European University RadiOsonde Partnership (EUROP)

The European University RadiOsonde Partnership (EUROP) consists of a university partnership for coordinated radiosonde launches during the NAWDIC campaign, which will take place between 12 January and 20 February 2026. This initiative aims to obtain additional radiosonde observations from several European institutions that will be assimilated directly into global weather forecasting systems, such as the ECMWF system: thus, the effort will have a direct impact on the quality of the forecasts during the NAWDIC campaign. In addition to the scientific goals, EUROP aims to provide an exciting educational opportunity to involve students in an international field campaign. The EUROP partnership will be paired to an analogous one connecting universities across North America (the AR Recon initiative), and will emphasize the importance of radiosonde launches and meteorological observations for forecast quality and research activities.

 

the EUROP steering group:

  • Jacopo Riboldi (ETH Zurich)
  • Bastian Kirsch, Julian Quinting, Alexandre Ramos (KIT)
  • David Lavers (ECMWF)

 

Radiosonde Bastian Kirsch