9 September 2015
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ECMWF has a strong presence at the Annual Meeting of the European Meteorological Society (EMS) this week. Several staff members are chairing sessions, giving presentations and displaying posters at this year’s event in Sofia, Bulgaria, from 7 to 11 September.
The theme for 2015 is ‘High impact weather and hydrological hazards: from observation to impact mitigation’.
At the opening session, Fernando Prates from ECMWF gave a strategic lecture on ‘Predicting high-impact weather using ECMWF products’.
Tim Hewson and Florian Pappenberger from ECMWF were among the finalists for the Harry Otten Prize, which is awarded every two years for the best innovative idea in meteorology. Their entry, ‘Flash Flood Prediction using Current-Generation Global Models’, proposes an operational system that uses readily available global ensemble output to deliver automated flash flood predictions, to ten days ahead, for anywhere in the world.
Tim is also on the panel for Wednesday’s public 'great debate' on the opportunities and challenges of 'big data' in meteorology.
Jean-Noël Thépaut, Head of the Copernicus Climate Change Service, is running a session to discuss how the Service, which ECMWF is implementing on behalf of the European Union, can deliver substantial economic value to Europe. More information is available on the C3S website.
Other contributions from ECMWF staff during the week include Peter Bechtold speaking on ‘Convection across scales and challenges towards high resolution’ and Pirkka Ollinaho on the stochastic parametrization of boundary layer processes in ensemble forecasts.
Glenn Carver is presenting ECMWF’s approach to using virtual machines to improve training for OpenIFS and Metview.
The 15th EMS Annual Meeting is being held jointly with the 12th European Conference on Applications of Meteorology (ECAM).
For more information, visit the conference website.
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