The air that West Africa breathes
Angela Benedetti (ECMWF) and Peter Knippertz (KIT) explain how the EU-funded DACCIWA project collected new data in West Africa to investigate the causes and effects of air pollution, examining for the first time the entire chain of natural and human-made emissions.
12 March 2019
Why weather prediction needs an Earth system approach
On the occasion of World Meteorological Day 2019, ECMWF Director of Research Andy Brown looks at how the theme of the Sun, the Earth and the Weather ties in with the Centre’s Earth system approach to numerical weather prediction.
CO2 monitoring project working towards early prototype in 2021
An ambitious European project to build an operational global carbon dioxide monitoring and verification support capability aims to deliver an early prototype in 2021, project members meeting at ECMWF for their second General Assembly from 12 to 14 March 2019 heard.
Improving ocean observations for better weather forecasts
A WMO workshop in February 2019, in which ECMWF participated, examined the requirements for ocean observations, which make a critical contribution to weather forecasts and warning systems.
18 March 2019
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The warmth experienced across Europe this week is reflected in ECMWF’s 2-metre maximum temperature Extreme Forecast Index on 27 February 2019 (left). The right-hand plot shows areas where similar temperature extremes were found globally on the same day.
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