Part of ECMWF's 50th anniversary celebrations
Background
Data assimilation is traditionally about optimally blending observations and model information to provide the best estimate of the current state of the Earth system for both monitoring and prediction purposes. However, the recent advent of machine learning in numerical weather prediction (NWP) and climate studies has shown that data assimilation and observations can be effectively and more directly used to improve NWP and climate prediction than just for providing initial conditions for physics-based and data-driven machine learning forecast models.
Workshop description
The focus of this two-day workshop is to discuss current cutting-edge development directions in both traditional data assimilation and observations for NWP and climate and the emerging areas of hybridising aspects of the data assimilation workflow or, possibly, fully replacing data assimilation with machine learning technologies.
Format
The workshop will be structured around two main thematic areas.
During the first day of the workshop, we will take stock of the current status of operational Earth System Data Assimilation systems in major NWP Centres, discuss the sources and limits of weather predictability from increasingly accurate initial conditions, and evaluate the prospects of improvements in this area from, e.g., advances in resolution, model complexity, coupling, new observations.
The second day of the workshop will be devoted to discussing the emerging area of hybridising traditional Data Assimilation methodologies with Machine Learning techniques. The aim of this part of the workshop is to give an up-to-date snapshot of the main development directions in this fast evolving field and provide an informed perspective on its expected medium-term landing points.
Panel discussions are scheduled at the end of both days of the workshop involving all speakers and the on-site and on-line audiences.
Poster presentations are solicited in both thematic areas.
Attendance information
Registration is open until 13 December 2024. If you would like to attend this workshop, please complete the registration form before the closing date.
If you would like to present a poster at this workshop, please complete an abstract submission form by 13 December 2025.
Workshop participants will also have an opportunity to attend the opening plenary on Monday 7 April (p.m.) and a common day with the Annual Seminar on Tuesday 8 April.
