Tutorial session program

Tutorial sessions will run from Monday 29.01.2007 morning (note: 9am start) to Wednesday 31.01.2007 morning. The last session is joint with the Verification Workshop.

The participants to the tutorials will work on a project, which will be presented on Friday 2.2.2007 during the morning session of the Verfication Workshop. Details will be explained during the tutorial sessions.

The lecturers will be:

• Barbara Brown (NCAR, USA)
• Barbara Casati (MSC, Canada)
• Elizabeth Ebert (BOM, Australia)
• Simon Mason (IRI, USA)
• Pertti Nurmi (FMI, Finland)
• Matt Pocernich (NCAR, USA)
• Leonard Smtih (LSE, UK)
• Laurence Wilson (MSC, Canada)

The following background readings are suggested:

Verification

• "Forecast Verification : A Practitioner's Guide in Atmospheric Science"
  by Ian T. Jolliffe (Editor), David B. Stephenson (Editor), Wiley
• "Statistical Methods in the Atmospheric Sciences" (Chapter 7), by D.S.Wilks, 2006, Elsevier
• Joint Working Group on Verification Web page

R package

• R project for statistical computing

Modules on Forecast Verification (EUMETCAL)

• EUMETCAL Training Modules

Tutorial Program

Tutorial schedules for Monday (29.2.2007) and Tuesday (30.1.2007) are now available. Please click here to download the PDF file.