A Polar Prediction School for early career scientists from around the world was held in April 2016 at the Abisko Scientific Research Station in northern Sweden.

The school brought together PhD students and early career researchers from different countries for theoretical lectures and practical exercises. The exercises made use of the OpenIFS Single Column Model (SCM) running in a Linux Virtual Machine on participants laptops. The SCM virtual machine was provided by the OpenIFS team at ECMWF and adapted for the school by the University of Stockholm.