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

Monday, 13 November
8:45 AM 9:15 AM
Registration opens

ECMWF

Reading
30m
9:15 AM 10:15 AM
Welcome, course overview, introductions
Speakers: Adrian Hill (ECMWF), Andy Brown (ECMWF), Christopher Stewart (ECMWF), Marcus Koehler (ECMWF)
1h
10:15 AM 10:40 AM
Coffee break

ECMWF

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

ECMWF

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1h 5m
11:45 AM 11:55 AM
Comfort break

ECMWF

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10m
11:55 AM 1:00 PM
Getting started with the OpenIFS model
Speaker: Marcus Koehler (ECMWF)

ECMWF

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1h 5m
1:00 PM 2:00 PM
Lunch break

ECMWF

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1h
2:00 PM 3:05 PM
Introduction to Parallel Programming, OpenMP vs MPI
Speaker: Iain Miller (ECMWF)

ECMWF

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1h 5m
3:05 PM 3:20 PM
Coffee break

ECMWF

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15m
3:20 PM 4:50 PM
Submitting our first experiment
Speaker: Marcus Koehler (ECMWF)

ECMWF

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1h 30m
4:50 PM 6:00 PM
Ice breaker

ECMWF

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1h 10m
Tuesday, 14 November
9:10 AM 10:15 AM
Introduction to Physical Processes in the IFS
Speaker: Richard Forbes (ECMWF)

ECMWF

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1h 5m
10:15 AM 10:40 AM
Coffee break

ECMWF

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

ECMWF

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1h 5m
11:45 AM 11:55 AM
Comfort break

ECMWF

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10m
11:55 AM 1:00 PM
Introduction to Metview and Python API
Speakers: Sandor Kertesz, Iain Russell (ECMWF)

ECMWF

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1h 5m
1:00 PM 2:00 PM
Lunch break

ECMWF

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1h
2:00 PM 3:05 PM
Plotting our results
Speakers: Sandor Kertesz, Iain Russell (ECMWF), Marcus Koehler (ECMWF)

ECMWF

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1h 5m
3:05 PM 3:20 PM
Coffee break

ECMWF

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15m
3:20 PM 4:50 PM
Planning and submitting perturbation experiments
Speaker: Marcus Koehler (ECMWF)

ECMWF

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1h 30m
Wednesday, 15 November
9:10 AM 10:15 AM
Spectral transform method
Speaker: Andreas Müller (ECMWF)

ECMWF

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1h 5m
10:15 AM 10:40 AM
Coffee break

ECMWF

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

ECMWF

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1h 5m
11:45 AM 11:55 AM
Comfort break

ECMWF

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10m
11:55 AM 1:00 PM
Perturbation experiments – Code Modifications
Speaker: Marcus Koehler (ECMWF)

ECMWF

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1h 5m
1:00 PM 2:00 PM
Lunch break

ECMWF

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1h
2:00 PM 3:05 PM
A day in the life of a model developer

ECMWF

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1h 5m
3:05 PM 3:20 PM
Coffee break

ECMWF

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15m
3:20 PM 4:50 PM
A day in the life of a model developer

ECMWF

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1h 30m
5:45 PM 7:45 PM
Social dinner

ECMWF

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2h
Thursday, 16 November
9:10 AM 10:15 AM
Analysing results from perturbation experiments
Speaker: Marcus Koehler (ECMWF)

ECMWF

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1h 5m
10:15 AM 10:40 AM
Coffee break

ECMWF

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

ECMWF

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1h 5m
11:45 AM 11:55 AM
Comfort break

ECMWF

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10m
11:55 AM 1:00 PM
ERA5 Overview and CDS demonstration
Speakers: Angel Lopez Alos (ECMWF), Hans Hersbach (ECMWF)

ECMWF

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1h 5m
1:00 PM 2:00 PM
Lunch break

ECMWF

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1h
2:00 PM 3:05 PM
SST experiments
Speaker: Sarah Keeley (ECMWF)

ECMWF

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1h 5m
3:05 PM 3:20 PM
Coffee break

ECMWF

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15m
3:20 PM 4:50 PM
Group work on results

ECMWF

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1h 30m
Friday, 17 November
9:10 AM 10:15 AM
Radiative processes - ECRAD
Speaker: Robin Hogan (ECMWF)

ECMWF

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

ECMWF

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

ECMWF

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25m
11:55 AM 12:50 PM
Presentations and discussions

ECMWF

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55m
12:50 PM 1:05 PM
Course wrap-up and certificates

ECMWF

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15m

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