ECAM Objectives:
The aim of the conference is to exchange information between European national meteorological services, international organizations, government agencies, universities, private service providers and the users of meteorological services in order to identify the efforts being made by the meteorological community and service providers to meet the demands in terms of the range of services and their quality.
Language
The working language of the Conference will be English.
Call for papers
The Conference programme has been divided into different themes. You are kindly invited to give a paper which fits to any of the themes listed below.
Themes:
1. Use of forecasting tools
* Nowcasting, very short-range and short-range forecasting
* Medium and long-range forecasting
* Probability forecasts
* Overview papers on development of forecasting methods
2. Application of Meteorology
* Public weather service; safety of life and property
* Media
* Environment protection; energy; construction and transport
* Aviation
* Military affairs
* Agriculture; other areas
3. Commercialization, service providing
* Product generation and dissemination
* Tools for decision-making
* Trade, price calculations
* User's demands
* Verification and final products
* Quality control
Taking into consideration the main aim, the papers/ posters supported by a user or potential user will be given preference during the evaluation process.
Latest submission for abstracts is 31 January 2001. Please, refer to the instructions for authors with respect to the abstract format.
INTERNATIONAL PLANNING COMMITTEE
Kurz, Manfred (DWD)
Lapeyre de Chavardes, Dominique (Météo France)
Marbouty, Dominique (ECMWF)
McCallum, Ewen (UKMO)
Mersich, Iván (HMS)
Morin, René (EMS)
Neuwirth, Fritz (ZAMG)
Obrusnik, Ivan (CHMI)
Blaauboer, Dick (KNMI)
Rauh, Peter (SMI)
Sandebring, Hans (SMHI)
Thomson, John (Oceanroutes Ltd, UK)
Wehry, Werner (Free University, Berlin)
Zaitsev, Alexander (WMO)