This list contains articles covering data assimilation, the Integrated Forecasting System, Ensemble prediction, wave modelling, seasonal forecasting, forecast products, and case-study investigations
The index is limited to a selection of newsletter articles from the last five years. Articles are arranged in date order within each subject category, with the most recent articles first.
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No. |
Date |
Page |
Observations and Assimilation |
| Assessment of FY-3A satellite data |
|
Winter 2009/10 |
18 |
| Huber norm quality control in the IFS |
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Winter 2009/10 |
27 |
| The new all-sky assimilation system for passive microwave satellite imager observations |
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Autumn 2009 |
7 |
| Evaluation of AMVs derived from ECMWF model simulations |
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Autumn 2009 |
30 |
| Solar biases in the TRMM microwave imager (TMI) |
|
Spring 2009 |
18 |
| Variational bias correction in ERA-Interim |
|
Spring 2009 |
21 |
| Towards the assimilation of ground-based radar precipitation data in the ECMWF 4D-Var |
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Autumn 2008 |
13 |
| Progress in ozone monitoring and assimilation |
|
Summer 2008 |
35 |
| Improving the radiative transfer modelling for the assimilation of radiances from SSU and AMSU-A stratospheric channels |
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Summer 2008 |
35 |
| ECMWF's 4D-Var data assimilation system - the genesis and ten-years in operations |
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Spring 2008 |
8 |
| Towards a climate data assimilation system - status update of ERA-Interim |
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Spring 2008 |
12 |
| Operational assimilation of surface wind data from the MetOp ASCAT scatterometer at ECMWF |
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Autumn 2007 |
6 |
| Evaluation of the impact of the space component of the Global Observing System through Observing System Experiments |
|
Autumn 2007 |
16 |
| Data assimilation in the polar regions |
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Summer 2007 |
10 |
| Operational assimilation of GPS radio occultation measurements at ECMWF |
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Spring 2007 |
6 |
| The value of targeted observations |
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Spring 2007 |
11 |
| Assimilation of cloud and rain observations from space |
|
Spring 2007 |
12 |
| ERA-Interim: New ECMWF reanalysis products from 1989 onwards |
|
Winter 2006/07 |
25 |
| Analysis and forecast impact of humidity observations |
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Autumn 2006 |
11 |
| Surface pressure bias correction in data assimilation |
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Summer 2006 |
20 |
| A variational approach to satellite bias correction |
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Spring 2006 |
18 |
| "Wavelet" Jb - a new way to model the statistics of background errors |
|
Winter 2005/06 |
23 |
Ensemble Prediction and Seasonal forecasting |
| Model uncertainty in seasonal to decadal forecasting - insight from the ENSEMBLES project |
|
Winter 2009/10 |
21 |
| An experiment with the 46-day Ensemble Prediction System |
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Autumn 2009
|
25 |
| EUROSIP: multi-model seasonal forecasting |
|
Winter 2008/09 |
10 |
| Using the ECMWF reforecast dataset to calibrate EPS forecasts |
|
Autumn 2008 |
8 |
The THORPEX Interactive Grand Global Ensemble (TIGGE): concept and objectives |
|
Summer 2008 |
9 |
| Implementation of TIGGE Phase I |
|
Summer 2008 |
10 |
| Predictability studies using TIGGE data |
|
Summer 2008 |
16 |
| Merging VarEPS with the monthly forecasting system: a first step towards seamless prediction |
|
Spring 2008 |
35 |
| Seasonal forecasting of tropical storm frequency |
|
Summer 2007 |
16 |
| New web products for the ECMWF Seasonal Forecast System-3 |
|
Spring 2007 |
28 |
| Seasonal Forecast System 3 |
|
Winter 2006/07 |
19 |
| The ECMWF Variable Resolution Ensemble Prediction System (VAREPS) |
|
Summer 2006 |
14 |
| Limited area ensemble forecasting in Norway using targeted EPS |
|
Spring 2006 |
23 |
| Ensemble prediction: a pedagogical persepctive |
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Winter 2005/06 |
10 |
| Comparing and combining deterministic and ensemble forecasts: how to predict rainfall occurrance better |
|
Winter 2005/06 |
17 |
| EPS skill improvements between 1994 and 2005 |
|
Summer 2005 |
10 |
| Ensembles-based predictions of climate change and their impacts (ENSEMBLES Project) |
|
Summer 2005 |
16 |
Environmental monitoring |
|
|
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| Smoke in the air |
