European Nowcasting and Weather Forecasting Conference
ENWFC-2024 

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04 – 08 November 2024,  Oslo Science Park, Oslo, Norway 

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Monday, 04 November 2024 

14:30 - 15:00 Arrival of participants; installing of posters 

OPENING SESSION 

Session chair: Solfrid Agersten (MET Norway) solfrida@met.no 

15:00 – 15:10

Welcome addresses 

Roar Skålin, director in general of MET Norway  see presentation

15:10 – 15:20

Introduction to ENWFC-2024 

Solfrid Agersten (MET Norway), Kathrine Lindsay (MET Norway) see presentation

15:20 – 15:30 

Introduction to EUMETNET - Weather Forecasting Cooperation: E-WF

Franziska Schmid(GeoSphere Austria), Chiara Marsigli (DWD), Stéphane Vannitsem (RMI), Francesca Marcucci(ITAFMet), Alfons Callado (AEMET)  see presentation

15:30 – 16:00 

Keynote: “It's The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)" 

Jørn Kristiansen (Met Norway)  see presentation

16:00 – 16:30 

Keynote: Early Warning Center Jitske Burgers (KNMI) see presentation

16:30 – 17:00 Coffee break 

OBSERVATIONS AS BASIS FOR NOWCASTING, VERY SHORT RANGE FORECASTING AND SITUATIONAL  AWARENESS 

Session chair: Aitor Atencia (GeoSphere Austria)  Aitor.ATENCIA@geosphere.at 

17:00 – 17:20

Meteosat Third Generation: entering a new era of satellite-based nowcasting and collaboration  among European NMHS 

Stephan Bojinski (EUMETSAT), Vesa Nietosvaara (EUMETSAT), Roope Tervo (EUMETSAT) see presentation

17:20 – 17:40 

Severe thunderstorm cases as seen by new-generation satellite products Vesa Nietosvaara (EUMETSAT); Natasa Strelec Mahovic (EUMETSAT); Tomas Pucik (ESSL); Stephan  Bojinski (EUMETSAT) see presentation

17:40 – 18:00 

Nowcasting and Early Warning Systems Across WMO Regions Associations: A Pre-EW4ALL  Assessment 

Paola Veronica Salio (Centro de Investigaciones del Mar y la Atmosfera), Luciana Stoll (SMN,  Argentina), Daniela D´Amen (SMN, Argentina), Estelle De Coning (WMO, Switzerland), Hellen Msemo  (WMO, Switzerland), Franziska Schmid (GeoSphere Austria, Austria), Solfrid Agersten (The Norwegian  Meteorological Institute, Norway), Anders Sivle (Slovak Hydrometeorological Institute, Slovakia), André  Simon (The Norwegian Meteorological Institute, Norway) and Julia Chasco (WMO, Switzerland)  Presentation was cancelled.

18:30 – 20:00 

Icebreaker 

20:00 End of day 1

Tuesday, 05 November 2024 

08:15 - 08:30 Arrival of participants 

OBSERVATIONS AS BASIS FOR NOWCASTING, VERY SHORT RANGE FORECASTING AND SITUATIONAL AWARENESS 

Session chair: Maarten Reyniers (RMI)  maarten.reyniers@meteo.be   

08:30 – 08:50 

Lightning density “NRTS” as a verification and forecasting tool for lightning events in Norway Sevim M.-Gulbrandsen (Meteorologisk institutt); Leonidas Tsopouridis (Meteorologisk institutt, Norway);  Ola Bakke Aashamar (Meteorologisk institutt, Norway); Susana Reuder (Meteorologisk institutt,  Norway); Nina Helen Pedersen (Meteorologisk institutt, Norway); Ingvild Villa (Meteorologisk institutt,  Norway); Charalampos Sarchosidis (Meteorologisk institutt, Norway)  see presentation

