ESWD Partners

ESSL is happy to be able to count on several partners who assist in the collection and quality control of European severe weather data.

National Weather Services

  • Central Institute for Meteorology and Geodynamics – ZAMG (Austria)
  • Cyprus Department of Meteorology – Cyprus
  • Czech Hydrometeorological Institute – CHMI (Czech Republic)
  • Deutscher Wetterdienst – DWD (Germany)
  • Finnish Meteorological Institute – FMI (Finland)
  • Institute for Hydrometeorology and Seismology of Montenegro – HMZCG (Montenegro)
  • Meteorological and Hydrological Service – DHMZ (Croatia)
  • National Meteorological Administration – NMA (Romania)
  • Slovak HydroMeteorological Institute – SHMU (Slovakia)
  • Republic Hydrometeorological Service of Serbia – RHMSS (Serbia)

Voluntary Observer Networks (VON)

  • SKYWARN Polska (Poland)
  • Czech Thunderstorm Research Association – CTRA (Czech Republic)
  • Amateur Meteorological Society – AMS, former Skywarn CzechoSlovak (Czech Republic)
  • Associación ACAMET (Spain)
  • SKYWARN Austria (Austria)
  • SKYWARN Deutschland (Germany)
  • Lovci na oluje Dubrovnik (Storm chasers Dubrovnik) (Croatia)
  • PRETEMP – Previsione temporali (Italy), merged with Associazione ONLUS MeteoNetwork (Italy) in 2018
  • Estonian Thunderstorm Observers Network (Estonia)

In addition, Keraunos (France) is a contributor of tornado data from France to the ESWD.

Voluntary Observer Persons (VOP)

  • Mr. Stavros Dafis (Greece)
  • Mr. Mario Sekulić (Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Serbia and Kosovo, Slovenia)
  • Mr. George Papavasileiou (Greece)
  • Mr. Konstantin Kazakov (Belarus, Russian Federation, Ukraine)
  • Mr. Darian Martens (France)
  • Mr. Manuel Oberhuber (Austria, Germany, Italy, Switzerland)
  • Mr. Bas van der Ploeg (Belgium, Netherlands)
  • Mr. Bogdan Antonescu (United Kingdom incl. Channel Islands, Gibraltar etc.)
  • Mr. Marco Cisar (Austria)
  • Mr. François Paul (France)
  • Mr. Mario Marcello Miglietta (Italy)
  • Mr. Klodian Zaimi (Albania, Serbia and/incl. Kosovo)
  • Mr. Nicolas Baluteau (France, Belgium French-speaking Wallonia region)
  • Mr. Kairo Kiitsak (Estonia, Finland, Latvia, Lithuania)
  • Mr. Igor Kibal`chich (Ukraine, incl. Krym/Crimea peninsula)
  • Mr. Yurii Litvinov (Ukraine, incl. Krym/Crimea peninsula)
  • Ms. Nadine Gebhardt (historical reports for ESWD domain coordinated by ESSL)
  • Mr. Oliver Schlenczek (Germany)
  • Mr. Markus Weggässer (Germany)
  • Mr. Erik Christmann (Germany)
  • Mr. Thomas Pfeifhofer (Austria)
  • Mr. Lars Lowinski (United Kingdom, Ireland, Denmark)
  • Mr. Oliver Obenrauch (Slovakia)
  • Mr. Ioannis Matsangouras (Greece)
  • Mr. Artur Surowiecki (Poland)
  • Mr. Wojciech Pilorz (Poland)
  • Mr. Igor Laskowski (Poland)
  • Mr. Alexander Keul (Austria)
  • Mr. Igor Azhigov (Russia – Russian Federation)
  • Mr. Abdullah Kahraman (Azerbaijan, Cyprus, Turkey; especially historical data)