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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 course is 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 aim of the course is to provide the students with background knowledge to help them to make an informed use of ECMWF NWP products and to introduce students to novel products

At the end of the course, the participants will be able:

  • to master to use of ensemble forecasts
  • to understand potentials and weaknesses of NWP products
  • to use novel forecast products
  • to use ECMWF products for forecast guidance
  • to make use of ECMWF products in decision making

The course is 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). Please add your introduction to those who participated to the January and February course.
  • Prepare a poster (click here for guidance, maximum size for poster: A1)
  • Listen to the slidecast " Ensemble forecasting"
  • Listen to the slidecast "Estimating the model climate "

 

 

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titlePre-course activities for the Train the trainer version (8th to 12th February 2016)
  • Introduce yourself to the other course participants and to the lecturers (click here to go to the forum). Please add your introduction to those who participated to the January and February course.
  • Prepare a poster (click here for guidance, maximum size for poster: A1)

 

 

 

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Take the survey!

Survey OP-I, OP-II and OP-III 2015

 

 

 

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SLIDECASTs

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)

ecCharts

Please click here to find out how to get a userid and password

Description of case studies

(net yet available)

 

Lectures form pervious edition of the course (please note that the lectures from the 2016 course will be available shortly before the course)

You can download lectures from here:

  • Recording of the lectures are available 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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A. Ghelli

Introducing ECMWF (pdf)

L. Isaksen

Data assimilation (pdf)

P. Bechtold

Model Physics (pdf)

F. Prates

 Forecasting tropical cyclones in the medium range (pdf)

J. Bidlot

Wave forecasting (pdf)

D. Richardson

   Ensemble forecasting (pdf)

M. Dahoui

Use of satellite observations (pdf)

C. SahinIntroduction to ecCharts (pdf)

L. Ferranti

I. Tsonevsky

Forecasting extreme events (pdf)

R. ForbesClouds and precipitation (pdf)

L. Magnuson

Understanding the model climate (pdf)

T. HewsonExtratropical Cyclones (pdf)T. HewsonInstructor lead activity: Dealing with jumps in the forecast (pdf)
Gianpaolo BalsamoLand atmosphere interaction processes: forecasting surface conditions (pdf)  

 

 

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titleVerification Methods - Resources

 

EUMETCAL e-training module on verification:

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 verification session during the training week when verification techniques will be discussed starting from the exercises you have done in the module and your practical verification activity:

VERIFICATION METHODS

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The posters presented by the students are here!