Complex mountains and their effects on atmospheric flow
Irina Sandu from ECMWF and Annelize van Niekerk from the UK Met Office discuss their recent work in which kilometre-scale simulations are used to investigate the impact of complex orography on the atmosphere.
Major upgrade for Global Flood Awareness System
The Global Flood Awareness System (GloFAS), for which ECMWF is the computational centre, was upgraded on 14 November to provide improved river flood forecasts across the world. The upgrade is the first after GloFAS became an operational service earlier this year.
Supercomputer bids open ahead of data centre move to Italy
The process of moving ECMWF’s data centre to Bologna, Italy, entered a new phase with the release of an Invitation to Tender for ECMWF’s next high-performance computing facility on 12 November 2018.
ECMWF and the Group on Earth Observations (GEO)
ECMWF is one of 127 participating organisations which, together with 105 member nations and the European Union, form the Group on Earth Observations (GEO). Here we look at GEO’s important work and how ECMWF both benefits and contributes.
16 November 2018
Forecast charts and data
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Plot of the week
Accumulated precipitation in western Germany from 15 June to 10 November was roughly half the normal value. ECMWF’s 24-hour forecast and 6-day forecast were close to observations, while the 15-day forecast did not do much better than climatology. @imprex_eu #Dürre
Datasets
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Accessing forecasts
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Advancing weather science
Education is a key element of our work at ECMWF, enabling our partners to get the most from ECMWF's services and develop an advanced understanding of forecasting.
| Dates | Title |
|---|---|
| October 30-31 | 2018 Workshop on developing Python frameworks for earth system sciences |
| November 13 | ECMWF in Bologna 2020 - Panel discussion |
| January 22-23 | ARISTOTLE-2 - Fire Service workshop |
| January 28-30 | APPLICATE General Assembly 2019 |
| January 30 - February 1 | Training course: Introduction to ECMWF job scheduler: ecFlow |
| February 4-8 | Training course: ecCodes: GRIB and BUFR data encoding and decoding software |
| February 11-14 | Training course: Use and interpretation of ECMWF products (train the trainer) |
| February 25 - March 1 | Training course: Predictability and ensemble forecast systems |
ECMWF workshops are open to the worldwide meteorological community, though some training is restricted to member states.
Serving meteorology
International collaboration is fundamental to the work of ECMWF, working with the EU and the meteorological community at large, including the World Meteorological Organization, space agencies, and scientists around the world.
