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Using ECMWF's forecasts |
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02 April 2013
'Using ECMWF's Forecasts' is an evolution of our long-running series of Forecast Products Users' meetings. It will provide a forum for exchange of ideas and experiences on the use of ECMWF data and products. The meeting will be held at ECMWF from 5 to 7 June 2013.
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ECMWF Newsletter - Spring 2013 |
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19 March 2013
The spring 2013 edition of the ECMWF Newsletter has been published. Articles include "Forecasts performance 2012", "OpenIFS at Stockholm University", "Twenty years of ensemble prediction", "Uncertainty in tropical winds" and "RMDCN - Next Generation".
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Senior Appointments at ECMWF |
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20 February 2013
ECMWF is looking to recruit a Director of Operations and a Director of Forecasts. We are moving to a new organisational structure with four instead of three departments, and so the new directors will join Erland Kallen (Director of Research) and Nyall Farrell (Director of Administration) as the directorial team under the overall leadership of Alan Thorpe, the Director-General.
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ECMWF forecast data for hurricane Sandy available to researchers |
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18 February 2013
ECMWF forecast data for hurricane Sandy is available for free download for research use via the TIGGE archive. The TIGGE archive contains ensemble forecast data from nine global models. The ensemble data will enable researchers to explore predictability aspects, including the subtleties of the interaction between Sandy and the extra-tropical flow.
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| ECMWF Newsletter - Autumn 2012 |
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10 December 2012
The autumn 2012 edition of the ECMWF Newsletter has been published. Articles include "Describing ECMWF’s forecasts and forecasting system”, “Discussion about the ECMWF Newsletter and communicating science”, “Global, non-hydrostatic, convection-permitting, medium-range forecasts: progress and challenges”, “ECMWF soil moisture validation activities” and “Forecast sensitivity to observation error variance”.
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| Slovenia becomes ECMWF's 20th Member State |
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05 December 2012
On 1 December 2012, the Republic of Slovenia became ECMWF’s 20th Member State. This week, Slovenia was represented at the ECMWF Council session for the first time in its history.
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| European Flood Awareness System operational |
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27 November 2012
The European Commission has announced that as of 26 November 2012 the European Flood Awareness System (EFAS) is now fully operational. EFAS provides warning of severe weather (flood forecasts) for Europe using ECMWF's Ensemble Prediction System as a main input.
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| Twenty years of ensemble prediction at ECMWF |
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05 November 2012
ECMWF will celebrate 20 years of operational ensemble prediction at ECMWF on Monday, 3 December 2012. Twenty years ago, on 24 November 1992, the first ensemble predictions were produced under the operational suite.
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| ECMWF Web Site Re-design |
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01 November 2012
During 2012/2013, ECMWF is undertaking a significant redesign
of its web site. Doing a web design can only be completely successful when we
have input from users of our web site. If you would like to help us during
this process, please register your interest at http://www.ecmwf.int/web2013/.
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| 2013 training course programme |
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25 October 2012
ECMWF has an extensive education and training programme to assist Member States and Co-operating States in the training of scientists in numerical weather prediction, and in making use of the ECMWF forecast products and computer facilities.
The training courses consist of modules which can be attended separately.
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| ECMWF Newsletter - Summer 2012 |
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01 October 2012
The summer 2012 edition of the ECMWF Newsletter has been published.
Articles include "Early indication of extreme winds utilising the
Extreme Forecast Index”, “Towards an operational GMES Atmosphere
Monitoring Service”, Blending information from infrared radiances with
ultraviolet data in the operational ozone analysis” and “BUFR data and
Metview”.
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| Arctic sea-ice and poor summer weather |
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07 September 2012
In an interview with the BBC Science Editor David Shukman, research at ECMWF was described regarding the role of Arctic sea-ice anomalies on summer weather in north-west Europe.
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