About the European Severe Storms Laboratory

The laboratory started as an informal network of European scientists in 2002 initiated by Dr. Nikolai Dotzek. In 2006, European Severe Storms Laboratory e.V. became a non-profit registered association under German law with seat in Wessling, Germany.

A subsidiary association, the European Severe Storms Laboratory - Science and Training, also with non-profit status, was founded in 2011 and has its seat in Wiener Neustadt, Austria. This website presents the activities of both organizations under responsibility of the former.

Statutory purposes

The statutory purposes of the Association European Severe Storms Laboratory e.V. (ESSL) are threefold:

• to advance meteorology and related sciences in the field of research on severe convective storms and extreme weather events on a European level;
• to operate and extend the European Severe Weather Database, ESWD, and
• to support or organise the European Conferences on Severe Storms, ECSS

ESSL's Bodies and Articles of Association

As an Association, ESSL has three principle bodies: the General Assembly, an Executive Board, and an Advisory Council. The applicable regulations are specified in detail in the Articles of Association.

GENERAL ASSEMBLY

The General Assembly consists of the full Members of the Association and convenes at least once every year. Among other tasks, the General Assembly ratifies the acts carried out by the Executive Board. Members of the Association include scientists, weather services, and several other organizations. For details, see this page.

EXECUTIVE BOARD

The Executive Board takes care of the daily business and general management and represents the Association externally. The Director is chair of the Executive Board.
Presently, the Executive Board consists of the following persons:

• Pieter Groenemeijer, Director
• Alois M. Holzer, Treasurer
• Kathrin Riemann-Campe, deputy Director

ADVISORY COUNCIL

The Advisory Council has a controlling function. It consists of representatives of science and of the meteorological services. Important tasks of the Advisory Council include approval of the Executive Board's financial accounts, Annual Report and financial plan. Presently, the Advisory Council consists of the following persons with their respective terms of office:

• Robert Sausen, chair (Deusches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt, Germany)
  1 Jan. 2012 - 31 Dec. 2015 (second term)
• Hans-Joachim Koppert  (DWD, Deutscher Wetterdienst, Germany)
  1 Jan. 2011 - 31 Dec 2014
• Vincenzo Levizzani (CNR, National Research Council, Italy)
  1 Jan 2013 - 31 Dec 2016 (second term)
• Pertti Nurmi (Finnish Meteorological Institute)
  1 Jan 2013 - 31 Dec 2016
• David Schultz (University of Manchester)
  1 Jan 2013 - 31 Dec 2016 (second term)
• Michael Staudinger (Zentralanstalt für Meteorologie und Geodynamik, Austria)
  1 Jan. 2012 - 31 Dec. 2015 (second term)

Registration of the Association

Bank Account

For information on ESSL's bank account, please see this page.

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