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(c) ESSL, Thomas Schreiner
(c) ESSL, Katja Dorninger
Author Archives: Alois Holzer
Interview with ESWD quality control manager Thilo Kühne
Our latest ESSL Newsletter 2017/3 contains an interview with our ESWD quality control manager Thilo Kühne. There you can also find news on ESSL’s climate research and about the successful Ph.D. dissertation defence of ESSL Senior Trainer, now Dr. Tomáš Púčik.
Thilo Kühne
Dr. Tomáš Púčik
Remaining places for seminar “Forecasting Severe Convective Storms I”
For the seminar “Forecasting Severe Convective Storms I” held by Dr. Tomáš Púčik in our ESSL Research and Training Centre in Wiener Neustadt, Austria, from 2 to 6 October 2017, a few remaining places are still available.
The seminar consists of lectures during the morning hours and exercises in the afternoon hours – and thereby is an excellent boost of knowledge for lead forecasters and forecasters in the warnings branch of your weather service.
Airplane pilots are required to perform simulator trainings every year. What about our warning forecasters?
You can register here.
Testbed visits Testbed
NOAA Hazardous Weather Testbed Forecast Program Operations Coordinator Adam Clark presented their state of affairs at the ESSL Testbed on Thursday:
Follow daily ESSL Testbed updates on our Testbed Blog.
ESSL Testbed identifies possible severe weather outbrake
You can follow our daily activities at the ESSL Testbed on our Testbed Blog.
ESSL Testbed 2017 active
The ESSL Testbed 2017 welcomes all participants of this years’ edition.
We are proud to present an interesting selection of leading-edge forecasting and warning tools and we are thankful to all participating partners. New this year are for example a number of products from the EUMETSAT Nowcasting SAF.
You can follow our daily activities in the ESSL Testbed Blog or in our online sessions during the testbed period:
Tue – Thu at 9 UTC: Online severe weather briefings and daily expert lecture.
Fri at 9 UTC: Severe weather online briefing only.
At the online meeting times you can join us here in WebEX with the session number “953 698 353” and the password “testbed”. This service is kindly provided by EUMETCAL.
New BAMS paper on underestimated tornado threat in Europe
The threat of tornadoes in Europe is not widely recognized, despite causing injuries, fatalities, and damages.
A paper was published in BAMS with the title “TORNADOES IN EUROPE – An Underestimated Threat“.
The authors: Bogdan Antonescu, David M. Schultz, Alois M. Holzer, and Pieter Groenemeijer.
ECSS abstract submission extended
Upon request of many colleagues the deadline for the ECSS abstract submission was extended to 10 April 2017. This will be a final deadline.
Decisions on travel support grants and acceptance or rejection of conference contributions will be communicated by the ECSS scientific programme committee in the second half of May.
Late registrations for summer school possible
The registration deadline for the ESSL summer school was passed on 30 April 2017. Nevertheless, late registrations are still possible until fully booked.
More information on the ESSL summer school you can find here.
ECSS registration open
Abstract submission and registration tools for the ECSS are now open. We are very looking forward to many interesting contributions and to a European Conference on Severe Storms that is as vibrant as the previous editions in a scientific and also in a networking sense.
See you in the fabulous venue of the ECSS in Pula, Croatia, the countdown has begun. Please find updated information, abstract submission and the registration portal here.