Training course: Use and interpretation of ECMWF products

Monday, 6 October
9:00 AM → 9:30 AM
Arrival

ECMWF

Reading
30m
9:30 AM → 10:00 AM
Welcome and introductions
Speaker: Becky Hemingway (ECMWF)

ECMWF

Reading
30m
10:00 AM → 10:20 AM
Introduction to ECMWF and course
Speaker: Becky Hemingway (ECMWF)

ECMWF

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

ECMWF

Reading
30m
10:50 AM → 12:00 PM
Discover ECMWF products
Speaker: Fernando Prates (ECMWF)

ECMWF

Reading
1h 10m
12:00 PM → 1:00 PM
Extra Tropical Cylones
Speaker: Tim Hewson (ECMWF)

ECMWF

Reading
1h
1:00 PM → 2:00 PM
Lunch Break

ECMWF

Reading
1h
2:00 PM → 3:00 PM
Sub-seasonal and seasonal forecasting
Speaker: Linus Magnusson (ECMWF)

ECMWF

Reading
1h
3:00 PM → 3:30 PM
Coffee break

ECMWF

Reading
30m
3:30 PM → 4:30 PM
ecPoint
Speaker: Tim Hewson (ECMWF)

ECMWF

Reading
1h
4:30 PM → 6:00 PM
Poster session and Icebreaker

ECMWF

Reading
1h 30m
Tuesday, 7 October
9:00 AM → 10:15 AM
Extreme forecast Index (EFI) and Shift of Tails (SoT)
Speaker: Ivan Tsonevsky (ECMWF)

ECMWF

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

ECMWF

Reading
25m
10:40 AM → 11:10 AM
Precipitation type
Speaker: Estibaliz Gascon (ECMWF)

ECMWF

Reading
30m
11:10 AM → 1:00 PM
Presentation / practical: ecCharts
Speaker: Cihan Sahin (ECMWF)

ECMWF

Reading
1h 50m
1:00 PM → 2:00 PM
Lunch break

ECMWF

Reading
1h
2:00 PM → 2:45 PM
Introduction to Verification
Speaker: Thomas Haiden (ECMWF)

ECMWF

Reading
45m
2:45 PM → 3:15 PM
Coffee break & Group photo

ECMWF

Reading
30m
3:15 PM → 3:25 PM
Introduction to Virtual Laboratory
Speaker: Tim Hewson (ECMWF)

ECMWF

Reading
10m
3:25 PM → 5:00 PM
Laboratory work: Forecast case studies

ECMWF

Reading
1h 35m
7:00 PM → 9:00 PM
Group Dinner - Zero Degrees Reading (self-funded)

TBC

 		2h
Wednesday, 8 October
9:00 AM → 10:00 AM
Model physics
Speaker: Annelize van Niekerk (ECMWF)

ECMWF

Reading
1h
10:00 AM → 10:30 AM
Coffee break

ECMWF

Reading
30m
10:30 AM → 11:00 AM
ML/AI models background

ECMWF

Reading
30m
11:00 AM → 11:30 AM
ML/AI forecast models
Speaker: Linus Magnusson (ECMWF)

ECMWF

Reading
30m
11:30 AM → 1:00 PM
Laboratory work: Forecast case studies

ECMWF

Reading
1h 30m
1:00 PM → 2:00 PM
Lunch break

ECMWF

Reading
1h
2:00 PM → 2:40 PM
Convection
Speaker: Ivan Tsonevsky

ECMWF

Reading
40m
2:40 PM → 3:00 PM
Coffee break

ECMWF

Reading
20m
3:00 PM → 5:00 PM
Laboratory work: Forecast case studies

ECMWF

Reading
2h
Thursday, 9 October
9:00 AM → 9:15 AM
Q&A Session

ECMWF

Reading
15m
9:15 AM → 10:00 AM
Known model issues
Speaker: Tim Hewson (ECMWF)

ECMWF

Reading
45m
10:00 AM → 10:30 AM
Coffee break

ECMWF

Reading
30m
10:30 AM → 11:30 AM
Laboratory work: Forecast case studies

ECMWF

Reading
1h
11:30 AM → 11:40 AM
Introduction to “Prepare a Forecast” challenge
Speaker: Becky Hemingway (ECMWF)

ECMWF

Reading
10m
11:40 AM → 1:00 PM
“Prepare a Forecast” challenge

ECMWF

Reading
1h 20m
1:00 PM → 2:00 PM
Lunch

ECMWF

Reading
1h
2:00 PM → 3:00 PM
“Prepare a Forecast” challenge - final preparations

ECMWF

Reading
1h
3:00 PM → 3:30 PM
“Prepare a Forecast” challenge - Group presentations
30m
3:30 PM → 3:45 PM
Coffee Break

ECMWF

Reading
15m
3:45 PM → 4:30 PM
“Prepare a Forecast” challenge - Group presentations (continued)
45m
4:30 PM → 5:00 PM
Feedback and close

ECMWF

Reading
30m

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