Using ECMWF's Forecasts (UEF2021)

Tuesday, 1 June
8:30 AM 9:00 AM
Virtual arrival
30m
9:00 AM 9:10 AM
Welcome
Speaker: Florence Rabier (ECMWF)
10m
9:10 AM 9:20 AM
Virtual housekeeping
Speaker: Becky Hemingway (ECMWF)
10m
Presentations from ECMWF
Chair: Becky Hemingway (ECMWF)
9:20 AM 9:40 AM
Recent changes to the ECMWF forecasting system
Speaker: David Richardson (ECMWF)
20m
9:40 AM 10:00 AM
ECMWF - into the future
Speaker: Florian Pappenberger (ECMWF)
20m
10:00 AM 10:20 AM
Upcoming science changes in the IFS
Speaker: Richard Forbes (ECMWF)
20m
10:20 AM 10:25 AM
Lightning talks: Forecast User Forum
Speaker: Rebecca Emerton (ECMWF)
5m
10:25 AM 10:30 AM
Lightning talks: Summer of Weather Code 2021: Innovative developments at ECMWF
Speaker: Esperanza Cuartero (ECMWF)
5m
10:30 AM 11:00 AM
Break / Networking
30m
Presentations from ECMWF
11:00 AM 11:20 AM
ECMWF's forecast performance
Speaker: Thomas Haiden (ECMWF)
20m
11:20 AM 11:40 AM
Evaluations and diagnostics of ECMWF tropical cyclone forecasts in 2020
Speaker: Sharan Majumdar (University of Miami)
20m
11:40 AM 11:45 AM
Lightning talks: ECMWF unified support portal
Speaker: Helene Blanchonnet (ECMWF)
5m
11:45 AM 11:50 AM
Lightning talks: A unified ECMWF data portal
Speaker: Helen Setchell (ECMWF)
5m
11:50 AM 11:55 AM
Lightning talks: Web tool
Speaker: Emma Pidduck (ECMWF)
5m
12:00 PM 2:00 PM
Lunch break
2h
Thematic Area: Severe weather and hazard forecasting
Chair: Hannah Cloke (University of Reading)
2:00 PM 2:10 PM
Weather in extraordinary circumstances - Introducing the theme
Speaker: Becky Hemingway (ECMWF)
10m
2:10 PM 2:30 PM
Correction tool of an automatic weather forecast database for severe events
Speaker: Marie Boisserie (Meteo-France)
20m
2:30 PM 2:50 PM
The potential of forecasting the evolution of severe European heatwaves in sub-seasonal time scale
Speaker: Natalia Korhonen (Weather and Climate Change Impact Research, Finnish Meteorological Institute)
20m
2:50 PM 3:10 PM
MISTRAL project and a new tool for flash flood forecasting in Italy
Speaker: Estibaliz Gascon (ECMWF)
20m
3:10 PM 3:15 PM
Group photo in Gather.Town
5m
3:15 PM 3:30 PM
Break / Networking
15m
3:30 PM 4:00 PM
Poster session 1
30m
4:00 PM 6:00 PM
Science and Art event
Chair: Louise Arnal (University of Saskatchewan, Centre for Hydrology), Chloe Brimicombe (ECMWF)
2h
Wednesday, 2 June
8:45 AM 9:00 AM
Virtual arrival
15m
9:00 AM 9:05 AM
Day 2 welcome and virtual housekeeping
Speaker: Becky Hemingway (ECMWF)
5m
Thematic Area: Unforeseen impacts of extraordinary circumstances
Chair: David Richardson (ECMWF)
9:05 AM 9:35 AM
Invited Presentation: Aircraft data and Covid-19: impact and mitigation measures at ECMWF
Speaker: Bruce Ingleby (ECMWF)
30m
Thematic Area: Severe weather and hazard forecasting
Chair: David Richardson (ECMWF)
9:35 AM 9:55 AM
Multi-model ensemble prediction of Super Cyclone Amphan using ECMWF, GEFS and NEPS-G forecasts
Speaker: Paromita Chakraborty (National Centre for Medium Range Weather Forecasting)
20m
9:55 AM 10:15 AM
Forecast performance during the cold spells in February 2021 in Europe and the USA
Speaker: Evelyn Müller (MeteoIQ)
20m
10:15 AM 10:45 AM
Break / Networking
30m
Thematic Area: Extraordinary collaborations
Chair: David Richardson (ECMWF)
10:45 AM 11:05 AM
Beyond skill scores: Why we should include end-users in the model validation process
Speaker: Joshua Dorrington (University of Oxford)
20m
11:05 AM 11:10 AM
Lightning talks: Learning Resources at ECMWF
Speaker: Becky Hemingway (ECMWF)
5m
11:10 AM 11:15 AM
Lightning talks: ecCharts updates
Speaker: Cihan Sahin (ECMWF)
5m
11:15 AM 11:20 AM
Lightning talks: User-oriented forecast system development: the 'Proper' way
Speaker: Mark Rodwell (ECMWF)
5m
11:25 AM 12:00 PM
Poster session 2
35m
12:00 PM 2:30 PM
Lunch break
2h 30m
Special session: Recent developments in assessing societal impacts of extreme meteorological events at national level
Chair: Nuno Moreira (IPMA)
2:30 PM 2:40 PM
Some hints on weather impacts
Speaker: Nuno Moreira (IPMA-Portugal)
10m
2:40 PM 3:00 PM
Automating impact data collection and developing frameworks to support evaluation of impact-based forecasts
Speaker: Joanne Robbins (Met Office)
20m
3:00 PM 3:50 PM
Break / Networking
50m
3:50 PM 5:15 PM
User Voice Corner
Chair: Tim Hewson (ECMWF)
1h 25m
5:15 PM 6:00 PM
Social event
45m
Thursday, 3 June
8:45 AM 9:00 AM
Virtual arrival
15m
9:00 AM 9:05 AM
Day 3 welcome and virtual housekeeping
Speaker: Becky Hemingway (ECMWF)
5m
9:05 AM 9:20 AM
Introduction to Copernicus activities at ECMWF
Speaker: Jean-Noël Thépaut (ECMWF)
15m
Supporting assessments on the interactions between the COVID pandamic and air quality and climate change
Chair: Florian Pappenberger (ECMWF)
9:20 AM 9:40 AM
COVID and Air Quality: how can CAMS help?