08:50 - 09:10

A Demonstration Citizen Science Project for Hail Collection: Motivations, Challenges and  Outcomes Liye Li (World Meteorological Organization), Qinghong Zhang (Peking University), David Johnston  (Massey University), Marion Tan (Massey University) see presentation

09:10 – 09:30 Integrating and validating crowdsourced data to improve MET Nordic Analysis Amélie Neuville (Norwegian Meteorological Institute); Thomas N. Nipen, Ivar A. Seierstad, Line  Båserud, Cristian Lussana. See presentation

09:30 - 10:30 

Coffee break / watching posters 

09:30 – 10:15

E-WFC Meeting (only for E-WFC Managers) 

POSTER SESSION 

Session chair: Chiara Marsigli (DWD) Chiara.Marsigli@dwd.de  

10:30 – 12:00 

POSTER Session (few minutes presentation per poster)** 

12:00 – 13:00 

Lunch break 

NOWCASTING AND POSTPROCESSING TECHNIQUES, SYSTEMS AND PRODUCTS 

Session chair: Jonathan Demaeyer (RMI) Jonathan.Demaeyer@meteo.be 

13:00 – 13:20 

Autoregressive Extensions of EMOS with Application to Surface Temperature Ensemble  Postprocessing Annette Möller (Bielefeld University); David Jobst (University of Hildesheim, Germany), Jürgen Groß (University of Hildesheim, Germany) see presentation

13:20 - 13:40 

Gradient-Boosted Mixture Models for Postprocessing Ensemble Weather Forecasts David Jobst (University of Hildesheim) 

13:40 – 14:00 

Nowcasting the extreme deep convective systems in central Argentina using spatio-temporal  deep neural networks Aguirre Leandro Axel (FaCENA-UNNE. IMIT-CONICET); Pulido Manuel (FaCENA-UNNE. IMIT CONICET, Argentina); Ruiz Juan (DCAO-UBA. CIMA-CONICET, Argentina)

14:00 – 14:20 

Group Photo

All

14:20 – 14:50 

Coffee break 

14:50 – 16:50

DISCUSSION (specific topics) for participants of ENWFC-2024 

The EUPPBench benchmark, Discussion on the next phase challenge (2024-2026) see presentation (Thanks to Jonathan Demaeyer)

SRNWP-EPS Workshop for SRNWP-EPS Members

16:50 End of day 2

** Posters 

Evaluating Numerical Weather Prediction Model for Convective Clouds: A Case Study of the September 2022 Flood in Italy's  Marche Region. Paolo Francesco Duminuco (CMCC Foundation - Euro-Mediterranean Center on Climate Change, Italy); Paola Mercogliano (CMCC  Foundation - Euro-Mediterranean Center on Climate Change, Italy); Giuseppe Giugliano (CMCC Foundation - Euro-Mediterranean Center on Climate Change, Italy); Giusy Fedele (CMCC  Foundation - Euro-Mediterranean Center on Climate Change, Italy); Alessandro Bonfiglio (CMCC Foundation - Euro-Mediterranean  Center on Climate Change, Italy.) 

Improving precipitation ground estimation from radar polarimetric volumes, NWP model and tipping buckets by using neural  networks Christoffer A. Elo (MET Norway); John Bjørnar Bremnes (MET Norway), Cristian Lussana (MET Norway), Thomas Nils Nipen (MET  Norway)  see poster

QPE estimation using UNETs from synthetic radar data: Sensitivity to the precipitation observational network Aguirre Leandro Axel (FaCENA-UNNE. IMIT-CONICET); Fernández Chomik Paul (FaCENA-UNNE. IMIT-CONICET, Argentina); Pulido  Manuel (FaCENA-UNNE. IMIT-CONICET, Argentina); Ruiz Juan (DCAO-UBA. CIMA-CONICET, Argentina) 

