Deliverable No. 8.1 Invite coordinators of relevant projects to the YOPP planning meetings

The main objective of WP8: Clustering is to collaborate with the European and international community to link with relevant projects in the Arctic and align the project activities with other similar initiatives. One project of high relevance to APPLICATE is the Polar Prediction Project (PPP)1. The PPP was initiated by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) within the World Weather Research Programme (WWRP) with the aim to promote cooperative international research enabling development of improved weather and environmental prediction services for the polar regions, on time scales from hours to seasonal. The Year of Polar Prediction (YOPP) is the flagship activity within PPP. Planning Workshops on Arctic Observations and on the YOPP Modelling Component were held at ECMWF in Reading, UK, on 5-9 September 2016. Beside APPLICATE, two more H2020 projects were represented at the workshops: INTAROS, Blue-Action. Another important international initiative represented at the workshops: INTAROS, Blue-Action. Another important international initiative represented and discussed at these meetings was MOSAiC.