The aim of this page is to provide information and resources for the training course OP-I and OP-II. The course is suitable for those who have a genuine interest in ECMWF forecasting products and want to exploit fully the potential of these products in their daily duties, whether they are producing forecast bulletins or taking decisions that are affected by weather phenomena.
The courses are a mixture of standard classroom lectures and practical activities where real weather cases are analysed in details and attendees are expected to report on at the end of the training week. Networking among the attendees is encouraged by allocating time for the participants to present their work and share their previous experience with ECMWF products.
The courses are assessed by means of an online survey which allows the participants to include their feedback and suggestions for improvements. The learning outcomes are assessed separately using a self-evaluation method.
Pre-course programme
A list of pre-course activities is indicated below. Please note that these activities are integral part of the course and by completing them you will be able to get the most benefit out of the training week.
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Introduce yourself to the other course participants and to the lecturers (click here to go to the forum) Prepare a poster (click here for guidance, maximum size for poster: A0) Go trough the Practical activity: A four-day forecast for the capital city of your country (click here for guidance and document uploading facility) Browse through the list of suggested readings (see 'Suggested readings' in the list 'Resources' panel below) Listen to the webcast (click here to start the MP4, if it does not start read instructions below in the 'Resources' panel) |
timetable
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EUMETCAL e-training modules: The link below will take you to an e-training module on verification methods. There are four parts to it: Introduction, Verification of continuous variables, Verification of categorical forecasts and Verification of probability and ensemble forecasts. This module will help you to learn about verification techniques for deterministic and probability forecast. Try to complete all the parts and in case you run out of time look at the Introduction, Verification of categorical forecasts and Verification of probability and ensemble forecasts. There will be a 'Taking stock' session during the training week when verification techniques will be discussed starting from the exercises you have done in the module: WEBCASTsSLIDECASTs if you cannot play it, please download the MP4 file (right click and choose 'Save link as' ) and play it locally with Windows media player, or quicktime or VLC (free software) This video was recorded during a lecture on Operational forecasting at ECMWF. It discusses briefly the components of the ECMWF forecasting system and products (about 20 minutes) Monitoring the observing system (A. Garcia Mendez) This lecture describes the monitoring system for conventional (in situ) observations. These observations are assimilated in the forecasting system and therefore an assessment of their quality is crucial to guarantee the best quality of initial conditions for the model forecast (about 50 minutes) |
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Case studies
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You can download lectures from here:
- click on the title to get the mp4 (if you cannot play it, please download the MP4 file by right clicking and choosing 'Save link as' . Play it locally with Windows media player, or quicktime or VLC (free software))
- click on 'pdf' to get the file in pdf
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P. Bechtold | F. Prates | Forecasting tropical cyclones in the medium range (pdf) | |
J. Bidlot | D. Richardson | ||
M. Dahoui | I. Tsonevsky | ||
L. Ferranti | R. Forbes | Snowfall/Rain/Freezing Rain | |
| C. Sahin | Introduction to ecCharts (pdf) |
