STORMNET

2003-2004 : Towards an answer to the RTN call within the 6 FP ALADIN Training NETwork (ALATNET) was the name of a project (1st March 2000 - 29 February 2004) supported by the 5th FP of the European Community. It aimed at diversifying and widening the international research effort arount the Numerical Weather Prediction Limited Area Model ALADIN. During the ALATNET workhop on scientifics results in Kiralyret (Hu) on 15-17 October 2003, members of all SRNWP consortia (ALADIN, HIRLAM, (…)

The 16 Partners (and joined partners) at the first stage This tables presents the 16 STORMNET partners at the first stage proposal (consult also the map of STORMNET partners). Local and English usual names of the Partners are indicated, with address and e-mail contact points for STORMNET. Country Institute (English name) Institute (local name) Address contact email Joined institute(s) Austria Central Institut for Meteorology and Geodynamics Zentralanstalt für Meteorologie und (…)

Stormnet abstract as submitted in the first stage proposal submission (form A1) Local short-range numerical weather prediction (NWP) in Europe is based on high-resolution limited-area models and relies on many, usually small, national teams who joined their efforts within four consortia. Since, on one side there is a continuous need for training early-stage researchers on NWP-related issues, and, on the other side expertise is widely spread among teams, a common and cross education (…)

The outline proposal as submitted in the first stage proposal (form B) 1. List of Partners 2. Short description of the STORMNET project STORMNET (Scientific Training for Operations and Research in a Meteorological NETwork) aims at building a European training network for local short-range high-resolution numerical weather prediction and its applications. European meteorological services now have to face the challenge of a quick march towards very high resolution applications for (…)

1. Relevance of the research objectives The need for better regional and local short-range weather predictions is continuously increasing in our society, not only in the agricultural, industrial and economic fields but also in relation with outdoor leisure activities. Of prime importance is the prediction of risks, for human life and heavy damages. Not only storms must be better forecasted, but also severe weather which may cause disruptions (in water and power distribution, surface and (…)

1. Needs In Europe, the conditions of recruitment of young researchers in numerical weather prediction (NWP) teams vary significantly from one national (hydro)meteorological service (NMS) to another, and even from person to person. New researchers may come from other departments of the NMS (including associated schools for a few institutes), or be recruited at Universities, not necessarily from a faculty teaching meteorology. Several European NWP experts had an initial training in (…)

Research topics for Early Stage Researcher : first guess During the preparation of the first stage submission, partners gave a first guess of the research topics they would be interested in for Early Stage Researcher. Austria high resolution modelling and predictability of extreme events over complex terrain Belgium physics-dynamics interface : stability and precision improvement of an integrated micro-physics and deep convection scheme at high resolution Croatia modelling of air-sea (…)