General information

The workshop will include both a tutorial session and a program of talks on new developements in verification methodologies. The tutorial session will provide a pedagogical introduction and review of verification techniques for both deterministic and probabilistic (including ensemble) forecasts with hands-on laboratory sessions, whereby participants will use methodologies on real case studies. For these laboratory sessions, participants will be invited to bring their own datasets and verification problems.

The second part of the workshop will include keynote addresses focussing on new verification techniques and issues related to the practice of forecast verification, as well as contributed presentations on verification methodologies applied to a variety of forecasts (including forecasts of phenomena outside of atmospheric sciences, such as economics). Subjects will cover verification of ensemble/probability forecasts, extreme events, forecast value and user issues, and spatial forecasts.

• Tutorial session
• Lecture Notes
• Workshop program
• Workshop Presentations

IMPORTANT DATES:

• Applications for the tutorial sessions are now closed.
• 31 October 2006 deadline for submission of oral and poster presentations.
• 29 -31 January 2007 - Tutorial session
• 31 January -2 February - Workshop

Please e-mail us if you would like more information on the 3rd International Workshop on Verification Methods

Organizing Committee:

• Anna Ghelli (ECMWF, UK)
• Barbara Brown (NCAR, USA)
• Elizabeth Ebert (BOM, Australia)
• Pertti Nurmi (FMI, Finland)
• Laurence Wilson (MSC, Canada)