The ALATNET Seminar on Data Assimilation

Who :

• 51 people attended the two week Seminar.
• 39% of the participants were women.
• The participants came from 16 countries .
• 47% of the participants came from European Union countries.
• 3 out of the 4 European Working Groups on Local Area Modelling were represented (ALADIN, HIRLAM and UM).
• More than 90% of the participants came from ALADIN countries.
• Nearly 60% of the ALADIN participants were supported by ALATNET.
• 30 person.months were dedicated to the Seminar (preparation, attendance).

What :

• 10 teachers (coming from 7 countries including all ALATNET centers)
  gave 37 hours main lectures (commun lectures for all students)
  and 29 hours of PAT (practical advenced tutorial that took place partly in parallel sessions) and
  led a 2h30 ALADIN Data Assimilation Business Meeting (for the ALADIN participants).