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.
PLEASE NOTE: the course starts at 9.30am on Monday 30th January, and finishes at 4pm on Friday 3rd February 2017.
PLEASE NOTE: the course starts at 9.30am on Monday 6th February, and finishes at 4pm on Friday 10th February 2017.
Blog Posts
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read about the course last year (2012)
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Snow in Spain (1/3/2013)
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Floods in Italy and Greece (February 2013)
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Addis Ababa -- rain
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Participants to the training course OP-I: 30th January to 3rd February
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Description of case studies
Case study: Winter 2014
Case study: Seasonal and monthly outlooks
Case study: Summer 2016
Case study: Precipitation in the Gulf of Genoa
Case study: Welsh snowfalls
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:
- The 2017 lectures from here
- Recording of the lectures from 2015 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))
- The 2015 lectures from here
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: