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2010

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Use of Products

Num Weather Prediction

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Courses on Numerical Weather Prediction / Use of ECMWF Products 2010

Member States and Co-operating States

DATES

Numerical Weather Prediction
12 - 16 April 2010	Numerical methods, adiabatic formulation of models and ocean wave forecasting (5 days)
19 - 28 April 2010	Predictability, diagnostics and long-range forecasting (8 days)
5 - 14 May 2010	Data assimilation and use of satellite data (8 days)
17 - 27 May 2010	Parametrization of subgrid physical processes (9 days)

Use of ECMWF Products for ECMWF Member States
1 – 5 February 2010	Use and interpretation of ECMWF products (5 days)
8 – 12 February 2010	repeat
Use of ECMWF Products for WMO Members
11– 15 October 2010	Use and interpretation of ECMWF products in WMO National Meteorological and Hydrological Services (5 days)

09.00 to 17.00 hours each day unless shown otherwise on the timetable

VENUE

ECMWF, Shinfield Park, Reading.

ACCOMMODATION

A list of hotels and guesthouses in Reading is available on our website (hotels). Please, contact the hotel/guesthouse of your choice directly. If you experience any problems, please contact ECMWF (e-mail metcourse@ecmwf.int). The Centre regrets that it cannot pay accommodation expenses.

TRAVEL

Participants are expected to make their own travel arrangements and arrange their own travel and medical insurance.

Limited funds are available to refund travel expenses to member state students. Please see guidelines for details.

FEES

The Centre does not charge any course fees for Member States and Co-operating States.

ECMWF charges course fees to applicants from non-Member States. Further information on course fees here

LANGUAGE

All tuition will be in English.

APPLICATION

Update 1 September: all registrations closed

Nominations to reach ECMWF by

Friday, 11 December 2009
Application for Use of ECMWF Products course

Friday, 26 February 2010
Application for NWP course

Monday 31 May 2010
Application for Use of products for WMO Members

Applicants will be informed as soon as possible thereafter whether they have been allocated a place or not.

PARTICIPANTS

All applications must be endorsed by the Member State National Meteorological Service. In case of oversubscription the students prioritized by the National Meteorological Services will be accepted.

There will be a maximum of 24 Member State or Co-operating State participants for each course on "Use of ECMWF Products".

QUERIES

If you have any queries concerning these courses, please contact Els Kooij-Connally (e-mail: metcourse@ecmwf.int).

03.09.2010