| 8.30 | - | Registration (Thermal Hotel Helia) |
| 14.15 | - 15.30 | Session ECAM1: Use of Forecasting Tools Chair: Werner Wehry (IM, FU) |
| 14.15 | - 14.45 | Manfred Kurz (Invited Speaker, DWD): Synoptic diagnosis - an indispensable tool for nowcasting and very-short-range forecasting |
| 14.45 | - 15.00 | Kees Floor, Nico Maat: Guidance as a crucial forecasting tool |
| 15.00 | - 15.15 | Patrick Santurette, Alain Joly, Sylvie Malardel, Jean Coiffier: Towards a new presentation of synoptic forecasts |
| 15.15 | - 15.30 | Alexander Jann, Andreas Wirth, Veronika Zwatz-Meise: Pattern recognition methods in satellite meteorology and its application for nowcasting and VSRF |
| 15.30 | - 16.00 | Coffee |
| 16.00 | - 18.00 | Session ECAM1: Use of forecasting tools (continuing) (Oral presentations) |
| 16.00 | - 16.15 | Ákos Horváth, István Geresdi: Nowcasting system of the Hungarian Meteorological Service |
| 16.15 | - 16.30 | Otilia Diaconu: Statistical models in Romania based on the ALADIN numerical model |
| 16.30 | - 16.45 | Drazen Glasnovic, Branka Ivancan-Picek: Another look into the direct NWP model output |
| 16.45 | - 17.00 | Attila Fövényi: Decreasing of the error of maximum temperature forecast using NWP model and radiosonde data |
| 17.00 | - 17.15 | Wilfried Jacobs, Wolfgang E. Raatz: Automatic analysis and prognosis of nowcasting relevant weather phenomena based upon pixel attributes |
| 17.15 | - 17.30 | Pertti Nurmi, John Bally, Harold E. Brooks, Barbara G. Brown, Elizabeth Ebert, Matthias Jaeneke, Laurence Wilson: International cooperation in developing advanced nowcasting tools - the verification study of the Sydney 2000 forecast demonstration project |
| 17.30 | - 17.45 | Klaus Knüpffer: Lightning-MOS - a new approach for thunderstorm prediction |
| 17.45 | - 18.00 | Alan M. Radford: Semi-automation facilities on horace |
| 19.00 | - 21.00 | Welcome party |
| 8.30 | - 10.00 | Session ECAM1: Use of forecasting tools (continuing) Chair: D. Marbouty (ECMWF) |
| 8.30 | - 9.00 | Frederic Atger (Invited Speaker, Météo-France): Forecasting probabilities in meteorology: a challange |
| 9.00 | - 9.15 | Robert Mureau, Rob Slikker, Herman Wessels, Sjon van der Tol, Menno van der Haven: Simple models driven by ECMWF ensemble output |
| 9.15 | - 9.30 | T. P. Legg, K. R. Mylne: Early warnings of severe weather from the ECMWF ensemble prediction system |
| 9.30 | - 9.45 | A. Fernández, J. del Hoyo, A. Mestre, C. Peral: Local probabilistic forecasts of precipitation by the use of an analogical approach |
| 9.45 | - 10.00 | Constantin Mares, Ileana Mares: Improvement of long range forecasting by superensemble analysis |
| 10.00 | - 10.15 | D. Marbouty: Summary of Posters in Theme 1 |
| 10.15 | - 11.00 | Poster Session + Coffee |
| P1.1a | Attila Fövényi: Probability forecast of state of winter precipitation using NWP model data | |
| P1.1b | Attila Fövényi: Visibility range forecast using NWP model data | |
| P1.2 | Kees Floor, Ab Maas, Henny Vergouw: Use, development and impact of 'SATREP' at KNMI | |
| P1.3 | Dominique Ruffieux, Jacques Rast: Comparison of three lightning detection systems operating in Switzerland | |
| P1.5 | L. De Leonibus, P. Rosci, F. Zauli: Impact of the use of an automatic detection tool of severe convective phenomena (NEOFODINA) on operational nowcasting | |
| P1.6 | M.J. Geuze, J. Havinga, W.D. van den Berg: Improvement of global radiation forecasts | |
| P1.7 | Harri Hohti, Jarmo Koistinen, Pertti Nurmi, Kenneth Holmlund: Radar-derived nowcasting tool for precipitation | |
| P1.8 | Michael Jorgensen: Deterministic and probabilistic prediction of visibility and precipitation amount by statistical interpretation of Hirlam model forecasts | |
