (Director of Copernicus department at ECMWF)	Welcome
9:00-9:20	Magdalena A. Balmaseda (Project Leader)	Introduction to the GA and practicalities

9:20-10:20 CONFESS in the Copernicus Context

Time	Presenter	Presentation
9:20-9:50	Hans Hersbach (ECMWF, invited)	C3S Earth System Reanalyses: progress and planned evolution
9:50-10:20	Antje Innes (ECMWF, invited)	Updates to CAMS reanalyses activities and synergies with climate

10:30 – 12:00 WP1: Continental Surfaces Impact (soil & vegetation, land-use)

Time	Presenter	Presentation
10:30-10:45	Constantin Ardilouze (Meteo France)	Overview of progress in WP1
10:45-11:00	Souhail Boussetta (ECMWF)	Task 1.1 Harmonization of Copernicus observational records with focus on vegetation
11:00-11:15	Andrea Alessandri (CNR)	Task 1.2. Implementation in HTESSEL/SURFEX to assess interannual variability
11:15-11:30	Gildas Dayon (MeteoFrance)	Task 1.3: Sensitivity of land surface conditions to dynamic vegetation
11:30-11:40	Andrea Alessandri (CNR)	Outreach and dissemination. Links to other international projects
11:40-12:00	Questions and discussion

13:00 – 14:15 WP2  Aerosols in Troposphere and Stratosphere

Time	Presenter	Presentation
13:00-13:15	Roberto Bilbao (BSC)	Overview of Progress in WP2
13:15-13:30	Tim Stockdale (ECMWF)	Task 2.1 Harmonization of CMIP6 and C3S/CAMS data with IFS (decadal variations)
13:30-13:45	Angela Benedetti (ECMWF)	Task 2.2. Capability to react to hazardous events: Biomass burning.  PART A: Experimental set up and Biomass Climatology
13:45-14:00	Etienne Tourigny (BSC)	Task 2.2 Capability to react to hazardous events: Biomass burning. PART B:  Empirical model for biomass burning emissions
14:00-14:15	Tim Stockdale (ECMWF)	Task 2.3 Capability to react to volcanic eruptions events
14:15-14:30	Questions/Discussion
14:30-15:00	Joao Teixeira (UK MetOffice, Invited)	Coupling fire with vegetation  in the UK MetOffice Earth System Model
15:15-15:45	Julia Green (University of Berkeley, Invited)	Regional atmosphere-terrestrial biosphere feedbacks

15:45-16:15 WP3 Integration and testing in initialised forecast and multi-year integration and Final Discussion

Time	Presenter	Presentation
15:45-16:00	Lauriane Batte (Meteo France)	Overview and progress: Experimental protocol
16:00-16:15	Final discussion
16:15	Closure