Eumetcal Second NWP course in blended format was completed on 4 December. Course had 22 participants and 8 instructors. The participants from 13 countries in Europe represented both operational and research areas in meteorology.
The course consisted of 14 online sessions and 5-day-classroom phase meeting at FMI, Helsinki.
The course topics were:
The use of short-range ensemble products
The appropriate use of mesoscale models
Air-Surface interactions and physical parameterisation
Resolving Convection in NWP models
Recent advances in mesoscale data assimilation
Model monitoring and the human role in forecasting
The next NWP Applications course is foreseen to be run in 2011.