NWP models and systems used in forecasting severe weather at SHMU André Simon (Slovak Hydrometeorological Institute); André Simon 1, Martin Belluš 1, Michal Neštiak 1, Ladislav Méri 1,2, Mária Derková  1 , Miroslav Šinger 1,2 (1 Slovak Hydrometeorological Institute, Slovakia, 2 Department of Astronomy, Physics of the Earth, and  Meteorology, Comenius University, Bratislava) 

Detection and nowcast of severe thunderstorms over Slovenia Matic Šavli (Slovenian Environment Agency (ARSO); Matevž Osolnik (Slovenian Environment Agency, Slovenia), Janko Merše  (Slovenian Environment Agency, Slovenia), Barbara Gabrovšek (Slovenian Environment Agency, Slovenia)  see poster

An overview of current and future nowcasting capabilities at the UK Met Office Katie Norman (Met Office (UK)); Neil Armstrong (Met Office, UK), Matt Clark (Met Office, UK), Graeme Kelly (Met Office, UK), Billie  Mackenzie (Met Office, UK), Andrew McNaughton (Met Office, UK), Katie Norman (Met Office, UK), Ed Pavelin (Met Office, UK) 

The nowcasting experience at the HydroMeteoClimate Service of the Emilia-Romagna Region, in Italy Virginia Poli (Arpae Emilia-Romagna/Agenzia ItaliaMeteo); Renzo Bechini (Arpa Piemonte, Italy); Gabriele Franch (Fondazione Bruno  Kessler, Italy); Chiara Cardinali (Arpae Emilia-Romagna, Italy); Pier Paolo Alberoni (Arpae Emilia-Romagna, Italy)  see poster

A deep learning prototype for operational post-processing wind gust forecasts  Jieyu Chen (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology); Kirien Whan (KNMI, Netherlands), Maurice Schmeits (KNMI, Netherlands), Sebastian  Lerch (KIT, Germany)  see poster

Delivering nowcasting information to the wide public Ondřej Brambus (CHMI – Czech Hydrometeorological Institute);  see poster

Creating a customer-focussed Surface Transport Forecast Stephen Moseley (Met Office, UK); Alice Lake (Met Office, UK); Josh Wiggs (Met Office, UK); Noemi Gonczol (Met Office, UK); Will  Luscombe (Met Office, UK) 

Enhancing Nowcasting Forecasting with Data Assimilation: A Supercell Thunderstorm Case Study using Radar Data Ioannis Samos (NKUA (National and Kapodistrian University of Athens) | HNMS (Hellenic National Meteorological Service)); Helena  Flocas (National and Kapodistrian University of Athens); Flora Gofa (Hellenic National Meteorological Service); Petroula Louka (Hellenic  Air Force Academy)  see poster

Optimized short range weather prediction for sustainable mobility behavior Alexander Kann (GeoSphere Austria); Toni Jurlina (GeoSphere Austria) see poster

Graph Deep Learning for High-Resolution Nowcasting in Switzerland Using ECMWF’s Anemoi Framework Ophélia Miralles (MeteoSwiss); Daniele Nerini (MeteoSwiss, Switzerland) 

Machine-learning experiments for the assignment of warning categories to nowcasted storm cells Gergely Bölöni, Paul James and Susanne Theis (German Weather Service (DWD))  see poster

Incorporating climatological constraints into statistical models to improve the post-processing of extremes Bastien FRANCOIS (KNMI); Harun Kivril (KNMI, Netherlands), Maurice Schmeits (KNMI, Netherlands), Kiri Whan (KNMI, Netherlands),  Philippe Naveau (LSCE/IPSL, France)  see poster

An Object-Based Approach to Convective Storm Nowcasting in the Western Sahel with Deep Learning Mendrika Rakotomanga (University of Leeds); Douglas J. Parker (University of Leeds, UK & NORCE-Climate, Norway), Nadhir B. Rachid  (University of Leeds, UK), Seonaid N. Anderson (UKCEH, UK), Steven M. Tobias (University of Leeds, UK)  see poster