| P1.9 | Reinhold Steinacker, Christian Häberli, Wolfgang Pöttschacher, Andreas Schmölz, Matthias Ratheiser, Inga Groehn, Manfred Dorninger: VERA - Vienna enhanced resolution analysis | |
| P1.10 | P. Richard, I. Kononov: Total lightning characteristics of thunderstorm and contribution in storm nowcasting applications | |
| P1.11 | Harald Seidl: Forecasting of boundary layer structure for northeast Austria with ALADIN and local dynamical adaptation | |
| P1.12 | Rob Slikker, Harry Bakker, Robert Mureau: The use of ensemble forecasts at KNMI | |
| P1.13 | Gea Tehver: Types of winter and spring seasons in Estonia and correlations between them | |
| P1.14 | Teodossia Andreeva: Statistical estimation of long-range weather forecasts in Bulgaria | |
| P1.15 | Ileana Mares, C. Mares: Performance of EEOF and MEM applications in the long range forecasting | |
| P1.16 | Klemen Bergant, Lucka Kajfez-Bogataj: Evaluation of different statistical methods and potential predictors for statistical downscaling of large-scale predictor fields to near ground air temperature in Slovenia | |
| P1.17 | J. Tendel, S. Unger, D. Thiele: Project: weather forecast by students | |
| P1.18 | Dr. Gintautas Stankunavicius: Blocking activities in Europe and weather anomalies in Lithuania | |
| P1.19 | Christophe Periard: Cloudiness forecast for satellite providers the SPOT-image example | |
| P1.24 | Magnus Ovhed: Polar lows in practical forecasting | |
| P1.25 | D. Mansfield: The operational use of pseudo water vapour imagery in the UK MET office | |
| P1.26 | Janusz M. Jasinski, Krzysztof Kroszczynski, Slawomir Pietrek: Non-standard synoptic materials preparation based on mesoscale models data and satellite imagery | |
| 11.00 | - 12.30 | Session ECAM2: Application of Meteorology Chair: E. McCallum (UKMO) |
| 11.00 | - 11.30 | Roger Hunt (Invited Speaker, UKMO): Making the most of meteorology |
| 11.30 | - 11.45 | Ivan Obrusník: National meteorological and hydrological services and their role in early warning for natural disasters |
| 11.45 | - 12.00 | Ilmar Karro: Information to the rescue services during the flooding events in the central part of Sweden in summer and autumn 2000. |
| 12.00 | - 12.15 | Miroslav kuthan: Integrated warning system - the spirit of mutual co-operation between Czech hydrometeorological institute and military weather centre |
| 12.15 | - 12.30 | Barry Green: Weather services for media in Canada: a web portal |
| 12.30 | - 14.00 | Lunch |
| 14.00 | - 14.45 | Session ECAM2: Application of Meteorology (continuing) Chair: Dick Blaauboer (KNMI) |
| 14.00 | - 14.15 | Martti Heikinheimo, Väinö Kelhä, Kristiina Soini: Forest fire risk assessment and detection Tuned for northern Europe |
| 14.15 | - 14.30 | C. Appenzeller, P. Eckert, W. Müller: Seasonal ensemble forecast for energy purposes |
| 14.30 | - 14.45 | Kornélia Radics, Judit Bartholy: New improvements on wind energy research in Hungary |
| 15.00 | - 16.00 | 1st EMS Annual Meeting: The Future of Meteorology in Europe Session EMS1: Chair: René Morin (President EMS) |
| 15.00 | - 15.15 | René Morin, President (EMS): Welcome |
| 15.15 | - 15.30 | Ron McPherson (AMS): Welcome |
| 15.30 | - 16.00 | Anver Ghazi (Invited Speaker, EC RTD): Overview: political, economic and social developments in Europe |
| 16.00 | - 16.30 | Coffee |
| 16.30 | - 18.00 | Session EMS2: The tools of Meteorology Chair: S. Cornford (Vice-President EMS) |
| 16.30 | - 17.00 | John Zillman (Invited Speaker, WMO): Demands on meteorology |
| 17.00 | - 17.30 | Tillmann Mohr (Invited Speaker, EUMETSAT): Evolution to an integrated global (Earth) observing system |
