Using ECMWF’s Forecasts (UEF2024)

Wednesday, 5 June
Forecasting and Research Updates
9:00 AM 9:05 AM
Opening
Speaker: Florence Rabier (ECMWF)

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5m
9:05 AM 9:10 AM
Housekeeping
Speaker: Becky Hemingway (ECMWF)

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5m
9:10 AM 10:00 AM
ECMWF progress and plans
Speakers: Andy Brown (ECMWF), Florian Pappenberger (ECMWF)

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50m
10:00 AM 10:10 AM
Break

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10m
10:10 AM 10:35 AM
Update on ECMWF Product Development
Speaker: Matthieu Chevallier (ECMWF)

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25m
10:35 AM 11:00 AM
News on ECMWF's forecast performance
Speaker: Thomas Haiden

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25m
11:00 AM 1:00 PM
Lunch Break

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2h
Copernicus and ECMWF Services Updates
1:00 PM 1:15 PM
Copernicus: a brief overview on the latest user-oriented advancements
Speaker: Stijn Vermoote (ECMWF)

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15m
1:15 PM 1:30 PM
Copernicus National Collaboration Programmes at ECMWF
Speaker: Cristina Ananasso

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15m
1:30 PM 1:45 PM
Forecasting atmospheric composition at ECMWF: introduction to the Copernicus Atmosphere monitoring Service (CAMS)
Speaker: Laurence Rouil

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15m
1:45 PM 2:00 PM
The Copernicus Data Stores operated by ECMWF
Speaker: Edward Comyn-Platt

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15m
2:00 PM 2:10 PM
Break

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10m
2:10 PM 2:35 PM
ECMWF Open Data Programme
Speaker: Maartje Kuilman (ECMWF)

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25m
2:35 PM 3:00 PM
Use and Verification of ECMWF Products in the Member and Co-operating States: Survey Results
Speaker: Tim Hewson (ECMWF)

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25m
Thursday, 6 June
Machine Learning and the AIFS
9:00 AM 9:01 AM
Welcome back
Speaker: Becky Hemingway (ECMWF)

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1m
9:01 AM 9:40 AM
Leveraging Large Language Models for Weather and Climate Information Retrieval
Speaker: Nikolay Koldunov (Alfred-Wegener-Institut, Helmholtz-Zentrum für Polar- und Meeresforschung (AWI))

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39m
9:40 AM 10:00 AM
Machine Learning Activities at ECMWF: an overview
Speaker: Mariana Clare (ECMWF)

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20m
10:00 AM 10:10 AM
Break

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10m
10:10 AM 10:35 AM
AIFS: a new ECMWF forecasting system
Speaker: Simon Lang (ECMWF)

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25m
10:35 AM 11:00 AM
Forecast evaluation of AIFS
Speaker: Linus Magnusson (ECMWF)

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25m
11:00 AM 1:00 PM
Lunch Break

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2h
Speakers Corner – Updates on ECMWF forecast products
1:00 PM 1:30 PM
Latest developments on ECMWF's graphical products and applications
Speaker: Cihan Sahin (ECMWF)

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30m
1:30 PM 1:50 PM
A new diagnostic for identifying cyclonic and anticyclonic regions and its application for combining ensembles
Speaker: Nigel Roberts (ECMWF)

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20m
1:50 PM 2:00 PM
Break

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10m
2:00 PM 2:20 PM
Simulation of top-of-the-atmosphere visible reflectances
Speaker: Cristina Lupu (ECMWF)

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20m
2:20 PM 2:35 PM
A new user-focussed approach for displaying extended range forecast maps
Speaker: Tim Hewson (ECMWF)

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15m
2:35 PM 2:45 PM
New Extratropical Cyclone products related to "front density"
Speaker: Tim Hewson (ECMWF)

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10m
2:45 PM 3:00 PM
Final Q&A and Close of UEF2024
Speaker: Becky Hemingway (ECMWF)

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15m

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