Using the ECMWF OpenIFS model and state-of-the-art training techniques in meteorological education
2019
Abstract. The OpenIFS programme of the European Centre for Medium-Range
Weather Forecasts (ECMWF) maintains a version of the ECMWF forecast model
(IFS; Integrated Forecasting System) for use in education and research at
universities, national meteorological services and other institutes. The
OpenIFS model can be run on high-performance computing systems, desktop or
laptop computers to produce weather forecasts in a similar way to the
operational forecasts at ECMWF. Application of OpenIFS as a training tool is
wide ranging. At several universities, masters students are taught modelling
aspects via sensitivity studies, such as numerical stability, impact of
spatial resolution and physical parameterisation settings on the forecast
quality. The OpenIFS single column model is used to study a subset of
physical processes in the atmosphere. Participants of the OpenIFS user
workshops are trained through selected weather events on interpretation of
different forecasts, for example ensemble forecasts, probabilistic
information, seasonal forecasts. The OpenIFS user meetings and training
events demonstrate advanced and easy-to-use graphical tools and training
technologies. Metview is developed to analyse, visualise and evaluate the
forecast outputs. OpenIFS and Metview “virtual machines” relieve the
tutors from the difficulties often found in installing this software on the
local computing environment. They provide data, applications and documents
in a package tested in-house and deployed easily to another site. A further
step on virtualisation is utilising cloud servers, ensuring the
computational resources demanded by model runs are available in the cloud
space. This paper shows the education activity in the OpenIFS programme with
some examples.
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