| 17.30 | - 18.00 | David Burridge (Invited Speaker, ECMWF): Weather prediction techniques |
| 8.30 | - 10.00 | 1st EMS Annual Meeting (continuing) Session EMS3: The structures of Meteorology Chair: W. Wehry (DMG/Councillor EMS) |
| 8.30 | - 9.00 | Rupert Collins-White (Invited Speaker, ZDNet, UK): Possible futures for handling meteorological data, especially the dissemination of products to the consumer |
| 9.00 | - 9.30 | Claude Pastre (Invited Speaker, EUMETNET): Overview of the evolution of linkage between public meteorological entities |
| 9.30 | - 10.00 | Jean-Pierre Beysson (Invited Speaker, Météo-France): Overview of the evolution of linkage between Météo-France and other national meteorological services in Europe |
| 10.00 | - 10.30 | Coffee |
| 10.30 | - 12.00 | Session EMS4 Chair: W. Wehry (DMG/Councillor EMS) |
| 10.30 | - 11.00 | Iván Mersich (Invited Speaker, HMS): Overview of the evolution of linkage between the Hungarian Meteorological Service and other national meteorological services in Europe |
| 11.00 | - 11.30 | Hans Sandebring (Invited Speaker, SMHI): The structure of linkages between providers of meteorological products, advice and data - a perspective from existing national meteorological and hydrological services |
| 11.30 | - 12.00 | Harry Otten (Invited Speaker, Meteoconsult): The structure of linkage between providers of meteorological products, advice and data - a private commercial provider's perspective |
| 12.00 | - 13.30 | Lunch |
| 13.30 | - 15.00 | EMS Roundtable discussion Chair: René Morin (President EMS) |
| 15.00 | - 15.30 | Coffee |
| 15.30 | - 17.45 | Session ECAM2: Application of Meteorology (continuing) Chair: Ivan Obrusnik (CHMI) |
| 15.30 | - 16.00 | Boris Kozlowski (Invited Speaker, SWM): Relevance of meteorological applications in energy trading |
| 16.00 | - 16.15 | J.M. Terres, P. Segers, F. Biard, R. Delécolle: Interest of numerical meteorological model parameters as input in the JRC crop growth monitoring system |
| 16.15 | - 16.30 | Adriana-Cornelia Marica, Petruta Tuinea, J. Urban: Applications of an operational computer program for irrigation planning and management in Romania |
| 16.30 | - 16.45 | Simone Orlandini, Andrea Cappugi: Calibration of agrometeorological models for the simulation of grapevine diseases in several viticultural areas of Europe |
| 16.45 | - 17.00 | Lucka Kajfez-Bogataj, Klemen Bergant, Zalika Crepinek: Simple models for prediction of flowering of fruit trees (Pyrus communis L., Malus domestica borkh and Prunus domestica L.) |
| 17.00 | - 17.15 | Nina K. Detlefsen, Jens G. Hansen, Iver Thysen: Use of weather forecasting data in decision support systems for the control of potato late blight |
| 17.15 | - 17.30 | Tamás Hirsch: Forecasting the state of heavy precipitation in winter considering the demands of traffic authorities |
| 17.30 | - 17.45 | J. Shao, P.J. Lister: Automated road ice nowcasts and web site application |
| 17.45 | - 18.45 | Mini-Symposium of Väisala Jorma Kosonen, Product Manager: The next generation radiosounding ground equipment from Vaisala Jorma Kosonen, Product Line Manager: The accuracy and performance of the Vaisala RS90 Radiosonde in operational use Sami Leino, Product Manager: Design and implementation of an automated data collection system for meteorological and environmental data networks Philippe Richard, Sales Buiseness Unit Manager: Total lightning detection in Central Europe |
| 8.30 | - 10.00 | Session ECAM2: Application of Meteorology (continuing) Chair: Dominique Lapeyre de Chavardes (Météo-France) |
| 8.30 | - 8.45 | Sam Brand: European ports severe weather studies: status report |