Temporally up-sampled ensemble weather forecast post-processing method based on neural networks and normalizing spline  flows Peter Mlakar (Slovenian Environment Agency); Janko Merše, Jana Faganeli Pucer . See poster

Pros and cons of time-lagging in EPS - first results Andrzej Mazur (Institute of Meteorology and Water Management) 

Studies of Convection-Permitting Ensemble Forecasting for ICON-D2 with a 1km Nest over the Alps Zahra Parsakhoo, Chiara Marsigli, Christoph Gebhardt, Axel Seifert, Jan Keller (DWD)  see poster

Robust satellite derived solar irradiance nowcasting with spatio-temporal neural networks Pascal Gfäller, Irene Schicker, Petrina Papazek (GeoSphere Austria)  see poster

PV forecasting case studies Petrina Papazek, Pascal Gfäller, Irene Schicker (GeoSphere Austria) see poster

Numerical weather forecasts supporting the Renewable Energy Sector (RES) in Poland Joanna Wieczorek (IMWM - NRI), Bogdan Bochenek (IMWM - NRI), Jakub Jurasz (Wroclaw University of Science and Technology),  Adam Jaczewski (IMWM - NRI), Marta Gruszczynska (IMWM - NRI), Mariusz Figurski (IMWM - NRI), Andrzej Mazur (IMWM - NRI),  Tomasz Strzyzewski (IMWM - NRI)

Wednesday, 06 November 2024 

08:15 - 08:30 Arrival of participants

NOWCASTING AND POSTPROCESSING TECHNIQUES, SYSTEMS AND PRODUCTS 

Session chair: Stéphane Vannitsem (RMI)  svn@meteo.be 

08:30 – 09:00 

Keynote: On-demand Extremes Digital Twin - Extremes in a Changing Climate 

Roger Randriamampianina (MET Norway) see presentation

09:00 - 09:20

The past, current and future activities on statistical postprocessing in the context of the  European Meteorological Network (EUMETNET)  Jonathan Demaeyer (Royal Meteorological Institute of Belgium); Stéphane Vannitsem (Royal  Meteorological Institute of Belgium, Belgium) see presentation

09:20 – 09:40

Probabilistic Benchmarks and Post-Processing for Data-Driven Weather Forecasting 

Tobias Biegert (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology); Nils Koster (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology,  Germany); Sebastian Lerch (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany) see presentation

09:40 – 10:00 

MET Nordic dataset: post-processing of model output near-surface fields Cristian Lussana (Norwegian Meteorological Institute); Thomas N. Nipen (Norwegian Meteorological  Institute, Norway), Ivar A. Seierstad (Norwegian Meteorological Institute, Norway), Line Båserud  (Norwegian Meteorological Institute, Norway), Amélie Neuville (Norwegian Meteorological Institute,  Norway)  see presentation

10:00 - 10:30 

Coffee break 

NOWCASTING AND POSTPROCESSING TECHNIQUES, SYSTEMS AND PRODUCTS 

Session chair: Alexander Kann (GeoSphere Austria) Alexander.Kann@geosphere.at 

10:30 – 11:00

Keynote: Advancing Weather Forecasting with Statistical Postprocessing: Opportunities and  Limitations Jonas Bhend (MeteoSwiss); Christoph Spirig (MeteoSwiss), Daniele Nerini (MeteoSwiss), Mathieu  Schaer (MeteoSwiss), and Lionel Moret (MeteoSwiss); Federal Office of Meteorology and Climatology  MeteoSwiss, Zurich, Switzerland see presentation

11:00 - 11:30

Keynote: Graph Neural Networks for Post-Processing Ensemble Weather Forecasts 

Sebastian Lerch (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology); Moritz Feik (Heidelberg Institute for Theoretical  Studies and Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany); Jan Stühmer (Heidelberg Institute for  Theoretical Studies and Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany) see presentation

