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The forecaster is not a computer but is employed to add value to model forecasts, and to identify and quantify uncertainties.  Daily operational forecasting work is largely a matter of assessing, combininginterpreting, combining and correcting , and interpreting NWP information.    Also vital is the ability to identify quickly those products that are particularly relevant for a given synoptic situation. In the medium-range especially, the use of statistical know-how counts as much as synoptic experience. 

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The ECMWF model output is in the form of charts or GRIB code datasets and is readily available via imports into the forecasters' own workstation environments, or on the web using either the ecCharts application, or the more static "web charts".

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