Many guests were intrigued by why we use triangular model grid cells (because it's easier to cover a sphere with equally large triangles than with equally large squares) and a couple were very interested in where a math degree can actually lead you in your career. :)

A productive meeting concluded today. We discussed current and future land surface data assimilation for NWP and beyond. Lots of progress is happening on scientific and technical levels. Find the presentations at confluence.ecmwf.int/display/~pad...

Is this thread going to continue as a 24h nail-biter? Or can you relax once you're on the ferry?