11:30 – 12:00 

Keynote: Evaluation of ML models: from forecast verification to model falsification Zied Ben Bouallegue (ECMWF)  see presentation

12:00 - 12:20

Deep Learning-Based Postprocessing Model for Thunderstorm Occurrence Using Vertical  Profiles from Convection-Resolving Ensemble Forecasts 

Kianusch Vahid Yousefnia (Institut für Physik der Atmosphäre, Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und  Raumfahrt (DLR)); Tobias Bölle (DLR, Germany), Christoph Metzl (DLR, Germany) see presentation

12:20 – 13:20 

Lunch break 

13:20 – 17:30 

Sightseeing. Please send your interest in sightseeing here

17:30 End of day 3

Thursday, 07 November 2024 

08:15 - 08:30 Arrival of participants 

NOWCASTING AND POSTPROCESSING TECHNIQUES, SYSTEMS AND PRODUCTS 

Session chair: Inger-Lise Frogner (MET Norway) ingerlf@met.no 

08:30 - 08:50 

Adverse weather condition forecasting using a ML approach for Post-processing of NWP model

Marco Di Giacomo (Geo-k); Lorenzo Giuliano Papale (Geo-k, Italy), Dario Cappelli (Geo-k, Italy), MarioPapa(Geo-k,Italy), Francesca Marcucci (CNMCA-Italian Air Force, Italy), Riccardo Scatamacchia(CNMCA-Italian Air Force, Italy) 

08:50 - 09:10 

Post-Processing in Croatia: Analog Methods, Machine Learning, and Novel Approaches 

Iris Odak (Croatian Meteorological and Hydrological Service) 

Endi Keresturi(DHMZ,Croatia),IvanVujec(DHMZ,Croatia),Jakov Lozuk (DHMZ, Croatia) 

09:10 – 09:30 

A minimal model of the thunderstorm lifecycle and its verification in remote-sensing  observations 

Tobias BÖLLE (Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt (DLR)); Christoph METZL (DLR, Germany);  Kianusch VAHID-YOUSEFNIA (DLR, Germany) see presentation

09:30 – 09:50

Seamless Probabilistic Nowcasting for High-Impact Weather Events Aitor Atencia (GeoSphere Austria); Markus Dabernig (GeoSphere Austria, Austria); Thomas Muschinski  (GeoSphere Austria, Austria) see presentation

09:50 – 10:20

Coffee break + watching posters

NOWCASTING AND POSTPROCESSING TECHNIQUES, SYSTEMS AND PRODUCTS 

Session chair: Alfons Callado (AEMET) acalladop@aemet.es 

10:20 – 10:40

Status of NWCSAF products for polar satellites in 2024 

Javier García-Pereda (AEMET); Nina Håkansson (SMHI, Sweden), Sara Hörnquist (SMHI, Sweden) see presentation

10:40 - 11:00

NWC SAF products for MTG Pilar Rípodas (AEMET); Pilar Rípodas, Xavier Calbet, Llorenç Lliso, Miguel-Ángel Martínez, Javier  García-Pereda, José-Alberto Lahuerta, Níobe Pienado-Galán , Irene Bueno, Ainoa Pascual (AEMET,  Spain), Emmanuel Fontaine, Gaëlle Kerdraon, Tony Le Bastard , Jean-Marc Moisselin , Michaël  Claudon, Ronan Houël ( Météo France, France) , Alexander Jann, Andreas Wirth, Polly Schmederer  (Geosphere, Austria), Oscar Alonso, Luis Guijarro, Cristina Ariza (GMV, Spain), Adelina Mihai, Eugen  Mihulet (NMA, Romania) see presentation

11:00 – 11:20

A Physics-Informed ML Model for Thunderstorm Nowcasting Based on Satellite and Lightning  Data 

Christoph Metzl (DLR (German Aerospace Center)); Tobias Bölle (DLR, Germany), Kianusch Vahid Yousefnia (DLR, Germany) see presentation

