Timetable and resources : Use and interpretation of ECMWF Products

2010

Computer Training Use of Products Num Weather Prediction Annual Seminar Meetings

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NWP Course Notes NWP Course Presentations Comp. Course Notes Getting here

The timetable for the training course is available here

The following background readings are suggested:

General:

• Group photo
• User guide to ECMWF products
• ECMWF's 4D-Var data assimilation: the genesis and ten years in operations (ECMWF Newsletter no 115, pp 8-11)
• Ensemble prediction: a pedagogical perspective (ECMWF Newsletter no. 106, pp 10-16)

Medium-Range forecast:

• Tracking fronts and extra-tropical cyclones (ECMWF Newsletter no. 121, pp 9-19)
• Recent developments in extreme weather forecasting (ECMWF Newsletter no. 107, pp 8-17)
• Early medium-range forecasts of tropical cyclones (ECMWF Newsletter no. 102, pp 7-14)

Seasonal forecast:

• User guide to the Seasonal forecast (System 3)
• Seasonal Forecast System 3 (ECMWF Newsletter no. 110 pp. 19-24)
• New web products for the ECMWF Seasonal Forecast System-3 (ECMWF Newsletter no. 111 pp. 28-32)

Verification:

• The Joint Working Group on Forecast Verification Research web site describes methods for forecast verification, including their characteristics, pros and cons. The methods range from simple traditional statistics and scores, to methods for more detailed diagnostic and scientific verification.