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======= Research Group =======
 
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====== Current Group Structures and Members =====

**Deutscher Wetterdienst** is a federal institution with a strong business area of research. The department for Numerical Weather Prediction (NWP) has about 115-120 scientists in house in four divisions (55-60 permanent). There are 7 leading scientists directly reporting to the NWP department head and/or head of research, including the four division heads. All other scientists report to the four division heads in my department:
  * FE11 Division Head on Data Assimilation and Predictability
  * FE12 Division Head on Observations Modeling and Verification
  * FE13 Division Head on Numerical Modeling
  * FE14 Division Head on Physical Parametrization and Dispersion Modeling
  * Hans-Ertel Center (HErZ) DWD-Theme-Co-Leader Reanalysis
  * Hans-Ertel Center (HErZ) DWD-Theme-Co-Leader Data assimilation
  * Hans-Ertel Center (HErZ) DWD-Theme-Co-Leader Modelling & Parametrization

Also, there are several PhD students in my group. 

We have regular **meetings within NWP**: 
  * Division Heads (once to twice per month)
  * Division Member Meeting (once to twice per month or weekly)
  * Routine Meeting Coordination (every Tuesday 9-10am)
  * Group meetings, e.g. of the DA-Algorithm Group, RADAR Group, Satellite Group, Ensemble Group, ... 
and for coordinating development and operations of **NWP within DWD**:
  * KG NWV (coordination group numerical weather prediction) led by head of NWP

Our development is taking place in a **network of partners** including 
  * the Max-Planck-Institute (MPI-M), 
  * the German Climate Computing Centre (DKRZ),
  * Deutscher Wetterdienst 
  * the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), 
  * the COSMO Consortium for Small Scale Modelling with the weather services of Switzerland, Germany, Italy, Romania, Greece, Russia, Poland, Israel. 
  * the climate center C2SM in Switzerland
  * the Hans-Ertel-Centre (HErZ) in Munich, Bonn/Cologne, Frankfurt, Hamburg and Berlin 
  * German Research Center for Geosciences (GfZ) Potsdam
  * Many further Universities ... 

We have an **intensive interaction** with these institutions and many scientists in different steering groups, working groups and committees. There are **international and national coordination groups**:
  * COSMO Steering Committee (COSMO-STC) (2-3 times a year)
  * ICON-D5 Directors Group (with C5 participating) (every 3 months)
  * ICON-C5 Coordination Group (every two weeks)
  * ICON-Seamless Coordination Group (4-6 weeks)
**ICON-Seamless Working Group** Meetings 
  * Atmosphere, 
  * Atmosphere-Land, 
  * Atmosphere-Ocean, 
  * Data Assimilation
**ICON-Consolidated** Meetings

We run yearly **workshops and training**: 
  * ICCARUS (ICON/COSMO/CLM/ART User Seminar) in March
  * COSMO General Meeting (COSMO-GM) in September
  * ICON Training Course in the fourth quarter of the year

as well as further workshops and symposia in cooperationwith partners, e.g. the
  * International Symposium on Data Assimilation (ISDA)