| 8.45 | - 9.00 | C. Leifeld, T. Hauf, A. Tafferner, H. Leykauf: ADWICE - Advanced diagnosis and warning system for aircraft icing environments |
| 9.00 | - 9.15 | L.J. Wilson, Pierre Bourgouin, Jacques Montpetit: Taftools - progress in the automation of terminal area forecasts in Canada |
| 9.15 | - 9.30 | J. Thielen, B. Gouweleeuw, A. de Roo: Application of medium-range weather forecasting on pre-flood warning simulations on European scale |
| 9.30 | - 10.00 | D. Lapeyre de Chavardes: Summary of Posters in Theme 2 |
| 10.00 | - 11.15 | Poster Session + Coffee |
| - P2.1 | I. Grepachevski: The importrance of cooperation for meteorological improvement of imformation use in the Republic Moldova | |
| - P2.2 | Koch, Lipa, Posch, Potzmann, Rudel: Economical aspects of severe weather conditions | |
| - P2.3 | Ryszard Farat, Waclaw Plenzler: Problem of economic efficiency in meteorology and climatology in Poland | |
| - P2.4 | Tanja Cegnar: Weather and climate information for tourists | |
| - P2.5 | J. Schwarz, M. Ondrá, I. Zahumenský: FWRS flood warning rain station | |
| - P2.6 | Romana Koczorowska, Ryszard Farat: Meteorology at the service of building construction and power engineering | |
| - P2.7 | K. Rubinstein, E. Savelieva, M. Kanevski, V. Ogar, V. Bogdanov: An example of electrical load forecasting in extrem weather conditions | |
| - P2.8 | Roman Corobov, Galina Shabanova, Ala Nicolenco: Stability of natural ecosystems to climate change on the example of Moldavian steppes | |
| - P2.9 | H.M. Mahmudov, M.A. Gurbanov: Emitted greenhouse gases and their major indicators in the Republic of Azerbaijan | |
| - P2.10 | Josef Keder: An estimate of the nitrogen dioxide concentration field over the Prague territory based on the correlation among stable monitoring network and mobile van measurement data | |
| - P2.11 | K.G. Rubinstein, D.B. Kiktev: The new principles of system of meteorological data supplying for regional pollution transfer modeling | |
| - P2.12 | Judit Bartholy, Rita Pongrácz, Zsuzsanna Dezso: Evaluation of urban heat island effect for large Hungarian cities using high resolution satellite imagery | |
| - P2.13 | K. Lehtihet, J. Izard, J. Marcillat, G. Destobelleire: Field measurement analysis of two insitu experiments in several urban spaces in Marseilles | |
| - P2.14 | R. Carvalho, V. Prior, R. Deus: Applications of the Portuguese urban automatic meteorological network | |
| - P2.15 | V. Prior, R. Carvalho: Meteorological observations applied to road traffic security in the northern part of Portugal | |
| - P2.17 | Dimitar Nikolov, Thomas Hauf, Christoph Leifeld: The use of pireps for diagnosis of aircraft icing over Europe | |
| - P2.18 | Jong-Seo Park, Boram Lee, Byong-Lyol Lee: Web-based public weather services including road weather information system (ROWIS) in Korea | |
| - P2.19 | Casale Giuseppe Rocco, Anna Maria Siani, Sabino Palmieri, Lucarini Cesare: A simple device for the evaluation of UV radiation index | |
| - P2.23 | Vesselin Alexandrov, Josef Eitzinger: Adaptation of crop-weather models in Austria and Bulgaria | |
| - P2.24 | Vesselin Alexandrov: Water use of maize in Bulgaria estimated by decision support system for agrotechnology transfer | |
| - P2.25 | Elena Mateescu, Rodica Oprisescu: Droughty and rainy spells for the agriculture in Romania | |
| - P2.26 | Andreja Sunik, Iztok Matajc: Impact of climate changes on the agricultural drought appearance in Slovenia | |
| - P2.27 | N. Slavov, V. Kazandjiev: Influence of the climatic factors and their variability on the development of Robinia pseudoacacia L. forest trees in Bulgaria | |