|
Spring 2009 |
9 |
| GEMS aerosol analyses with the ECMWF Integrated Forecast System |
|
Summer 2008 |
20 |
| Progress with the GEMS project |
|
Spring 2006 |
5 |
| A preliminary survey of ERA-40 users developing applications of relevance to GEO (Group on Earth Observations) |
|
Summer 2005 |
5 |
| The GEMS project - making a contribution to the environmental monitoring mission of ECMWF |
|
Summer 2005 |
17 |
Forecast model |
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|
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| Performance of ECMWF forecasts in 2008/09 |
|
Winter 2009/10 |
16 |
| Improvements in the stratosphere and mesosphere of the IFS |
|
Summer 2009 |
22 |
| The direct assimilation of cloud-affected infrared radiances in the ECMWF 4D-Var |
|
Summer 2009 |
32 |
| Parametrization of convective gusts |
|
Spring 2009 |
15 |
| Toward a forecast of aerosols with the ECMWF Integrated Forecast System |
|
Winter 2007/08 |
15 |
| A new partitioning approach for ECMWF’s Integrated Forecast System |
|
Winter 2007/08 |
17 |
| Advances in simulating atmospheric variability with IFS cycle 32r3 |
|
Winter 2007/08 |
29 |
| A new radiation package: McRad |
|
Summer 2007 |
22 |
| Ice supersaturation in ECMWF’s Integrated Forecast System |
|
Autumn 2006 |
26 |
| Towards a global meso-scale model: the high-resolution system T799L91 and T399L62 EPS |
|
Summer 2006 |
6 |
| Progress with the GEMS project |
|
Summer 2006 |
5 |
| The local and global impact of the recent change in model aerosol climatology |
|
Autumn 2005 |
17 |
| Improved prediction of boundary layer clouds |
|
Summer 2005 |
18 |
| Two new cycles of the IFS: 26r3 and 28r1 |
|
Winter 2004/05 |
15 |
Meteorological applications and studies |
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|
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| Tracking fronts and extra-tropical cyclones |
|
Autumn 2009 |
9 |
| Progress in implementing Hydrological Ensemble Prediction Systems (HEPS) in Europe for operational flood forecasting |
|
Autumn 2009 |
20 |
| EPS-EFAS probabilistic flood prediction for Norther Italy: the case of 30 April 2009 |
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Summer 2009 |
10 |
| Use of ECMWF lateral boundary layer conditions and surface assimilation for the operational ALADIN model in Hungary |
|
Spring 2009 |
29 |
| Using ECMWF products in global marine drift forecasting services |
|
Winter 2008/09 |
16 |
| Record-setting performance of the ECMWF IFS in medium-range tropical cyclone track prediction |
|
Winter 2008/09 |
20 |
| The ECMWF 'Diagnostics Explorer': A web tool to aid forecast system assessment and development |
|
Autumn 2008 |
21 |
| Diagnosing forecast error using relaxation experiments |
|
Summer 2008 |
24 |
| ECMWF's contribution to AMMA |
|
Spring 2008 |
19 |
| Coupled ocean-atmosphere medium-range forecasts: the MERSEA experience |
|
Spring 2008 |
27 |
| Probability forecasts for water levels in The Netherlands |
|
Winter 2007/08 |
23 |
| Ensemble streamflow forecasts over France |
|
Spring 2007 |
21 |
Hindcasts of historic storms with the DWD models GME, LMQ and LMK using ERA-40 reanalyses |
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Autumn 2006 |
16 |
| Hurricane Jim over New Caledonia: a remarkable numerical prediction of its genesis and track |
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Autumn 2006 |
21 |
| Recent developments in extreme weather forecasting |
|
Spring 2006 |
8 |
| Starting-up medium-range forecasting for New Caledonia in the South-West Pacific Ocean - a not so boring tropical climate |
|
Winter 2004/05 |
2 |
| A snowstorm in North-Western Turkey 12-13 February 2004: forecasts public warnings and lessons learned |
|
Winter 2004/05 |
7 |
| Early medium-range forecasts of tropical cyclones |
|
Winter 2004/05 |
7 |
| European Flood Alert System |
|
Summer/Autumn 2004 |
30 |
| The exceptional warm anomalies of summer
2003 |
|
Autumn/Winter 2003 |
2 |
| Record-breaking warm sea surface temperature
in the Mediterranean Sea |
|
Summer 2003 |
30 |
Model predictions of the floods in the Czech Republic during August 2002: the forecaster's perspective
|
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Spring 2003 |
2 |
Ocean and wave modelling |
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|
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| NEMOVAR: a variational data assimilation system for the NEMO ocean model |
|
Summer 2009 |
17 |
| Climate variability from the new System 3 ocean reanalysis |
|
Autumn 2007 |
8 |
| Progress in wave forecasts at ECMWF |
|
Winter 2005/06 |
28 |
| Ocean analysis at ECMWF: from real-time ocean initial conditions to historical ocean analysis |
|
Autumn 2005 |
24 |
| High precision gravimetry and ECMWF forcing for ocean tide models |
|
Autumn 2005 |
6 |
