Winter 2024/25 Newsletter published 24 January 2025 The winter 2024/25 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.
2024 was the warmest year on record, Copernicus data show 10 January 2025 The year 2024 was the warmest on record globally and the first calendar year that was more than 1.5°C above the pre-industrial level, according to the EU’s Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) implemented by ECMWF.
ECMWF at the AMS Annual Meeting 2025 6 January 2025 We are taking part in the American Meteorological Society (AMS) Annual Meeting from 12 to 16 January 2025 with presentations about ECMWF developments and plans and an exhibition booth.
News highlights of 2024 20 December 2024 ECMWF news highlights in 2024 include a major upgrade of the forecasting system; initiatives to drive forward weather science, including machine learning; and news from the EU-funded services implemented by ECMWF.
The AI revolution: how European weather services are harnessing innovation 16 December 2024 Representatives from three European meteorological institutions – Météo-France, the German National Meteorological Service (DWD), and ECMWF – discuss how artificial intelligence is impacting services and activities, highlighting the crucial role of collaboration.
ECMWF to present updates at Annual Meeting of the American Geophysical Union 9 December 2024 At the Annual Meeting of the American Geophysical Union (AGU24), we present progress towards a global km-scale flood forecasting system, and we look at the mechanisms through which mesoscale convective systems can affect the large-scale circulation.
Experts meet to discuss satellite observations of Earth system interfaces 2 December 2024 From 19 to 22 November 2024, ECMWF hosted the NWP SAF Workshop on Satellite Observations of the Earth System Interfaces. The workshop continued the successful series of meetings organised at ECMWF on behalf of EUMETSAT’s Numerical Weather Prediction Satellite Applications Facility.
ECMWF Directors take part in UN Climate Change Conference 25 November 2024 Three ECMWF Directors participated in person and remotely in the UN Climate Change Conference in Baku, Azerbaijan, 11–22 November: Director-General Florence Rabier; the Director of the Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service, Laurence Rouil; and the Director for Destination Earth at ECMWF, Irina Sandu.
Accounting for solar and infrared radiation in ECMWF’s weather forecasts 18 November 2024 Robin Hogan is responsible for the representation of solar and infrared radiation in the model used for ECMWF’s weather forecasts. He also co-chairs the mission advisory group for the EarthCARE satellite, which was launched in May this year.
Forecast upgrade improves wind and temperature predictions 13 November 2024 An upgrade of ECMWF’s Integrated Forecasting System to Cycle 49r1 implemented on 12 November has substantially improved near-surface wind and temperature predictions, particularly for the winter months in the northern hemisphere.
ECMWF will celebrate its 50th anniversary next year 28 October 2024 ECMWF will mark its 50th anniversary next year with three weeks of events taking place in our three duty stations in Bonn, Germany, 7–11 April; Bologna, Italy, 15–19 September; and Reading, UK, 1–5 December.
Autumn 2024 Newsletter published 21 October 2024 The autumn 2024 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.
Anemoi: a new framework for weather forecasting based on machine learning 14 October 2024 A range of national meteorological services across Europe and ECMWF have launched Anemoi, a framework for creating machine learning weather forecasting systems. Named after the Greek gods of the winds, Anemoi is a collaborative, open-source initiative.
WeatherGenerator project aims to recast machine learning for Earth system modelling 2 October 2024 ECMWF is coordinating an EU Horizon project called WeatherGenerator which aims to use machine learning in novel ways for weather forecasting and to model related Earth system processes.
Developing the modelling of greenhouse gases in the IFS 23 September 2024 Anna Agustí-Panareda has spent the last few years modelling greenhouse gases in ECMWF’s Integrated Forecasting System (IFS). She now helps to develop a system to monitor anthropogenic emissions of these gases.
Machine learning to play growing role in weather forecasting, says DG 9 September 2024 Machine learning is set to play a growing role in numerical weather prediction, but physics-based forecasting techniques will continue to be important, ECMWF’s Director-General Florence Rabier has said in an interview.
ECMWF at EMS2024 30 August 2024 At the 2024 Annual Meeting of the European Meteorological Society (EMS), ECMWF will present developments in Earth system modelling from across the organisation.
News highlights January to July 2024 29 July 2024 ECMWF news highlights in the first seven months of 2024 include updates on forthcoming improvements in the Integrated Forecasting System, initiatives to drive forward weather science, and news from the EU-funded services implemented by ECMWF.
Summer 2024 Newsletter published 19 July 2024 The summer 2024 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.
