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1. Download IFS data (on ecgate) as follows: -bash-4.1$ cat STATIC.REQ retrieve, class = od, expver = 1, stream = oper, date = 2020-11-15, time = 00, area = -10/-85.0/-50.0/-60.0, step = 0/to/6/by/6, type = fc, levtype = sfc, param = 129.128/172.128, grid = 0.1/0.1, target = "STATIC_20201115-00.grib{edition}" -bash-4.1$ cat SFC.REQ retrieve, class = od, expver = 1, stream = oper, date = 2020-11-15, time = 00, area = -10/-85.0/-50.0/-60.0, step = 0/to/6/by/6, type = fc, levtype = sfc, param = 39/40/41/42/139/141/170/183/236, grid = 0.1/0.1, target = "SFC_20201115-00.grib{edition}" -bash-4.1$ cat ML1.REQ retrieve, class = od, expver = 1, stream = oper, date = 2020-11-15, time = 00, area = -10/-85.0/-50.0/-60.0, step = 0/to/6/by/6, type = fc, levtype = ml, levelist= 1, param = 152, grid = 0.1/0.1, target = "ML1_20201115-00.grib{edition}" -bash-4.1$ cat ML.REQ retrieve, class = od, ex

Using ECMWF's Forecasts (UEF2019) When : 3-9 June 2019 Where : Reading (UK) Web : https://www.ecmwf.int/en/learning/workshops/using-ecmwfs-forecasts-uef2019 Contribution's Title: Evaluating current convection-permitting ensembles for past high-impact weather events in Italy: results from the SPITCAPE Special Project, Authors: Valerio Capecchi (LaMMA) Prima Conferenza annuale sulle previsioni meteorologiche e climatiche When : 17-18 June 2019 Where : Bologna Web : https://www.conferenzameteoclima.it/ Contribution's Title: Il progetto SPITCAPE: la reforecast degli eventi estremi occorsi in Liguria (2011 e 2014) tramite simulazioni ensemble globali e a convezione esplicita , Authors: Valerio Capecchi (LaMMA) Contribution's Title: Modelli numerici ad alta risoluzione per la previsione a breve termine di un intenso microburst sull'Italia centrale , Authors: Francesco Pasi (1,2), Valerio Capecchi (1), Gianni Messeri (1,2), Samantha Melani (1,2)

@ ECMWF test dataset available for # WRF users - ECMWF has set up a public FTP that contains a test dataset of the parameters required to run the US Weather Research and Forecasting model (WRF). https://confluence.ecmwf.int/display/UDOC/ECMWF+WRF+Test+Data have a look to the following links all related to a tool to read grib files stored in the CDS http://www.bopen.it/ http://xarray.pydata.org/en/stable/ https://github.com/ecmwf/cfgrib https://confluence.ecmwf.int/display/CKB/How+to+migrate+from+ECMWF+Web+API+to+CDS+API ERA5 & RRA https://climate.copernicus.eu/going-forward-looking-back https://climate.copernicus.eu/regional-reanalysis-europe Dick Dee presentation @ AMS ERA5: state-of-the-art global atmospheric reanalysis at ECMWF , video Python http://www.learnpython.org/ https://www.codecademy.com/catalog/language/python ECMWF Summer of Weather Code (ESoWC) 2019 Important dates: 21 Jan - 21 Apr Call for tender 22 Apr Winners 1 May - 31 Aug Cod