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Press contact:
Stefan Eisenbach, Head of External Relations
ESSL, European Severe Storms Laboratory – Science and Training
Bräunlichgasse 6a/6, 2700 Wiener Neustadt, Austria
At the ESSL Research and Training Centre in Wiener Neustadt, Austria, ESSL performs workshops, training and testbed activities like the EUMETSAT-ESSL Testbed. ESSL is engaged in basic and applied research, it is the organizer of the European Conferences on Severe Storms, it provides the European Weather Observer App (EWOB), and it collects event and impact data in the European Severe Weather Database (ESWD), the latter mainly by its second legal entity based in Germany.
Press releases
20240715 Europe needs “Twisters” field campaign [EN]
20230217 Nikolai Dotzek Award to Wang, Setvák and Bedka [EN]
20221214 New MTG-I1 satellite: ESSL trains meteorologist from all over Europe [EN]
20221213 Neuer Wettersatellit: Trainingszentrum in Niederösterreich [DE]
Images and logos
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Participants at the EUMETSAT-ESSL Testbeds 2022 
Trainings at the EUMETSAT-ESSL Testbeds 2022 
Example of satellite derived low moisture product tested at the EUMETSAT-ESSL Testbed 2022 
ECSS2023 second call 
ARCHAMO ESSL large hail model 
ESSL Testbed logo 
ESSL logo 
ECSS logo 
ESWD logo