News highlights of 2022 19 December 2022 ECMWF news highlights of 2022 include forecast data updates; projects and workshops to drive forward weather science; and news from the EU-funded services implemented by ECMWF.
25 years of 4D-Var: how machine learning can improve the use of observations 12 December 2022 Twenty-five years ago, ECMWF introduced ‘4D-Var’ to the assimilation of observational data into its weather model. Changes worked on over the last few years include reducing the effects of model biases using machine learning techniques.
New geostationary satellite to bring benefits for ECMWF’s forecasts 28 November 2022 EUMETSAT is planning to launch a new geostationary satellite in December that provides more frequent and higher-resolution images than its predecessor and carries a new instrument to observe lightning flashes.
Copernicus Emergency Management Service releases GloFAS v4.0 hydrological reanalysis 16 November 2022 A new, substantially upgraded hydrological reanalysis dataset of the Global Flood Awareness System from 1980 to July 2022 has been produced by the Joint Research Centre of the European Commission in collaboration with ECMWF and released as part of the Copernicus Emergency Management Service.
How models predict a possible outline of winter weather in Europe 15 November 2022 ECMWF produces not just weather forecasts 15 days ahead but also forecasts for weeks and seasons ahead. The latter contribute to multi-centre predictions provided by the EU’s Copernicus Climate Change Service run by ECMWF.
ECMWF at the United Nations COP27 Climate Change Conference 7 November 2022 ECMWF is making a wide-ranging contribution to 27th United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP27), joining high-level interventions at the UN-led Earth Information Day and an event presenting the Systematic Observations Financing Facility (SOFF). We are also involved in side events for the European Union’s Copernicus programme and Destination Earth initiative.
ECMWF launches Massive Open Online Course on Machine Learning in Weather and Climate 31 October 2022 Registration is now open for a new Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) on Machine Learning in Weather and Climate to be launched in January 2023.
Autumn 2022 Newsletter published 21 October 2022 The autumn 2022 issue of the ECMWF Newsletter is now available. As well as news about ECMWF staff and events, it features articles about new developments and the use that can be made of ECMWF products.
nextGEMS probes km-scale resolutions in the Integrated Forecasting System 11 October 2022 ECMWF is testing what needs to be done to improve the realism of global km-scale weather simulations. As part of the nextGEMS project, it is looking into modelling sea ice cracks in the Arctic and fixing water and energy budget imbalances.
Symposium for Prof. Tim Palmer to take place on 5 and 6 December 3 October 2022 On 5 and 6 December 2022, ECMWF and the University of Oxford will hold a symposium to celebrate the career of Tim Palmer, whose work has been profoundly linked to ECMWF’s ensemble prediction system.
Annual Seminar challenges physics in the context of seamless prediction 26 September 2022 In ECMWF’s first in-person Annual Seminar in three years, over 100 scientists and students came together from 12 to 16 September to look at the large range of physical processes and scales that have to be represented in seamless weather prediction.
ECMWF’s contribution to Destination Earth gets under way 20 September 2022 ECMWF has built up a team to work on digital twins of Earth as part of its contribution to the EU’s Destination Earth initiative. The new staff will work alongside existing ECMWF teams and with outside partners on developing these new capabilities.
The contribution of ocean waves to weather forecasting 12 September 2022 This year’s Annual Seminar is dedicated to ‘challenging physics in seamless prediction’. One of the speakers is Jean Bidlot, ECMWF’s expert for forecasting ocean waves and determining their feedback on the weather.
ECMWF at the European Meteorological Society Annual Meeting 2 September 2022 ECMWF is attending the Annual Meeting of the European Meteorological Society from 4 to 9 September 2022, presenting developments in Earth system modelling and probabilistic forecasting, as well as work from the EU Copernicus and Destination Earth initiatives.
ECMWF Directors talk about European heatwaves 22 August 2022 Europe has seen several heatwaves since June. ECMWF Directors point out that these were the result of different meteorological conditions, and that climate change plays a role in their impacts.
News highlights January to July 2022 1 August 2022 ECMWF news highlights in the first seven months of 2022 include forecast updates; projects and workshops to drive forward weather science; and news from the EU-funded services implemented by ECMWF.
Atmospheric composition observations are checked automatically 25 July 2022 ECMWF has extended the quality monitoring of observations used by the global forecasting system of the Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service by adding an automatic alert system. CAMS is implemented by ECMWF on behalf of the European Commission.
Summer 2022 Newsletter published 22 July 2022 The summer 2022 issue of the ECMWF Newsletter is now available. As well as news about ECMWF staff and events, it features articles about new developments and the use that can be made of ECMWF products.
ECMWF moves further towards open data 18 July 2022 ECMWF has released a new data service charge model, which is an important step in our journey towards open data. Here we present this and other recent changes in our data services.