Training course: A hands-on introduction to Numerical Weather Prediction Models: Understanding and Experimenting

Monday, 13 November
08:45 → 09:15
Registration opens

ECMWF

Reading
30m
09:15 → 10:15
Welcome, course overview, introductions
Speakers: Adrian Hill (ECMWF), Andy Brown (ECMWF), Christopher Stewart (ECMWF), Marcus Koehler (ECMWF)
Slides
1h
10:15 → 10:40
Coffee break

ECMWF

Reading
25m
10:40 → 11:45
Building blocks of the forecast systems at ECMWF
Speaker: Sarah Keeley (ECMWF)
Slides

ECMWF

Reading
1h 5m
11:45 → 11:55
Comfort break

ECMWF

Reading
10m
11:55 → 13:00
Getting started with the OpenIFS model
Speaker: Marcus Koehler (ECMWF)

ECMWF

Reading
1h 5m
13:00 → 14:00
Lunch break

ECMWF

Reading
1h
14:00 → 15:05
Introduction to Parallel Programming, OpenMP vs MPI
Speaker: Iain Miller (ECMWF)
Slides

ECMWF

Reading
1h 5m
15:05 → 15:20
Coffee break

ECMWF

Reading
15m
15:20 → 16:50
Submitting our first experiment
Speaker: Marcus Koehler (ECMWF)
Slides

ECMWF

Reading
1h 30m
16:50 → 18:00
Ice breaker

ECMWF

Reading
1h 10m
Tuesday, 14 November
09:10 → 10:15
Introduction to Physical Processes in the IFS
Speaker: Richard Forbes (ECMWF)
Slides

ECMWF

Reading
1h 5m
10:15 → 10:40
Coffee break

ECMWF

Reading
25m
10:40 → 11:45
Introduction to ecCodes and GRIB
Speaker: Paul Dando (ECMWF)
Slides

ECMWF

Reading
1h 5m
11:45 → 11:55
Comfort break

ECMWF

Reading
10m
11:55 → 13:00
Introduction to Metview and Python API
Speakers: Sandor Kertesz, Iain Russell (ECMWF)
Slides

ECMWF

Reading
1h 5m
13:00 → 14:00
Lunch break

ECMWF

Reading
1h
14:00 → 15:05
Plotting our results
Speakers: Sandor Kertesz, Iain Russell (ECMWF), Marcus Koehler (ECMWF)

ECMWF

Reading
1h 5m
15:05 → 15:20
Coffee break

ECMWF

Reading
15m
15:20 → 16:50
Planning and submitting perturbation experiments
Speaker: Marcus Koehler (ECMWF)

ECMWF

Reading
1h 30m
Wednesday, 15 November
09:10 → 10:15
Spectral transform method
Speaker: Andreas Müller (ECMWF)
Slides

ECMWF

Reading
1h 5m
10:15 → 10:40
Coffee break

ECMWF

Reading
25m
10:40 → 11:45
Introduction to the dynamical core
Speaker: Michail Diamantakis (ECMWF)
Slides

ECMWF

Reading
1h 5m
11:45 → 11:55
Comfort break

ECMWF

Reading
10m
11:55 → 13:00
Perturbation experiments – Code Modifications
Speaker: Marcus Koehler (ECMWF)

ECMWF

Reading
1h 5m
13:00 → 14:00
Lunch break

ECMWF

Reading
1h
14:00 → 15:05
A day in the life of a model developer
Debug Slides
drhook Slides

ECMWF

Reading
1h 5m
15:05 → 15:20
Coffee break

ECMWF

Reading
15m
15:20 → 16:50
A day in the life of a model developer

ECMWF

Reading
1h 30m
17:45 → 19:45
Social dinner

ECMWF

Reading
2h
Thursday, 16 November
09:10 → 10:15
Analysing results from perturbation experiments
Speaker: Marcus Koehler (ECMWF)

ECMWF

Reading
1h 5m
10:15 → 10:40
Coffee break

ECMWF

Reading
25m
10:40 → 11:45
Surface processes, lake model and climate fields
Speaker: Margarita Choulga (ECMWF)
Slides

ECMWF

Reading
1h 5m
11:45 → 11:55
Comfort break

ECMWF

Reading
10m
11:55 → 13:00
ERA5 Overview and CDS demonstration
Speakers: Angel Lopez Alos (ECMWF), Hans Hersbach (ECMWF)
CDS Slides
ERA5 Slides

ECMWF

Reading
1h 5m
13:00 → 14:00
Lunch break

ECMWF

Reading
1h
14:00 → 15:05
SST experiments
Speaker: Sarah Keeley (ECMWF)
Slides

ECMWF

Reading
1h 5m
15:05 → 15:20
Coffee break

ECMWF

Reading
15m
15:20 → 16:50
Group work on results

ECMWF

Reading
1h 30m
Friday, 17 November
09:10 → 10:15
Radiative processes - ECRAD
Speaker: Robin Hogan (ECMWF)
Slides

ECMWF

Reading
1h 5m
10:15 → 11:30
Coffee break & networking

ECMWF

Reading
1h 15m
11:30 → 11:55
Using the OpenIFS Data Hub
Speaker: Marcus Koehler (ECMWF)
Slides

ECMWF

Reading
25m
11:55 → 12:50
Presentations and discussions

ECMWF

Reading
55m
12:50 → 13:05
Course wrap-up and certificates
Slides

ECMWF

Reading
15m

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