11:20 – 11:40 

Testing novel approaches for INCA-CH analysis in complex terrain 

Matteo Buzzi (MeteoSwiss); Francesco Zanetta (MeteoSwiss), Icíar Lloréns Jover (MeteoSwiss),  Daniele Nerini (MeteoSwiss), Lionel Moret (MeteoSwiss)  see presentation

11:40 – 12:00 

Statistically downscaled 2m-Temperature corrections on a 30 meter resolution grid using neural  networks 

Cristina Primo Ramos (Deutscher Wetterdienst); Manuel Baumgartner (DWD, Germany); Guido  Schröder (DWD, Germany); Susanne Theis (DWD, Germany) see presentation

12:00 – 13:10 

Lunch break / watching posters

SEAMLESS PREDICTION 

Session chair: Matteo Buzzi (Meteoswiss)  matteo.buzzi@meteoswiss.ch 

13:10 – 13:30

Producing Consistent Members in Space and Time Based on SAMOS Forecasts and Ensemble  Copula Coupling for High Impact Weather 

Markus Dabernig (GeoSphere Austria); Aitor Atencia (GeoSphere Austria, Austria) see presentation

13:30 - 13:50

Evaluation of high-resolution ICON-LEM simulations over Southern Italy Edoardo Bucchignani (CIRA); Davide Cinquegrana (CIRA; Italy); Myriam Montesarchio (CIRA, Italy);  Alessandra Zollo (CIRA, Italy) see presentation

13:50 – 14:10

Toward seamless weather forecasts, the MeteoSwiss plan. 

Lionel Moret (MeteoSwiss); Christoph Spirig (MeteoSwiss, Switzerland), Colombe Siegenthaler  (MeteoSwiss, Switzerland), Jonas Bhend (MeteoSwiss, Switzerland), Verena Bessenbacher  (MeteoSwiss, Switzerland), Matteo Buzzi (MeteoSwiss, Switzerland), Ulrich Hamman (MeteoSwiss,  Switzerland), Przemyslaw Juda (MeteoSwiss, Switzerland), Daniele Nerini (MeteoSwiss, Switzerland),  Ophélia Miralles (ETH, Switzerland) see presentation

14:10 – 14:30

Generating physically consistent realizations from a multi-model probabilistic blended forecast

Gavin Evans (Met Office); Bruce Wright (Met Office, UK); Ben Hooper (Met Office, UK) see presentation

14:30 – 14:50

High-resolution adaptation of the AIFS model in western Europe using a stretched-grid approach

Maurice Schmeits (KNMI); Sophie Buurman (KNMI, University of Twente), Mariana Clare (ECMWF),  Kirien Whan (KNMI), Bastien François (KNMI), Jasper Wijnands (KNMI) 

14:50 – 15:20

Coffee break

SEAMLESS PREDICTION 

Session chair: Franziska Schmid (GeoSphere Austria) franziska.schmid@geosphere.at 

15:20 – 15:40 

Developing an AI-based Nowcasting Collective and Operationalising a Seamless Workflow

Irene Livia Kruse (Danish Meteorological Institute); Leif Denby (DMI, Denmark), Kasper Heintz (DMI,  Denmark) see presentation

15:40 – 16:00

The data assimilation and numerical weather prediction system at the Argentinian NMS: present  implementation and future perspectives Paula Soledad Maldonado (National Meteorological Service of Argentina); María Eugenia Dillon  (Servicio Meteorológico Nacional, Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas,  Argentina); Cynthia Matsudo (Servicio Meteorológico Nacional, Argentina); Arata Amemiya (RIKEN  Cluster for Pioneering Research, Japan); Federico Cutraro (Servicio Meteorológico Nacional,  Argentina); Gimena Casaretto (Servicio Meteorológico Nacional, Argentina); Maximiliano Sacco  (Servicio Meteorológico Nacional, Argentina); Silvina Righetti (Servicio Meteorológico Nacional,  Argentina); Milagros Alvarez Imaz (Servicio Meteorológico Nacional, Argentina); Yanina García Skabar  (Servicio Meteorológico Nacional, Argentina); Juan Ruiz (Centro de Investigaciones del Mar y la  Atmósfera, Departamento de Ciencias de la Atmósfera y los Océanos, Consejo Nacional de  Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas, Argentina); Soledad Osores (Servicio Meteorológico Nacional,  Argentina); Takemasa Miyoshi (RIKEN Cluster for Pioneering Research, Japan) see presentation

