Operations Plan 2016 Version of 1 June 2016 6 – 10 June, 13 – 17 June, 27 June – 1 July, and 4 – 8 July 2016 ESSL Research and Training Centre Wiener Neustadt, Austria The ESSL Testbed 2016 is organized is supprted by ESSL Testbed 2016 − Operations Plan Pieter Groenemeijer with contributions from: Thomas Hengstebeck Paul James Marco Arpagaus Susanne Theis Uli Blahak Alois Holzer Tomas Pucik European Severe Storms Laboratory – Science and Training Bräunlichgasse 6a / 6 2700 Wiener Neustadt, Austria Tel: +49 151 59031839 or +43 2622 23622 Fax: +49 8153 965999911 e-mail:
[email protected] Testbed website: http://essl.org/testbed 2 / 44 ESSL Testbed 2016 − Operations Plan Contents 1 Introduction and goals 4 1.1 ESSL Testbed Concept ................................................................................................................. 4 1.2 Facilities ......................................................................................................................................... 5 2 Operations 6 2.1 Overview ........................................................................................................................................ 6 2.2 Forecast verification ..................................................................................................................... 13 2.3 Evaluation and reporting .............................................................................................................. 13 2.4 Expert Presentations ..................................................................................................................