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ECMWF is taking part in this year’s European Geosciences Union (EGU) General Assembly, from 27 April to 2 May, in Vienna (Austria) and online. The event will be an opportunity to discuss our work with scientists from across the world. Our staff are participating in a broad range of sessions, covering topics such as our Artificial Intelligence Forecasting System (AIFS), flood forecasting and tools for urban resilience.
Details of the sessions we are involved in are listed below.
Monday 28 April
- OS1.10 – Oral: Representing waves in ECMWF’s data-based forecasting system AIFS
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Sara Hahner
8:45 to 8:55 CEST / 7:45 to 7:55 BST
Room L2
Abstract: Representing waves in ECMWF’s data-based forecasting system AIFS - AS1.1 – Oral: Anemoi: A new collaborative framework for data-driven weather forecasting
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Ana Prieto Nemesio
8:55 to 9:05 CEST / 7:55 to 8:05 BST
Room F2
Abstract: Anemoi: A new collaborative framework for data-driven weather forecasting
- AS1.1 – Oral: The AIFS: ECMWF’s data-driven weather forecasting system (Highlight)
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Sara Hahner and the AIFS team
9:55 to 10:15 CEST / 8:55 to 9:15 BST
Room F2
Abstract: The AIFS: ECMWF’s data-driven weather forecasting system
- ESSI1.9 – Poster: Unsupervised change detection using Sentinel-1 and Sentinel-2 imagery with the Clay Foundation Model: a case study of flood-affected areas in Valencia Spain
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Mohanad Albughdadi
10:45 to 12:30 CEST / 09:45 to 11:30 BST
Hall X4, X4.55
- HS2.4.7 – PICO: Modernizing flood forecast data access with the CEMS Early Warning Data Store (EWDS)
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Mohamed Azhar
10:57 to 10:59 CEST / 9:57 to 9:59 BST
PICO spot A, PICOA.3
Abstract: Modernizing flood forecast data access with the CEMS Early Warning Data Store (EWDS)
- ESSI1.6 – Session: Machine learning and digital twins for Earth system observation and prediction
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Christian Lessig, Ilaria Luise, Massimo Bonavita (co-conveners)
14:00 to 17:55 CEST / 13:00 to 16:55 BST
Room -2.92
Session details: Machine learning and digital twins for Earth system observation and prediction
- ESSI1.6 – Oral: Developing a data-driven global ocean model at ECMWF
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Rachel Furner
14:25 to 14:35 CEST / 13:25 to 13:35 BST
Room -2.92
Abstract: Developing a data-driven global ocean model at ECMWF
- ESSI1.6 – Oral: Development of an offline and online hybrid model for the Integrated Forecasting System
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Marcin Chrust
14:45 to 14:55 CEST / 13:45 to 13:55 BST
Room -2.92
Abstract: Development of an offline and online hybrid model for the Integrated Forecasting System
- ESSI1.6 – Oral: Coupling approaches for data-driven Earth system models
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Lorenzo Zampieri
15:05 to 15:15 CEST / 14:05 to 14:15 BST
Room -2.92
Abstract: Coupling approaches for data-driven Earth system models
- ESSI1.6 – Oral: Digital twin for weather-induced extremes (presentation by partner organisation)
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Roger Randriamampianina (Norwegian Meteorological Institute) and the DestinE Extremes Digital Twin Team
16:55 to 17:05 CEST / 15:55 to 16:05 BST
Room -2.92
- AS1.1 – Oral: Using conditional verification to describe situation-dependant model biases for surface weather – Applications and implications
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Timothy Hewson
14:00 to 14:10 CEST / 13:00 to 13:10 BST
Room F2
- HS2.2.1 – Oral: The role of sub-grid orography for global high-resolution flood forecasting
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Jasper Denissen
14:05 to 14:25 CEST / 13:05 to 13:25 BST
Room C
Abstract: The role of sub-grid orography for global high-resolution flood forecasting
- CL5.7 – PICO session: Climate Services - Underpinning Science
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Nube Gonzalez (co-convener)
16:15 to 18:00 CEST / 15:15 to 17:00 BST
PICO spot 5
Session details: Climate Services - Underpinning Science
- CL5.7 - PICO: Advancing C3S Energy Services in support to Europe’s energy transition: co-development of the Pan-European Climate Database with ENTSO-E
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Nube Gonzalez
16:19 to 16:21 CEST / 15:19 to 15:21 BST
PICO spot 5, PICO5.3
- BG1.4 – Oral: Global data-driven prediction of fire activity
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Joe McNorton
17:30 to 17:40 CEST / 16:30 to 16:40 BST
Room N1
Tuesday 29 April
- ITS1.1/CL0.9 – Session: Machine learning for climate science
