• Esma Nur Demirtaş: Oral presentation | OSA1.5 | Thursday, 10 Sep, 09:45–10:00 CEST | Mission 2
  Deep Learning Based Super-Resolution Spatial Downscaling of Snow Cover in the Eastern Black Sea Region
• Poya Fakour: Oral presentation | UP3.1 | Wednesday, 09 Sep, 09:30–09:45 CEST | Progress
  A Multi-Model Risk Assessment of Extreme Precipitation Hazards in North-Central Europe
• Antonio Sánchez Benítez: Poster presentation | UP3.7 | Thursday 10 Sep, 16:30–18:00 CEST | TransitZone | P51
  Storm Boris' rainfall: Robust increases at moderate warming levels, large uncertainty at higher warming
• Assaf Shmuel: Oral presentation | OSA1.5 | Thursday, 10 Sep, 10:00–10:15 CEST | Mission 2
  Climate mitigation benefits emerge within a decade

The Tromp Foundation established the Tromp foundation travel award to young scientists (TFTAYS) in 2016, with the aim to support scientists who present papers in the area of biometeorology at EMS Annual Meetings. For more details see https://www.emetsoc.org/awards/award-category/tromp-awards/tromp-travel-tftays/.

• Giorgos Alexandrou, Cyprus: Oral presentation | OSA2.4 | Thursday, 08 Sep, 10:15–10:30 CEST | Quest
  Quantifying the Cooling Effects of Urban Trees on Pedestrian Heat Stress in a Dense Mediterranean Urban Environment.
• José Ángel Callejas Rodelas, Germany: Poster presentation | UP1.2 | Thursday, 10 Sep, 16:30-18:00 CEST | TransitZone | P4
  Carbon dioxide and water vapour balance of different management regimes in an olive orchard in SE Spain using conventional and lower-cost eddy covariance measurements.
• Konrad Chmist, Poland: Oral presentation | UP3.4 | Tuesday, 08 Sep 12:45–13:00 CEST | Expedition
  Long-term variability of bioclimatic conditions in the coastal part of north-eastern Labrador from the late 19th to the mid-20th century
• Emma Holmberg, Switzerland: Oral presentation | OSA2.4 | Wednesday, 09 Sep 12:15-12:30 CEST | Quest
  Forecasting European temperature-related mortality in Summer 2024: data-driven vs physics-based forecast approaches
• Carla Mateus, Ireland: Oral presentation | UP3.1 | Tuesday, 08 Sep, 16:00–16:15 CEST | Progress
  Changes in heat waves in Ireland
• Zala Žnidaršič, Slovenia: Oral presentation | OSA2.2 | Wednesday, 09 Sep, 17:30-17:45 CEST | Mission 1
  Winter Wheat (Triticum aestivum) in a Warming Climate: Key Agroclimatic Indicators Shaping Yield Variability in Slovenia

Coral Salvador, University of Bern in Switzerland, is the recipient of the EMS Tromp Award for outstanding achievement in biometeorology 2026. She is awarded for her publication on "Analyzing the effects of drought at different time scales on cause-specific mortality in South Africa", published in April 2024 in Environmental Research Letters https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1748-9326/ad3bd2.

Read more about this year's award: https://www.emetsoc.org/ems-tromp-award-for-outstanding-achievement-in-biometeorology-2026/

The EMS Tromp Award Lecture will be given on Wednesday, 09 September, 09:00-09:15 CEST in session OSA2.4 on Human Biometeorology in Room Quest:
Analysing the effects of drought at different timescales on cause-specific mortality in South Africa

Csilla Ilyés-Vincze form the ELTE Eötvös Loránd University in Bundapest won the Outstanding Poster Award 2025 with a poster presenting the work by her and her colleagues Adrienn Varga-Balogh, Ádám Leelőssy and Róbert Mészáros, on "Hive Weight Time Series Prediction Using Meteorological Factors During R. Pseudoacacia Nectar Flow".

"The eye-catching style of this poster and its intuitive structure met design criteria for the poster award. The committee also felt that the winning poster nicely aligns with the focus of the 2025 Annual Meeting, reflecting the growing use of AI/ML in atmospheric sciences and meteorological applications. The committee also welcomed the novel, original and innovative application of weather data to the subject of beekeeping."

For more information visit:
https://www.emetsoc.org/outstanding-poster-award-ems2025/

EMS Journalistic Award

Eva Rodríguez Nieto receives EMS Journalistic Award 2026, recognized for her report "Engineering and nature transform the fight against flooding", published by the Scientific Information and News Service (SINC) on 29 October 2025 (English translation).
In this article, Eva Rodríguez Nieto examines the global evolution of flood risk management one year after the catastrophic DANA storm that struck Valencia, Spain, on 29 October 2024. The piece highlights a modern, holistic paradigm shift in civil engineering and urban planning: moving away from a strict reliance on traditional hydraulic infrastructures toward long-term prevention, land-use management, and nature-based solutions like green infrastructure and floodable parks.

Read more about this award: https://www.emetsoc.org/eva-rodriguez-nieto-winner-of-the-ems-journalistic-award-2026/

The recipient of the EMS Young Scientist Award 2026 is Carlos Calvo-Sancho, Spain, currently working as a PostDoc at the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC). He was nominated with the publication “Human-induced climate change amplification on storm dynamics in Valencia’s 2024 catastrophic flash flood,” published in Nature Communications | 2026, 17:1492.

The publication is of extraordinary interest both to the meteorological community and to society at large. It bridges a critical gap in our understanding of how climate change modifies storm dynamics at the mesoscale and convective scale, which are the scales most relevant for flash-flood hazards. The results carry direct implications for civil protection policies, urban planning, and climate adaptation strategies across the entire Western Mediterranean region. Read more about Carlos’ work and achievements here.

Carlos will provide an award lecture at the EMS2026 Session UP3.7 High-impact climate extremes: physical understanding, storylines, impacts and projections with the title: From giant hail to flash floods: is climate change intensifying extreme convective events in Spain? on Friday, 11 Sep 11:00–11:30 CEST | Room Mission 1

The EMS Technology Achievement Award for significant technology achievements and innovations in the field of meteorology and earth observation: The European Meteorological Society is awarding the EMS Technology Achievement Award 2026 to Windy.com, an all-in-one weather app for those who make crucial weather-related decisions. Windy.com stands out in the meteorological sector for transforming complex weather data into easily understandable formats. It is also being used outside the meteorological community. It adds value to active people in many sports, whereas it also offers specific and adapted visualization for individual needs. To read more about Windy see https://www.emetsoc.org/ems-technology-achievement-award-2026-for-windy-com/

The awards lecture Windy Cannot Replace Meteorological Services — But It Can Help Explain Why They Matter will be given by David Polášek in session ES2.1 Communication and media on Tuesday, 08 Sep, 10:00–10:30 CEST in Room Mission 1.

Markus Repnik will receive the EMS Silver Medal 2026 to his outstanding leadership and impact on the European meteorological community through the creation of the Systematic Observations Financing Facility (SOFF), enhancing Europe’s role in sustaining global surface-based observations that are essential for modern weather prediction. The Silver Medal ceremony, which includes a Silver Medal Lecture by the Laureate, takes place at the Awards Session on Monday, 07 September, 17:30–18:30 CEST | Lecture Room Progress

Silver Medal Lecture: Innovating ways to support developing countries in closing their basic weather and climate data gaps