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ECMWF holds webinars on June upgrade of its forecasting system

ECMWF upgrades its forecasting system on a regular basis, and one such upgrade is planned for 11 June 2019. Director of Forecasts Florian Pappenberger explained how the changes will improve forecasts in two webinars on 15 and 16 May 2019.
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ECMWF holds webinar on use of radiosonde data in NWP

ECMWF held a webinar on the use of radiosonde data in numerical weather prediction on 30 April 2019. The webinar covered measurement techniques, the processing of radiosonde data and uncertainties in the data.
Six ECMWF scientists at the EGU General Assembly 2019

ECMWF scientists focus on Earth system at top geosciences meeting

More than 20 ECMWF scientists set out their latest findings on Earth system processes related to weather, climate and atmospheric composition at the European Geosciences Union General Assembly in Vienna, Austria, from 7 to 12 April 2019.
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Spring 2019 Newsletter published

The spring 2019 issue of the ECMWF Newsletter is now available. As well as news about ECMWF staff and events, it features articles about new developments and the use that can be made of ECMWF products.
TIGGE/S2S workshop poster session April 2019

Scientists explore use of forecast databases for weather research

Scientists from across the world flocked to ECMWF from 2 to 5 April 2019 to discuss predictability, dynamics and applications research using ensemble forecast databases for the medium and sub-seasonal to seasonal range. The Centre is currently testing new forecast products for the sub-seasonal range.
Freja Vamborg

European State of the Climate 2018 unveiled in Vienna

The EU-funded Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) implemented by ECMWF presented the European State of the Climate 2018 report at a top geoscience meeting in Vienna on 9 April 2019. Freja Vamborg is the scientist who pulled the report together.
EUMETSAT Research Fellows hosted at ECMWF (as of March 2019)

EUMETSAT Fellows help improve ECMWF weather forecasts

With their high level of expertise in satellite products and operational weather prediction, EUMETSAT Research Fellows are a critical link between EUMETSAT and ECMWF, helping to ensure that Member States and society gain maximum benefit from European investments in space observations.

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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.
Oksana Tarasova at CHE-VERIFY General Assemblies March 2019

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.
Peter Lean

Continuous data assimilation at ECMWF: from idea to operational reality

ECMWF will soon be able to use more up-to-date weather observations to help define the initial conditions for its forecasts. The change was prompted by a talk given by ECMWF scientist Peter Lean.
Laura Ferranti, Gabriele Arduini, Erik Andersson, Beena Balan Sarojini

The obstacles women face in science – four ECMWF scientists talk

On the occasion of International Women’s Day 2019, we brought together four ECMWF scientists to talk about why there are so few women in science. There is more common ground in their answers than you might expect.
Ocean waves

Upgrade to boost quality of ocean wave forecasts

ECMWF’s high-quality ocean wave forecasts are set to improve further when the Integrated Forecasting System is upgraded later this year. Wave forecasts will benefit from a new physics package as well as improvements in variables that drive the forecasts.
Extra observations used in data assimilation

Upgrade of ECMWF’s forecasting system planned for June

ECMWF upgrades its forecasting system on a regular basis, and one such upgrade is currently planned for June 2019. Director of Research Andy Brown will explain the changes and how they will improve forecasts in two webinars on 26 February and 7 March.
Damien Decremer

How statistics supports Earth system model diagnostics and calibration

Modelling, computing and statistics come together in Earth system model diagnostics and calibration work. ECMWF scientist Damien Decremer has the required interdisciplinary expertise.
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Registration open for key ECMWF events in 2019

Registration is open for several of ECMWF’s 2019 events: our Annual Seminar, the Using ECMWF’s Forecasts meeting (UEF), and workshops dedicated to strengthening links between observational campaigns and NWP and to exploring technologies for developing reproducible workflows.
APPLICATE General Assembly Jan 2019

APPLICATE partners probe polar predictions

Some 70 scientists reviewed 'exciting first results' at the second General Assembly and an early career event of the EU-funded APPLICATE project on polar prediction at ECMWF from 28 January to 1 February 2019.
ARISTOTLE 2 workshop 21 to 23 Jan 2019

Experts draw up roadmap for European multi-hazard service

Thirty experts from across Europe came together at ECMWF from 21 to 23 January 2019 to draw up a roadmap for the creation of a European virtual operating centre for natural disasters. They met as part of the ARISTOTLE 2 project, in which ECMWF is involved as a subcontractor and data provider.

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Winter 2018/19 Newsletter published

The winter 2018/19 issue of the ECMWF Newsletter is now available. As well as news about ECMWF staff and events, it features articles about new developments and the use that can be made of ECMWF products.
Summer of Weather Code 2019

Twelve challenges for ECMWF’s second Summer of Weather Code

ECMWF has launched its second Summer of Weather Code (ESoWC) programme open to anybody keen to develop innovative weather-related software. Participants will team up with ECMWF mentors to work on 12 challenges.