| - P2.29 | J. Eitzinger, W.J. Parton, N. Doesken, R. Pielke, Sr: Analysis and estimation of trends in pan evaporation in a semi-arid environment | |
| - P2.30 | Judit Bartholy, Rita Pongrácz, Zoltán Barcza: Analysis of vegetation index values and their variations in the Atlantic-European region and the Carpathian basin based on satellite observations | |
| - P2.31 | Michele Bernardi: Applications software developed by FAO for management of agrometeorological and remotely sensed data | |
| - P2.32 | Ivanka Koleva-Lizama: Agrometeorological forecasts of the Leptinotarsa decemlineata say development | |
| - P2.33 | Mária Viceová, Viera Luknárová: Temporal and spatial distribution of soil temperature in Slovak Republic | |
| - P2.35 | Leonidas Toulios, Alexia Tournaviti, Georgia Zerva, Theodore Karakostas: Agrometeorological modeling for cotton yield estimation | |
| - P2.37 | M. Moriondo, A. Crisci, F. Longhi, S. Orlandini, A. Pardini: Assessment of erosion risk due to rainfall at regional scale | |
| - P2.39 | Federica Rossi, S. Anconelli, G. Antolini, T. Campisi, O. Facini, T. Georgiadis, S. Loreti, V. Marletto, M. Nardino, F. Zinoni: Spring frost in fruit tree orchards: micrometeorological observations, protection techniques and risk assessment in Emilia Romagna region | |
| - P2.40 | Sung Nam Oh, Kyoung-On Boo: Meteorological applications based on numerical urban climatic simulations | |
| 11.15 | - 12.00 | Session ECAM2: Application of Meteorology (continuing) Chair: Dominique Lapeyre de Chavardes (Météo-France) |
| 11.15 | - 11.30 | Cecilia Ambjörn: Application of a numerical weather model in environment protection by modelling the trajectory and fate of spills and using internet as the calculation platform |
| 11.30 | - 11.45 | Guido W. Halbig: Calculation and assessment of odours - an instrument in the planning process |
| 11.45 | - 12.00 | Francois Bompay, Mihaela Caian, Constantin Ionescu, Marian Ursache, Mariana Popescu, Ada Pandele, Cristina Trifu Raducu: Use of air and water pollution numerical modelling, in Open-GIS hosted urban planning to sustain policy and abatement strategies |
| 12.00 | - 13.30 | Lunch |
| 13.30 | - 16.00 | Session ECAM3: Commercialization, Service Providing Chair: Peter Rauh (MeteoSwiss) |
| 13.30 | - 14.00 | René Hoenson (Invited Speaker, ECOMET): Availability of data and products through ECOMET |
| 14.00 | - 14.15 | Wolfgang E. Raatz, Wilfried Jacobs: Development of a detailed warning system by the Deutscher Wetterdienst |
| 14.15 | - 14.30 | Ferenc Wantuch: Automatically generated text-form forecasts in several languages at Hungarian Meteorological Service |
| 14.30 | - 14.45 | Joseph E. Shaykewich: An automated operational performance measurement system for aviation, public and marine forecasts |
| 14.45 | - 15.00 | Romana Koczorowska, Krystyna Wasilewska: Meteorology in insurance and pomology |
| 15.00 | - 15.15 | Dominique Marbouty, Horst Böttger, Keith Fielding, Baudouin Raoult: Access to ECMWF archive and information |
| 15.15 | - 15.30 | Herbert Gmoser et al.: Optimized logistics of weather forecasting tools in commercial services |
| 15.30 | - 16.00 | Hiroyoshi Ishibashi (Invited Speaker, WNI): Commercialization of weather market - case in Japan |
| 16.00 | - 16.30 | Coffee |
| 16.30 | - 18.00 | Round table discussion: Effectiveness-automation-price contra quality Chair: Alexander Zaitsev (WMO) |
| 19.00 | - 21.00 | Banquet |
| 8.30 | - 10.00 | Session ECAM3: Commercialization, service providing (continuing) Chair: John Thomson (Oceanroutes Ltd, UK) |
| 8.30 | - 9.00 | Jan Dekker (Invited Speaker, Weerbureau): Let's start doing business. The Dutch weather experience |
