European Weather Cloud (EWC) User Workshop 2025

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Thursday 18 September

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This workshop will take place at DAMA - Tecnopolo di Bologna, Via Stalingrado 84/3, 40128 Bologna

Arrival and opening
07:30 to 08:00 Registration and coffee

Botte B4

Morning session 1 - The European Cloud Weather Cloud Service Update
Session chair: Xavier Abellan (ECMWF)
08:00 to 08:05 Opening and welcome
Speaker: Xavier Abellan
08:05 to 08:20 State of the EWC



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08:20 to 08:30 EWC basics



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Speaker: Samuel Langlois
08:30 to 09:30 Service updates
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Speaker: Roope Tervo (EUMETSAT)
Speaker: Francesco Murdaca (EUMETSAT)
Speaker: Roberto Cuccu (ECMWF)
Speaker: Samuel Langlois (ECMWF)
09:30 to 10:00 Group photo and coffee break
10:00 to 10:30 Service updates - continuation
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Speaker: Claudiu Vasile Nagy (EUMETSAT)
Speaker: Ismael Cuadrado (EUMETSAT)
Morning session 2 - User Contribution: What are EWC users doing?
Session chair: Roope Tervo (EUMETSAT)
10:30 to 10:45 Local insights, global impact: Optimizing Weather Resources from Climate Zones to Extreme Events in Europe
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Speaker: Fabiola Silva (Colab +ATLANTIC)
10:45 to 11:00 Let it Snow, Let it Flow: Assessing Future Changes in Greenland Ice Sheet Runoff using Machine Learning and Climate Models
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Speaker: Elke Schlager (DMI)
11:00 to 11:15 Unlocking Large Datasets on Cloud-Native Data Workflows
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Speaker: Llorenç Lliso (NWCSAF, AEMET)
11:15 to 11:30 Forecast-In-A-Box: Leveraging EWC to run on-demand data-driven weather forecasts
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Speaker: Harrison Cook (ECMWF)
11:30 to 13:00 Lunch break - with HPC workshop
Afternoon Session 1 - User Contribution: What are EWC users doing
Session Chair: Roope Tervo (EUMETSAT)
13:00 to 13:15 Experience from EXPATS research group on EWC. Lessons learned from the exploitation of satellite data for AI applications

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Speaker: Paula Bigalke (University of Cologne)
13:15 to 13:30 Operational data processing for ground-based remote sensing of the atmosphere on the EWC
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Speaker: Eric Sauvageat (MeteoSwiss)
13:30 to 13:45 Creation of satellite-based climate data records on the EWC
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Speaker: Marco Marquard (CMSAF, DWD)
13:45 to 14:00 Utilisation of EWC in the CAMS NCP Italy Initiative
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Speaker: Massimo D'Isidoro (ENEA)
Afternoon Session 2 - Discussion and Feedback
Session chair: Xavier Abellan (ECMWF)
14:00 to 14:25 Open Discussion, questions and feedback

This is the opportunity for you to speak up and engage in an open, direct conversation with both service providers and fellow users of the EWC.

14:25 to 14:30 Wrap up and closing
14:30 to 15:00 Coffee break
15:00 to 16:00 Informal discussions and optional computer hall tour

Post-workshop discussion continues at https://chat.europeanweather.cloud