16:00 – 16:50

DISCUSSION for participants of ENWFC-2024

16:50 End of day 4

Friday, 08 November 2024 

08:15 - 08:30 Arrival of participants 

VERIFICATION AND SOCIETAL IMPACTS 

Session chair: Francesca Marcucci (Itaf MET) francesca.marcucci@aeronautica.difesa.it  

08:30 - 08:50

How to best evaluate and communicate the value of severe weather warnings? 

Kathrin Wapler (Deutscher Wetterdienst); Anders Sivle (The Norwegian Meteorological Institute) see presentation

08:50 – 09:10

Using nowcasts to improve disaster risk preparedness and response in three urban areas in  Mozambique, Zambia and South Africa - Weather Information and Climate Services, Early  Warning Systems for Southern Africa (WISER-EWSA) project  Miriam Murambadoro (South African Weather Service); Katherine Vincent, Gilda Monjane and Marita  Monjane (Kulima Integrated Development Solutions) see presentation

09:10 – 09:30

From Forecast to Response: Challenges and Lessons in Croatia's Severe Weather Warning  System 

Kristina Klemenčić Novinc (DHMZ)

09:30 - 10:30 

Coffee break / watching posters

APPLICATIONS 

Session chair: Stephen Moseley

10:30 - 10:50

Bivariate vine copula regression for wind vectors 

Ferdinand Buchner (Technical University Munich); Annette Möller (University Bielefeld, Germany);  Claudia Czado (Technical University Munich, Germany)

10:50 - 11:10 

Enhancing Satellite-based Nowcasting Capabilities and Early Warning Systems in Africa 

Hellen Msemo (World Meteorological Organization (WMO)); (Estelle De Conning, The World  Meteorological Organization, World Weather Research Programme, Geneva, Switzerland);'  (Katharine Vincent, Kulima Integrated Development Solutions, South Africa);'(Simon Ageet, The University of Leeds, Great Britain);'

11:10 – 11:30

Diffusion models for image-based nowcasting by predicting SEVIRI desert dust RGB  composites for West Africa 

Kilian Hermes (University of Leeds); John Marsham (University of Leeds, United Kingdom), Martina  Klose (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Institute of Meteorology and Climate Research - Department Troposphere Research (IMK-TRO), Germany), Franco Marenco (The Cyprus Institute,  Cyprus), Melissa Brooks (Met Office, United Kingdom), and Massimo Bollasina (University of  Edinburgh, United Kingdom

11:30 – 11:50

Generating weather summary symbols for the public from IMPROVER

Stephen Moseley (Met Office, UK); Ben Ayliffe (Met Office, UK); Sophie Yeomans-Smith (Met Office,  UK); Sarah Berks (Met Office, UK) see presentation

11:50 – 12:10

Advancing severe weather alerts in Belgium with radar-based convective gust warnings in the  INCA-BE system Maarten Reyniers (Royal Meteorological Institute of Belgium) see presentation

12:10 – 12:20 

Closing of the Conference 

Solfrid Agersten, Kathrine Lindsay, Franziska Schmid, Stéphane Vannitsem, Chiara Marsigli,  Francesca Marcucci, Alfons Callado, Tomislav Marekovic

12:20 – 13:20

Lunch break + Goodbye 

13:20 End of day 5