| 9.00 | - 9.15 | Daniel Rousseau: How to improve weather forecast available on internet |
| 9.15 | - 9.30 | Imre Bonta: Verification of 2m temperature predicted by ALADIN and ECMWF models considering the demands of energy supply |
| 9.30 | - 9.45 | Ervin Zsótér: Objective verification of different end-products at the Hungarian Meteorological Service |
| 9.45 | - 10.00 | Luis F. Nunes, Fernanda Carvalho, Renato Carvalho, Amélia Lopes, Jorge Neto: New developments in the data processing and validation system for the Portuguese AWS network |
| 10.00 | - 10.15 | J. Thomson: Summary of Posters in Theme 3 |
| 10.15 | - 11.00 | Poster Session + Coffee |
| - P3.1 | Imre Bartha, Ágota Zsikla: Meteorological service for safety of life and property at lake Balaton | |
| - P3.2 | Márta H. Bóna, Aranka Maller: Status of media services at the Hungarian Meteorological Service | |
| - P3.3 | Thomas Frei: A guideline for the conception of the observing network according to the needs of the data users at Meteoswiss | |
| - P3.4 | Vicky Lucas: Creating an occupational standard for weather forecasting | |
| - P3.5 | Dr. Yury Shmelkin, Yury Yousoupov, Alexey Solomakhov: The GIS meteo technology | |
| - P3.6 | Nenad V. Rankovic: Internet weather forecasting competitions - a new tool for cooperation of European weather services | |
| - P3.8 | Guido W. Halbig: Quality management according to ISO 9001 - an instrument to improve customer focused meteorological services | |
| - P3.9 | Uros Strajnar, Boris Zorz, Ales Poredos: XML based visualization of meteorological data | |
| - P3.10 | Audun D. Christoffersen, Jürgen Schulze, Helen Korsmo: New forecast production tools at DNMI | |
| - P3.12 | Christian Häberli, Dimitrios Tombros, Estelle Grüter, Marco Bassi, Nadine Tschichold: A data warehouse system for meteorological data of Meteoswiss | |
| - P3.13 | Alica Bajic, Bernardin Peros, Branko Cividi: Bora wind load upon the structure | |
| - P3.14 | Jon Wieringa: Davenport roughness classification, and other metadata necessary for station data quality | |
| - P3.16 | Zara Petrosyan: Weather prediction and service in the Republic of Armenia | |
| - P3.17 | Sahib Khalilov, Muslim Kurbanov: Trends of warming in Azerbaijan | |
| - P3.18 | T. Makrogiannis, E. Bora-Senta, T.H. Filandros: Stochastic ARIMA models - an application to the air temperature time series in Thessaloniki (Greece) | |
| - P3.19 | Ksenija Zaninovic, Boris Androic: Snow load standards in Croatia - climatological background | |
| - P3.20 | Peter J. Pennas: Lengths of wet-spells over Greece | |
| 11.00 | - 12.30 | Session ECAM3: Commercialization, service providing (continuing) Chair: Fritz Neuwirth(ZAMG) |
| 11.00 | - 12.15 | Session ECAM3: Commercialization, Service Providing (continuing) Chair: |
| 11.00 | - 11.15 | Olof Lindh, Stefan Nilsson: Experiences from operational use of a system for automatic and semiautomatic production of meteorological forecasts in Sweden |
| 11.15 | - 11.30 | Diederik Haalman: AUTOTAF - Automatic TAF production |
| 11.30 | - 11.45 | Inga Groehn, Reinhold Steinacker, Christian Häberli, Wolfgang Pöttschacher, Matthias Ratheiser, Manfred Dorninger: Data quality control and analysis |
| 11.45 | - 12.00 | Josip Juras, Antun Marki: Quality control of cloud amount observations and forecasts |
| 12.00 | - 12.15 | Estelle Grüter, Ursula Küng, Peter Mumenthaler, Josefa Mettler, Marco Bassi, Thomas Konzelmann, Rudolf Dössegger, Mario Rohrer, Urs Steinegger, Patricia Handschin, Daniela Lorenzi, Christian Häberli: A new generation of quality control tools for meteorological data at Meteoswiss |
| 12.15 | - 12.30 | Closing of the Conference |
| 12.30 | - 14.00 | Lunch |