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Three ECMWF Directors who participated in COP29

ECMWF Directors take part in UN Climate Change Conference

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.
Robin Hogan

Accounting for solar and infrared radiation in ECMWF’s weather forecasts

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.
IFS upgrade to Cycle 49r1

Forecast upgrade improves wind and temperature predictions

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's 50th anniversary image showing flags of participating nation states

ECMWF will celebrate its 50th anniversary next year

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.
ECMWF Newsletter 181

Autumn 2024 Newsletter published

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 image showing wind wheels and a cloud

Anemoi: a new framework for weather forecasting based on machine learning

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 cloud

WeatherGenerator project aims to recast machine learning for Earth system modelling

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.
Anna Agustí-Panareda

Developing the modelling of greenhouse gases in the IFS

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.
Florence Rabier

Machine learning to play growing role in weather forecasting, says DG

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.

Background showing satellite image of Europe with four photos overlaid: road signs on a flooded road; stormy sea with dark clouds; wind turbines; clouds with sun rays shining through

ECMWF at EMS2024

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-July 2024

News highlights January to 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.
ECMWF Newsletter 180

Summer 2024 Newsletter published

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.
Ioan Hadade

How to optimise the computing aspects of numerical weather forecasts

Ioan Hadade specialises in high-performance computing. His skills are essential to make our numerical weather forecasts run efficiently on our high-performance computing facility in Bologna, Italy.
4D-Var with adjustments in the corrected forecast

How physics-based forecasts can be corrected by machine learning

Progress has been made in applying machine learning tools to adjust the initial conditions and the trajectory of physics-based forecasts.

Ocean-wave-related IFS upgrade to Cycle 49r1

Ocean wind wave model upgrade improves the forecasting system

In the next upgrade of ECMWF’s Integrated Forecasting System (IFS), changes in the ocean wind wave model component will be implemented which improve forecasts.
Excerpt from ECMWF Annual Report 2023 cover image showing globe with overlaid grid, 9 km resolution and digital networks

ECMWF Annual Report 2023 published

The ECMWF Annual Report 2023 is now available online, reviewing progress towards the goals set out in our ten-year Strategy under the pillars of ‘Science and technology’, ‘Impact’, and ‘Organisation and people’.
Destination Earth goes live

EU’s Destination Earth Phase II is inaugurated

The official launch event of the EU’s Destination Earth second phase takes place today at the EuroHPC LUMI Supercomputer Center in Finland. DestinE, which aims to build a digital replica of our planet, is implemented by ECMWF, ESA, and EUMETSAT.
Planned IFS upgrade to Cycle 49r1 - two-metre temperature forecasts

Model upgrade will bring better two-metre temperature forecasts

In the next upgrade of ECMWF’s Integrated Forecasting System (IFS), changes will be implemented which improve short-range forecasts of two-metre temperature.

CoCO2 top image

Videos show ‘nature run’ of greenhouse gases over a year

Three videos developed as part of the EU-funded CoCO2 research project coordinated by ECMWF show a ‘nature run’ of greenhouse gases over the year 2021.