This five-day course is a combination of lectures, hands-on practicals and group problem classes.
During the course each parametrized process is introduced and discusses theory, modelling and verification over several sessions.
Processes considered
- general aspects of parametrization and their relation to systematic forecast errors
- radiation in numerical weather prediction
- the parametrization of moist processes (convection, sub-grid clouds and microphysical processes)
- the planetary boundary layer and turbulent mixing
- land surface processes
- parametrization of subgrid-scale orographic effects
- the representation of physical processes in data assimilation
Requirements
Participants should have a good meteorological and mathematical background, and are expected to be familiar with the contents of standard meteorological and mathematical textbooks.
Some practical experience in numerical weather prediction is an advantage. Familiarity with Jupyter notebooks is desirable.
Additional Resources
eLearning modules related to some of the topics covered in the course are available on the ECMWF eLearning website.
Introductory material can also be found in our lecture note series.
All lectures will be given in English.