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Paula Harder
8:30 to 12:25 CEST / 7:30 to 11:25 BST
Room C
Session details: Machine learning for climate science
- AS1.1 – Poster: The crossing-point quantile: an optimal point-forecast in terms of ROC areas
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Zied Ben Bouallegue
8:30 to 10:15 CEST / 7:30 to 09:15 BST
Hall X5, X5.6
Abstract: The crossing-point quantile: an optimal point-forecast in terms of ROC areas
- AS3.33 – Session: Atmospheric Composition and Numerical Weather Forecasting
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Johannes Flemming (convener)
10:45 to 12:25 CEST / 9:45 to 11:25 BST
Room M1
Session details: Atmospheric Composition and Numerical Weather Forecasting
- AS5.2 – Poster: Developing ECMWF’s portable next-generation atmospheric dynamical core
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Sara Faghih-Naini
10:45 to 12:30 CEST / 09:45 to 11:30 BST
Hall X5, X5.104
Abstract: Developing ECMWF’s portable next-generation atmospheric dynamical core
- AS1.2 – Oral: Recent progress and outlook for the ECMWF Integrated Forecasting System
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Chris Roberts
14:00 to 14:20 CEST / 13:00 to 13:20 BST
Room M2
Abstract: Recent progress and outlook for the ECMWF Integrated Forecasting System
- AS3.33 – Poster: Towards the next CAMS reanalysis of atmospheric composition
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Johannes Flemming
14:00 to 15:45 CEST / 13:00 to 14:45 BST
Hall X5, X5.62
Abstract: Towards the next CAMS reanalysis of atmospheric composition
- AS3.33 – Poster: Initial steps towards an inversion system for biogenic isoprene emissions in CAMS: Evaluation of IFS-COMPO formaldehyde simulations
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Flora Kluge
14:00 to 15:45 CEST / 13:00 to 14:45 BST
Hall X5, X5.63
- AS3.25 – Oral: Integrating geostationary satellite data into CAMS: Insights from the CAMEO project and GEMS data assimilation
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Zoi Paschalidi
15:10 to 15:20 CEST / 14:10 to 14:20 BST
Room 0.11/12
- AS5.5 – Oral: Towards machine learning-based Earth system models
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Christian Lessig
16:30 to 16:50 CEST / 15:30 to 15:50 BST
Room F2
Abstract: Towards machine learning-based Earth system models
Wednesday 30 April
- CL4.7 – Session: Earth system models at km-scale and beyond: Implications of resolving smaller scale processes on the climate and challenges
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Thomas Rackow (co-convener)
8:30 to 10:10 CEST / 7:30 to 9:10 BST
Room 0.14
Session details: Earth system models at km-scale and beyond: Implications of resolving smaller scale processes on the climate and challenges
- CL4.7 – Poster: Multi-year simulations at kilometre scale with the Integrated Forecasting System coupled to FESOM2.5 and NEMOv3.4
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Thomas Rackow
10:45–12:30 CEST / 9:45 to 11:30 BST
Hall X5, X5.175
- HS4.7 – Oral: Enhancing global flood forecasting: a methodological framework for assessing high-resolution simulations in the DestinE G-EDT
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Maliko Tanguy
9:35 to 9:45 CEST / 8:35 to 8:45 BST
Room 2.31
- ESSI3.2 – Oral: Improving the accessibility of ECMWF open weather forecast data and charts: maintenance challenges
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Milana Vuckovic
11:15 to 11:25 CEST / 10:15 to 10:25 BST
Room -2.92
Abstract: Improving the accessibility of ECMWF open weather forecast data and charts: maintenance challenges
- HS4.4 – PICO: Making low probability forecasts of high impact hydrological events more useful for society
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Fatima Pillosu
11:16 to 11:18 CEST / 10:16 to 10:18 BST
PICO spot 4, PICO4.13
Abstract: Making low probability forecasts of high impact hydrological events more useful for society
- CL4.10 – Session: Explaining and predicting climate changes on regional to global scales
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Christian Lessig, Antje Weisheimer (co-conveners)
14:00 to 18:00 CEST / 13:00 to 17:00 BST
Room 0.31/32
Session details: Explaining and predicting climate changes on regional to global scales
- ITS1.4/CL0.10 – Oral: Towards next generation machine learning-based Earth system models that exploit a wide range of datasets
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Christian Lessig
14:55 to 15:05 CEST / 13:55 to 14:05 BST
Room -2.33
- CL4.10 – Oral: Representation of tropical and extratropical trends in ECMWF seasonal hindcasts
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Michael Mayer
17:15 to 17:25 CEST / 16:15 to 16:25 BST
Room 0.31/32
