Modelling convective precipitation – progress and challenges
Exciting improvements in modelling convective precipitation are being achieved through the collaboration of visiting scientist Tobias Becker, from the Max Planck Institute for Meteorology, with ECMWF’s Irina Sandu and Peter Bechtold.
Experts probe use of AI in Earth system applications
Sixty-nine scientists came together at ECMWF from 5 to 7 November 2019 to explore the scope for widening the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in Earth system applications.
Tests show positive impact of new Aeolus wind data on forecasts
Tests carried out at ECMWF have demonstrated that new wind profile observations from the European Space Agency's ground-breaking Aeolus satellite significantly improve weather forecasts, particularly in the southern hemisphere and the tropics.
World's first wildfire and river flow reanalyses to be updated in near-real time
Released in November 2019, the world’s first publicly available near-real-time river discharge and fire danger reanalyses provide data back to 1980.
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Registration is open for the workshop “Warm conveyor belts - a challenge to forecasting”. Join us in Reading from 10-12 March 2020 to help tackle the challenges of WCBs. Find out more: https://www.ecmwf.int/en/learning/workshops/workshop-warm-conveyor-belts-challenge-forecasting #WCBWS
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