1. 1. Self-introduction Name: Thomas Schuhmacher Organization: Deutscher Wetterdienst Current role: Head of observation network in Southern Germany Member of Task Team Socioeconmic Benefits of WMO RA VI Background: Graduation in business administration, business management and economics Email: thomas.schuhmacher@dwd.de SEB Workshop – 06/2015 1

2. 2. Germany - map SEB Workshop – 06/2015 2

3. 2. Germany - figures Population: ~ 81,000,000 Annual GDP: ~ 3.6 trillion USD (agriculture: 0.9 %, industry: 30.8 %, services: 68.4 %) Main industry: iron, steel, coal, cement, chemicals, machinery, vehicles, machine tools, electronics, automobiles, food and beverages, shipbuilding, textiles Natural hazards:flooding 3 SEB Workshop – 06/2015

4. 3. Deutscher Wetterdienst (DWD) Annual budget: ~ 300,000,000 € (~340,000,000 USD) Number of staff: ~ 2,500 Organisation: National Meteorological Service (under the Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure) Headquaters in Offenbach am Main 6 major branch offices (Hamburg, Potsdam, Leipzig, Essen, Stuttgart, Munich) 5 advisory centres for aviation 4 agrometeorlogical advisory centres 2 meteorological observatories 4 SEB Workshop – 06/2015

5. 3. Deutscher Wetterdienst (DWD) Observation Network:183 main weather stations (both staffed and automatic) 1.784 secondary (voluntary) weather and precipitation stations 1.273 phenological observation sites 19 shipboard weather stations (both staffed and automatic) 646 weather reporting stations on board of merchand ships 17 weather radar sites 9 upper-air stations 48 stations measuring radioactivity 5 SEB Workshop – 06/2015

6. 3. Deutscher Wetterdienst (DWD) Products: diverse range of products, both for the general public and for special user groups e.g. tourism, aviation, agriculture, civil protection, transportation… Strength/Weakness:+ weather warning management for civil protection - general weather information in the media Funding Sources: government-financed 6 SEB Workshop – 06/2015

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8. 4. Expectations from workshop information for assisting the realisation of the DWD-study knowledge for framing a SEB-study (e.g. communication strategy) basic knowledge on how to set up product specific SEB-studies exchange of information with other members of the workshop 8 SEB Workshop – 06/2015