Abstract: Representation of tropical and extratropical trends in ECMWF seasonal hindcasts
Thursday, 1 May
- AS1.7 – Session: Subseasonal-to-seasonal prediction, processes and applications
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Chris Roberts (co-convener)
8:30 to 10:15 CEST / 7:30 to 9:15 BST
Room 0.11/12
Session details: Subseasonal-to-seasonal prediction, processes and applications
- OS4.8 – Session: Machine learning for ocean science
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Rachel Furner (convener)
8:30 to 12:30 CEST, 14:00 to 15:45 CEST / 7:30 to 11:30 CEST, 13:00 to 14:45 BST
Room -2.41/42
Session details: Machine learning for ocean science
- EOS1.6 – PICO: Making uncertainty in sub-seasonal weather forecasts intelligible
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Timothy Hewson
8:37 to 8:39 CEST / 7:37 to 7:39 BST
PICO spot 3 | PICO3.2
Abstract: Making uncertainty in sub-seasonal weather forecasts intelligible
- CR3.2 – Session: Advances in sea-ice modelling: developments and new techniques
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Lorenzo Zampieri (convener)
14:00 to 15:40 CEST / 13:00 to 14:40 BST
Room 1.34
Session details: Advances in sea-ice modelling: developments and new techniques
- ESSI2.13 – Session: Big data in Earth system sciences: The challenges of data compression & data spaces in the cloud computing era
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Sara Faghih-Naini (co-convener)
16:15 to 18:00 CEST / 15:15 to 17:00 BST
Room -2.92
Session details: Big data in Earth system sciences: The challenges of data compression & data spaces in the cloud computing era
- HS4.10 – Oral: A new era of hybrid hydrological forecasting at ECMWF
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Gwyneth Matthews
16:20 to 16:40 CEST / 15:20 to 15:40 BST
Room 3.29/30
Abstract: A new era of hybrid hydrological forecasting at ECMWF
- OS4.7 – Oral: ECMWF 6th generation ocean and sea-ice reanalysis system (ORAS6)
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Eric de Boisseson
15:20 to 15:30 CEST / 14:20 to 14:30 BST
Room L2
Abstract: ECMWF 6th generation ocean and sea-ice reanalysis system (ORAS6)
- HS4.3 – Oral: Error-correction across gauged and ungauged locations: A data assimilation-inspired approach to post-processing river discharge ensembles
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Gwyneth Matthews
15:05 to 15:15 CEST / 14:05 to 14:15 BST
Room 3.29/30
Friday, 2 May
- ESSI2.15 – Poster: Advancing Earth system science through collaboration: An overview of ECMWF Special Projects
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Milana Vuckovic
10:45 to 12:30 CEST / 9:45 to 11:30 BST
Hall X4 | X4.142
Abstract: Advancing Earth system science through collaboration: An overview of ECMWF Special Projects
- OS4.6 – Poster: Effects of Argo floats data on the ECMWF Ocean DA system and coupled forecasts
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Hao Zuo et al.; presented by Eric de Boisseson
8:30 to 10:15 CEST / 7:30 to 9:15 BST
Hall X4 | X4.75
Abstract: Effects of Argo floats data on the ECMWF Ocean DA system and coupled forecasts
- ESSI2.15 – Poster: Co-creating cloud-based tools for urban climate-resilience: The CLIMRES project
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Claudio Pisa
10:45 to 12:30 CEST / 9:45 to 11:30 BST
Hall X4
Abstract: Co-creating cloud-based tools for urban climate-resilience: The CLIMRES project
- ESSI2.15 – Poster: Cloud-powered Earth observation tools for urban resilience: The BUILDSPACE project
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Marica Antonacci
10:45 to 12:30 CEST / 9:45 to 11:30 BST
Hall X4
Abstract: Cloud-powered Earth observation tools for urban resilience: The BUILDSPACE project
- ESSI2.15 – Session: Seamless transitioning between HPC and cloud in support of Earth Observation, Earth Modeling and community-driven Geoscience approach PANGEO
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Vasileios Baousis (co-convener)
14:00 to 15:43 CEST, 16:15 to 18:00 CEST / 13:00 to 14:43 CEST, 15:15 to 17:00 BST
Room -2.32
Session details: Seamless transitioning between HPC and cloud in support of Earth Observation, Earth Modeling and community-driven Geoscience approach PANGEO
- ESSI2.15 – Oral: Copernicus data and services uptake with EO4EU platform: an AI-augmented ecosystem for Earth Observation data accessibility and exploitation
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Federico Fornari
14:02 to 14:12 CEST / 13:02 to 13:12 BST
Room -2.32
- ITS1.16/AS5.4 – Oral: Global location transferability of generative deep learning models for precipitation downscaling
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Paula Harder
16:45 to 16:55 CEST / 15:45 to 15:55 BST
Room -2.33
Abstract: Global location transferability of generative deep learning models for precipitation downscaling