A journey through science and art
Louise Arnal is a scientist with a lifelong love of art. Here she explores the relationship between art and science and talks about her involvement in a number of SciArt projects.
18 December 2018
News highlights of 2018
The year 2018 was rich in developments across ECMWF’s activities, including a major upgrade of the Integrated Forecasting System; the Annual Seminar on Earth system data assimilation; the launch of the Climate Data Store; and the release of an invitation to tender for ECMWF’s next high-performance computing facility.
Three new ECMWF Fellowships awarded
ECMWF has appointed Louise Nuijens (TU Delft), Marc Bocquet (École des Ponts ParisTech) and Maria-Helena Ramos (Irstea) to three-year Fellowships from 1 January 2019.
Diverse project work in focus
Articles presenting ECMWF’s involvement in diverse areas, from our graduate training programme and support for national and international initiatives to information on publications such as our User Guide.
10 December 2018
Forecast charts and data
We provide current forecasts, climate reanalyses and specific datasets. These are available via the web, point-to-point dissemination, data servers and broadcasting.
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An official ECMWF target is to reduce the frequency of errors >5°C in ensemble 2m temperature forecasts for 5 days ahead. Related verification charts like this are monitored daily. Squares/triangles show errors >5°C. Warm biases over Scandinavia are under investigation.
Datasets
Forecasts, analyses, climate re-analyses, reforecasts and multi-model data are available from our archive (MARS) or via dedicated data servers or via point-to-point dissemination.
Accessing forecasts
Researchers, WMO members, commercial users and satellite data providers can gain access to ECMWF forecast products under one of our various license agreement types.
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 |
|---|---|
| January 21-23 | ARISTOTLE-2 workshop |
| January 28-30 | APPLICATE General Assembly 2019 and Early Career Event |
| 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 |
| March 4-8 | Training course: Parametrization of subgrid scale processes |
| March 11-15 | Training course: Data Assimilation |
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.
