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Monday, 25 June 2012 09:24

Grand Opening of ESSL Research and Training Centre 21 June 2012

The ESSL Research and Training Centre, the venue of the ESSL Testbed, was officially opened on 21 June 2012. After a normal ‘Testbed-day’, the press interviewed not only our ESSL Director Pieter, but also the Testbed participants. The celebration started afterwards with speeches from ESSL partners and guests (see the news article for further details). Finally, Pieter, our ESSL Director, officially declared the Research and Training Centre to be open and started the social part of the evening with sponsored hors d’oeuvres and drinks.

 

ESSL Director Pieter Groenemeijer interviewed by press Press interviews ESSL Director Dr. Pieter Groenemeijer.

 


 

Christph Gatzen interviewed by press

Press interviews ESSL Testbed 2012 participant Christoph Gatzen.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ESSL staff, partners and guests of the Grand Opening

ESSL staff, partners and guests from left to right: Alois M. Holzer (ESSL Director of Operations), Dimitar Ivanov (Chief of the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) Regional Office for Europe in Geneva, Switzerland, representing WMO Region VI President Ivan Cacic), Mag. Klaus Schneeberger (Chairman of Club in the provincial parliament of Lower Austria and representing the Governor of Lower Austria, Dr. Erwin Pröll), BA Bernhard Müller (Mayor of the city of Wiener Neustadt), Dr. Fritz Neuwirth (President of the Austrian Meteorological Society and representing the president of the European Meteorological Society, Dominique Marbouty), Dr. Pieter Groenemeijer (ESSL Director) and Dr. Michael Staudinger (Director of the Central Institute fot Meteorology and Geodynamics (ZAMG), European EMMA Programme Manager for MeteoAlarm, and ESSL Advisory Councillor).

 

 

ESSL Testbed participants celebrate Grand Opening

The ESSL Testbed 2012 participants celebrate, who were still wearing their 'working clothes', since the celebration started immediately after the nowcasting session. Participants from left to right: Jure Cedilnik (Slovenia), Markus Paulat (Germany), Markus Beyer (Germany) and Wolfgang Pöttschacher (Austria).

 

 

brass band playing during Grand OpeningA brass band plays during the Grand Opening.

 

 

 

 

 

ESSL staff enjoys Grand Opening The attendant ESSL staff enjoys the Grand Opening. ESSL staff from left to right: Pieter Groenemeijer (ESSL Director), Alois M. Holzer (ESSL Director of Operations), Mathias Stampfl (ESSL ESWD Quality Control), Magdalena Pichler (ESSL Assistant to the Board), Georg Pistotnik (ESSL scientific employee) and Kathrin Riemann-Campe (ESSL Deputy Director).

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Monday, 18 June 2012 14:24

Week 3, day 1

The third week has started. ESSL staff has developed a routine in handling the equipment. Nevertheless, the level of excitement and enthusiasm with which the ESSL staff holds the Testbed is still as high as during the first days.

The picture shows Pieter during the daily briefing.

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Wednesday, 06 June 2012 20:45

Testbed update: week 1, day 3

The first three days of the Testbed are over. ESSL staff concludes a successful start of the workshop. Minor technical difficulties occurred during the first days. Those are now solved.

Everyone is highly motivated. Good example: Pieter and Oscar continue debating about the formation of hail and the availability of super-cooled water during the lunch break. They use a skew-T sketch ‘drawn’ with toothpicks, which clearly shows their dedication.

 

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Monday, 04 June 2012 21:50

ESSL Testbed has begun

Weeks of hard work of preparations are over. The level of anticipation increased exponentially among the ESSL staff during the last days. The first ESSL Testbed workshop has started today.

Thirteen participants, forecasters and developers of forecasting tools, improve and test forecasting processes of severe convective weather this week in our new ESSL Research and Training Centre in Wiener Neustadt, Austria. They are partly joined by further thirteen online participants, who will arrive next week in the Research and Training Centre. The Testbed workshop will be repeated five weeks in a row and is completely booked out.

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