We cordially invite you to submit a contribution to the 11th European Conference on Severe Storms to be held from May 8th to 12th in Bucharest, Romania.
20 January 2023 will be the final deadline for abstract submission.
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New MTG-I1 satellite: ESSL trains meteorologists from all over Europe on new data
The new EUMETSAT MTG-I (Meteosat Third Generation – Imaging) satellite, launched on 13 December, will bring more frequent data with higher spatial resolution and more channels than ever before. With the lightning imager, it will also bring a completely new capability to monitor storms from space.
ESSL collaborates with EUMETSAT as part of its User Preparation programme for the new MTG satellites with its testbeds and ESSL training activities.
Operational data from the new MTG-I1 satellite will become available in the second half of 2023 if everything goes well. The current cooperation between EUMETSAT and ESSL involves training on how to use the new data. At the EUMETSAT-ESSL Testbeds weather forecasters are being prepared so that they are able to quickly make use of the new capabilities of MTG. Besides providing training, ESSL experiments with new products, such as a visualization of atmospheric moisture very close to the ground – an important physical ingredient for convective storms.
Another focus of the multi-year cooperation between EUMETSAT and ESSL is the preparing for the new lightning imager (LI) data aboard MTG.
Link to EUMETSAT page on MTG
ECSS2023 Second Announcement
The “Second Announcement and Call for Papers” has been published for the 11th European Conference on Severe Storms. The ECSS2023 will take place from 8 to 12 May 2023 in Bucharest, Romania.
The scope of the conference covers all aspects of severe convective storms.
Researchers, forecasters, risk and emergency managers, and others dealing
with severe storms from around the world are invited to submit contributions.
Abstract submission and registration for the conference are now possible here. The deadline for abstract submission is 12 January 2023.
In addition you might also be interested in other topics from our latest ESSL Newsletter:
https://www.essl.org/cms/wp-content/uploads/ESSL-Newsletter-2022-5.pdf
ECSS2023 First Announcement
The official first announcement for the 11th European Conference on Severe Storms, to be held in Bucharest from 8 to 12 May 2023, was published by ESSL today.
Under this link you can find the ECSS2023 First Announcement as PDF file. Please feel free to spread it further.
ECSS2019 Conference Photo
Taken in the poster area during today’s morning coffee break, the official ECSS2019 Conference Photo is now available for download here:
It also has been published on the ECSS webage.
Countdown to ECSS2019
The full ECSS programme has been published and last preparations are being accomplished for a fruitful 10th edition of the European Conference on Severe Storms in Kraków, Poland, from 4 to 8 November 2019.
ECSS2019 webpage with travel information, online programme and PDF programme overview
See you soon in the very centre of Kraków!
New hail size table
For the ESWD work it is a common question: How can you best estimate and rate the hail size based on photo evidence. The most typical type of hail image is a photo of a person holding a hail stone in the hand.
Therefore the ESWD team around Thilo Kühne compiled a new hail size comparison table. It allows to estimate the hail size in centimeters based on different comparable objects.
ESSL Testbed 2019 with improved forecast tools
On 3 June the ESSL Testbed 2019 started with a diverse group of participants from Slovakia, Poland, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Croatia, the Netherlands, Germany, Austria and Czechia.
The testbed data interface was improved by an enhanced roaming sounding tool and by additional and redesigned model maps. Daily updates are provided on the ESSL Testbed Blog.
Top grades for FSCII testimonials
Participants of the Seminar Dynamics and Prediction of Severe Convection (FSC II) by Prof. Yvette Richardson from Penn State University, finished testimonials with the best mean grade (90.2 %) so far since ESSL started its European Testimonials in 2017.
Congratulations to all forecasters! We are proud of you and believe that severe storm warnings in your countries will be in good hands.
ECSS Second Announcement
The Second Announcement and Call for Papers for the 10th European Conference on Severe Storms (ECSS2019) has been published.
Details on registration and abstract submission can be found on our ECSS webpage: http://ecss.eu
Please note the abstract submission deadline: 24 April 2019
Our local organizing partner IMGW and the European Severe Storms Laboratory are looking forward to Kraków! The ECSS is supported by MunichRe, EUMETSAT and the European Meteorological Society EMS.