Speaker: Vincent-Henri Peuch (ECMWF)
20m
9:40 AM 10:00 AM
Time-resolved emission reductions for atmospheric chemistry modelling in Europe during the COVID-19 lockdowns
Speaker: Marc Guevara (BSC)
20m
10:00 AM 10:15 AM
Tools to provide climate information in support of COVID-19 research
Speaker: Carlo Buontempo (ECMWF)
15m
10:15 AM 10:45 AM
Break / Networking
30m
Monitoring the changing climate, atmospheric composition and hydrological cycles in 2020
Chair: Carlo Buontempo (ECMWF)
10:45 AM 11:05 AM
European State of the Climate 2020 Report
Speaker: Freja Vamborg (ECMWF)
20m
11:05 AM 11:25 AM
A year of hydrological forecast advancements in support of the Copernicus Emergency Management Service
Speaker: Shaun Harrigan (ECMWF)
20m
11:25 AM 11:40 AM
A snapshot from our CAMS 'Weather Room': events that marked 2020
Speaker: Mark Parrington (ECMWF)
15m
11:40 AM 2:00 PM
Lunch break
2h 20m
Quality assured climate data on extreme events in support to the insurance and finance sectors
Chair: Sam Burgess (ECMWF)
2:00 PM 2:20 PM
A Copernicus Climate Change operational windstorm Service & Extreme events catalogues
Speaker: Chiara Cagnazzo (ECMWF)
20m
2:20 PM 2:40 PM
A climate hazard dataset for climate related financial disclosures
Speaker: Harilaos Loukos (The Climate Data Factory)
20m
2:40 PM 3:00 PM
ClimaCasting - ECMWF and C3S based climate analytics for the agricultural fintech sector
Speaker: Stylianos Kotsopoulos (AGROAPPS P.C.)
20m
3:00 PM 3:30 PM
Break / Networking
30m
The Forecasts - Predictions - Projections nexus: from research to operations in support of emergency and operational planning
Chair: Sam Burgess (ECMWF)
3:30 PM 3:50 PM
Scientific advancements on sub-seasonal to seasonal predictions
Speaker: Frederic Vitart (ECMWF)
20m
3:50 PM 4:10 PM
C3S climate prediction services
Speaker: Anca Brookshaw (ECMWF)
20m
4:10 PM 4:30 PM
C3S service offer on climate projection datasets
Speaker: Andras Horanyi (ECMWF)
20m
Friday, 4 June
8:45 AM 9:00 AM
Virtual arrival
15m
9:00 AM 9:05 AM
Day 4 welcome and virtual housekeeping
Speaker: Becky Hemingway (ECMWF)
5m
Focus on Extended Range Forecasting
Chair: Estibaliz Gascon (ECMWF)
9:05 AM 9:30 AM
Extended range forecasts
Speaker: Frederic Vitart (ECMWF)
25m
9:30 AM 9:50 AM
Extended range products survey
Speaker: Tim Hewson (ECMWF)
20m
9:50 AM 9:55 AM
Lightning talks: Open charts
Speaker: Becky Hemingway (ECMWF)
5m
9:55 AM 10:00 AM
Lightning talks: Severe event catalogue
Speaker: Linus Magnusson (ECMWF)
5m
10:00 AM 10:45 AM
Break / Networking including Extended Range Forecasting discussion and Q&A session
45m
Speakers' Corner
10:45 AM 11:00 AM
ECMWF daily monitoring
Speaker: Estibaliz Gascon (ECMWF)
15m
11:00 AM 11:15 AM
Recent and current product development
Speaker: Ivan Tsonevsky (ECMWF)
15m
11:30 AM 11:45 AM
Meteorological impacts of cycle 47r2
Speaker: Tim Hewson (ECMWF)
15m
11:50 AM 12:00 PM
Concluding remarks and feedback
10m

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