Petr Zacharov

Position: Postdoctoral associate
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Phone: +420 272 016 051
Room: 121
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Education:

1998-2004 - Faculty of Mathematics and Physics Charles Univerzity in Prague - Meteorology
2004 - diploma thesis "Diagnostic and prognostic convection precursors"
2004-2010 - Doctoral studies at Faculty of Mathematics and Physics Charles Univerzity in Prague
2010 - doctoral thesis "The evaluation of the heavy convective precipitation forecast"

Employment and academic experience:

since 2002 - Institute of Atmospheric Physics ASCR, Departement of Meteorology


Professional interests:

  • quantitative precipitation forecast and verification
  • physics of severe convective phenomena
  • ensemble forecast - COSMO-CZ-ENS

Selected publications:

  • Zacharov, Petr, jr. ; Řezáčová, Daniela ; Brožková, R., 2013: Evaluation of the QPF of convective flash flood rainfalls over the Czech territory in 2009, Atmospheric Research, 131, -, pp. 95-107
  • Púčik, T. ; Valachová, M. ; Zacharov, Petr, jr., 2013: Upper tropospheric conditions in relation to the cloud top features of 15 August 2010 convective storms, Atmospheric Research, 123, -, pp. 249-267
  • Sokol, Zbyněk ; Zacharov, Petr, 2012: Nowcasting of precipitation by an NWP model using assimilation of extrapolated radar reflectivity, Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, 138, 665, pp. 1072-1082
  • Zacharov, Petr, jr. ; Řezáčová, Daniela, 2009: Using the fractions skill score to assess the relationship between an ensemble QPF spread and skill, Atmospheric Research, 94, 4, pp. 684-693
  • Řezáčová, Daniela ; Zacharov, Petr ; Sokol, Zbyněk, 2009: Uncertainty the area-related QPF for heavy convective precipitation, Atmos. Res., 93, pp. 238-246

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