Weather discussion

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Description

In this interactive course, the knowledge about the dynamics of weather systems will be applied to a weather forecast for the weekend.

With the assistance of numerical weather prediction (NWP) systems, students will learn to elaborate a weather prediction and to cope with uncertainties of these models.

Aspects of the «current weather» can be discussed from the following stand points:

• short and middle-range term forecast
• validation and verification of the forecasts
• predictability issues
• typical weather conditions
• historical severe weather case studies

With this twofold basis, students will be expected to perform a case study of a specific weather event which includes the discussion of surface as well as upper-level charts, profiles and cross-sections, radiosondes and satellite products, etc. Additionally, the students will draw surface weather charts, forecast short to middle range weather evolution and chair the weather discussion.

The course will take place once a week on Friday 10:00 to 12:00 am in the room CHN E42.

The tasks and criteria required to obtain the credit points are:

• 1 oral presentation of the weather forecast for the following weekend Choose date (Doodle)
• Weekly participation in the weather tournament
• 1 oral presentation of your own case study at the end of the semester Choose case study (Doodle)
• Attendance is compulsory and active participation is required

Tutors

Nicolas, Bojan and Michael

Weather Tournament