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LATEST NEWS: Registration for ECMWF training courses in 2015 is now closed. For more info visit http://www.ecmwf.int/en/learning/training

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If you want to keep up-to-date with ECMWF outreach activities (such as training courses, Webinars and Seminars), please subscribe to our 'outreach' mailing list.

To subscribe please send an email to:

sympa@lists.ecmwf.int with subject: subscribe outreach@lists.ecmwf.int

(To unsubscribe send an email to sympa@lists.ecmwf.int with subject: unsubscribe outreach@lists.ecmwf.int)

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Introduction for new users, including MARS

Dates in 2015: 2-6 March (course code: COM-INTRO)

 

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This course provides theoretical background information on ECMWF forecasting system and hands on experience in using ECMWF meteorological products both in the forecasting room and in making more informed decisions when weather plays a key role.

The course is open to forecasters/managers/researchers from National Meteorological Services of its own Member and Cooperating States. The centre point of the practical sessions is a real weather event which is examined with the help of meteorological forecast products. The course focus on medium, monthly and seasonal forecast ranges.

ecFlow

Dates in 2015: 11-13, February (course code: COM-ecFlow)

 

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This course provides theoretical background information on ECMWF forecasting system and hands on experience in using ECMWF meteorological products both in the forecasting room and in making more informed decisions when weather plays a key role.

The course is open to forecasters/managers/researchers from National Meteorological Services of its own Member and Cooperating States. The centre point of the practical sessions is a real weather event which is examined with the help of meteorological forecast products. The course focus on medium, monthly and seasonal forecast ranges.

GRIB API: library and tools

Dates in 2015: 24-27, February (course code: COM-GRIBAPI)

 

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This course provides theoretical background information on ECMWF forecasting system and hands on experience in using ECMWF meteorological products both in the forecasting room and in making more informed decisions when weather plays a key role.

The course is open to forecasters/managers/researchers from National Meteorological Services of its own Member and Cooperating States. The centre point of the practical sessions is a real weather event which is examined with the help of meteorological forecast products. The course focus on medium, monthly and seasonal forecast ranges.

Data analysis and visualisation using Metview

Dates in 2015: 9-13, March (course code: COM-METVIEW)

 

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This course provides theoretical background information on ECMWF forecasting system and hands on experience in using ECMWF meteorological products both in the forecasting room and in making more informed decisions when weather plays a key role.

The course is open to forecasters/managers/researchers from National Meteorological Services of its own Member and Cooperating States. The centre point of the practical sessions is a real weather event which is examined with the help of meteorological forecast products. The course focus on medium, monthly and seasonal forecast ranges.

HPCF (Use of Cray system)

Dates in 2015: 13-17, April (course code: COM-HPCF)

 

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This course provides theoretical background information on ECMWF forecasting system and hands on experience in using ECMWF meteorological products both in the forecasting room and in making more informed decisions when weather plays a key role.

The course is open to forecasters/managers/researchers from National Meteorological Services of its own Member and Cooperating States. The centre point of the practical sessions is a real weather event which is examined with the help of meteorological forecast products. The course focus on medium, monthly and seasonal forecast ranges.

Use and Interpretation of ECMWF products

Dates in 2015: 26-30, January (course code: MET-u&i1)

  2-6, February (course code: MET-u&i2)

  5-7, October (course code: MET-u&i3)

 

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This course provides theoretical background information on ECMWF forecasting system and hands on experience in using ECMWF meteorological products both in the forecasting room and in making more informed decisions when weather plays a key role.

The course is open to forecasters/managers/researchers from National Meteorological Services of its own Member and Cooperating States. The centre point of the practical sessions is a real weather event which is examined with the help of meteorological forecast products. The course focus on medium, monthly and seasonal forecast ranges.

 

 

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The NWP training course consists of a set of independent modules covering various aspects of numerical weather forecasting.

Students attending any module of the NWP course should have a reasonable meteorological and mathematical background. Please go to the training pages of the main web site for more details on registering and introductory lecture material.

We are looking forward to meeting you on this year's course. 

There are several bits of information that are general to whichever course you attend.  This information, such as accommodation and travel, can be found on this page.  More specific information can be found on the module pages below.

NOTE: if you have been accepted for the course apply for a login UserID and password here, before entering the area reserved to ECMWF Training Course students.

16-20 March 2015 Data Assimilation

23-27 March 2015 ECMWF/EUMETSAT NWP-SAF Satellite data assimilation

20-29 April 2015Predictability and ocean-atmosphere ensemble forecasting

11-21 May 2015 Parametrization of subgrid physical processes

1-5 June 2015 Advanced numerical methods

 

 

If you have any further questions please email us (training@lists.ecmwf.int)

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To register to our webinars click on the title, go to the provided web link and register for the event. You will receive an email with the necessary information to join the event:

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 If you are interested in downloading slidecasts of lectures, recording of past webinars or simply electronic version of lectures, then click on the link below.

Please quote ECMWF, when using such resources for training purposes!

 Our training resources

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Read the joint newsletter on new activities and resources in international meteorological training:

The Training Bulletin

 (to subscribe go to The Training Bulletin page and scroll to the bottom on the page)

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Full list of hotels

Usually the following hotels tend to have the cheapest rates and are convenient for the centre of town and for getting buses to ECMWF.

Accor Hotels: Ibis Reading Centre
(Hotel code : 5431)
25a Friar St
Tel +44 118 953-3500, Fax +44 118 953-3510 www.accorhotels.com/
Email enquiries: H5431@accor.com

Premier Inn (Reading Central) - much cheaper if you book early
Letcombe Street
Tel +44 870 850 6318, Fax +440870 850 6319
www.premierinn.com/

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Getting to Reading:

  • If you are arriving from HEATHROW airport take a Rail Air Link bus to READING STATION. Buses depart every half hour from the Central bus station and Terminal 5, journey time about 60 minutes. Tickets can be bought online or at the ticket office at the station.
  • If you are arriving from GATWICK airport take a train to READING STATION. Fast trains depart once an hour, journey time about 75 minutes.

Getting to ECMWF:
Reading Buses run two routes.
Scarlet No.9 or Leopard No.3 service from the train station (bus-stop SA on map) to the "weather centre".
Reading buses will not give you any change.
Fares:
  • £1.90 for a single journey
  • £2.50 for a day return (Leopard No.3)
  • £3.60 for a day return (Scarlet No.9)
  • £15 for a 7 day ticket.

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Breakfast is available at ECMWF from 8am onwards offering cereal, bread, croissant, fruit and yoghurt and costs around £2 or £3.

Lunch is available with salads, sandwiches, soups and a selection of hot meals and costs around £2-£7.

We will provide tea and coffee in the breaks for you.

If you have any dietary requirements then please let us know so we can arrange with our kitchen staff

A good start for finding somewhere to eat if you arrive in Reading the evening/day before the course is "The Oracle", which is the main shopping area in the centre of town and has restaurants along the riverside (http://www.theoracle.com/website/).  We can you give you some more suggestions when you arrive!