Training course: Use and interpretation of ECMWF products

Monday, 3 February
09:30 → 10:00
Arrival

ECMWF

Reading
30m
10:00 → 10:30
Welcome and introductions
Speaker: Becky Hemingway (ECMWF)

ECMWF

Reading
30m
10:30 → 10:50
Introduction to ECMWF and course
Speaker: Becky Hemingway (ECMWF)

ECMWF

Reading
20m
10:50 → 11:20
Coffee Break

ECMWF

Reading
30m
11:20 → 12:30
Discover ECMWF products
Speaker: Fernando Prates (ECMWF)

ECMWF

Reading
1h 10m
12:30 → 13:00
Precipitation type
Speaker: Estibaliz Gascon (ECMWF)

ECMWF

Reading
30m
13:00 → 14:00
Lunch Break

ECMWF

Reading
1h
14:00 → 15:00
ecPoint
Speaker: Tim Hewson (ECMWF)

ECMWF

Reading
1h
15:00 → 15:30
Coffee break

ECMWF

Reading
30m
15:30 → 16:30
Sub-seasonal and seasonal forecasting
Speaker: Linus Magnusson (ECMWF)

ECMWF

Reading
1h
16:30 → 18:00
Poster session and Icebreaker

ECMWF

Reading
1h 30m
Tuesday, 4 February
09:00 → 10:00
Extreme forecast Index (EFI) and Shift of Tails (SoT)
Speaker: Ivan Tsonevsky (ECMWF)

ECMWF

Reading
1h
10:00 → 10:30
Coffee break

ECMWF

Reading
30m
10:30 → 12:30
Presentation / practical: ecCharts
Speaker: Cihan Sahin (ECMWF)

ECMWF

Reading
2h
12:30 → 13:00
Introduction to Verification
Speaker: Thomas Haiden (ECMWF)

ECMWF

Reading
30m
13:00 → 14:00
Lunch break

ECMWF

Reading
1h
14:00 → 15:00
Extra Tropical Cylones
Speaker: Tim Hewson (ECMWF)

ECMWF

Reading
1h
15:00 → 15:30
Coffee break & Group photo

ECMWF

Reading
30m
15:30 → 15:40
Introduction to Virtual Laboratory
Speaker: Tim Hewson (ECMWF)

ECMWF

Reading
10m
15:40 → 17:00
Laboratory work: Forecast case studies

ECMWF

Reading
1h 20m
19:00 → 21:00
Group Dinner - Zero Degrees Reading (self-funded)

TBC

 		2h
Wednesday, 5 February
09:00 → 10:00
Model physics
Speaker: Richard Forbes (ECMWF)

ECMWF

Reading
1h
10:00 → 10:30
Coffee break

ECMWF

Reading
30m
10:30 → 11:00
Convection
Speaker: Ivan Tsonevsky

ECMWF

Reading
30m
11:00 → 13:00
Laboratory work: Forecast case studies

ECMWF

Reading
2h
13:00 → 14:00
Lunch break

ECMWF

Reading
1h
14:00 → 14:30
ML/AI models background
Speaker: Mario Santa Cruz Lopez (ECMWF)

ECMWF

Reading
30m
14:30 → 15:00
ML/AI forecast models
Speaker: Linus Magnusson (ECMWF)

ECMWF

Reading
30m
15:00 → 15:30
Coffee break

ECMWF

Reading
30m
15:30 → 17:00
Laboratory work: Forecast case studies

ECMWF

Reading
1h 30m
Thursday, 6 February
09:00 → 09:15
Q&A Session

ECMWF

Reading
15m
09:15 → 10:00
Known model issues
Speaker: Tim Hewson (ECMWF)

ECMWF

Reading
45m
10:00 → 11:00
Laboratory work: Forecast case studies

ECMWF

Reading
1h
11:00 → 11:30
Coffee break

ECMWF

Reading
30m
11:30 → 11:40
Introduction to “Prepare a Forecast” challenge
Speaker: Becky Hemingway (ECMWF)

ECMWF

Reading
10m
11:40 → 13:00
“Prepare a Forecast” challenge

ECMWF

Reading
1h 20m
13:00 → 14:00
Lunch

ECMWF

Reading
1h
14:00 → 15:00
“Prepare a Forecast” challenge - final preparations

ECMWF

Reading
1h
15:00 → 15:30
“Prepare a Forecast” challenge - Group presentations
30m
15:30 → 15:45
Coffee Break

ECMWF

Reading
15m
15:45 → 16:30
“Prepare a Forecast” challenge - Group presentations (continued)
45m
16:30 → 17:00
Feedback and close

ECMWF

Reading
30m

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