An article on the 2017 OpenIFS user workshop in Trieste has appeared in the Autumn issue (no. 153) of the ECMWF Newsletter.
Read the web edition of the article, or download the PDF of the Newsletter.
ECMWF has recently launched a set of online e-learning modules, some of which are of interest for OpenIFS.
The modules are free, do not need a login, and are available here:
https://www.ecmwf.int/en/en/learning/education-material/elearning-online-resources
Modules include:
1. Parametrization of diabatic processes
2. Parametrization of diabatic processes: case studies
3. The mass flux approach and the Integrated Forecast System (IFS) scheme
4. Ensemble forecasting; an introduction
5. An introduction to single column modelling.
6. An introduction to the parametrization of sub-grid processes.
7. An introduction to Metview
8. An introduction to Metview for the single column model.
Some of the material in these courses is derived from ECMWF training courses.
Feedback on these courses is welcome.