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Erland Källén at the June 2017 symposium

Top NWP experts mark Research Director’s departure

Leading World Meteorological Organization officials and experts in numerical weather prediction (NWP) came together at ECMWF on 8 June for a symposium to mark the departure of Erland Källén from the Centre after eight years as Director of Research.
Johannes Flemming

Ten years of daily atmospheric composition forecasts

On 17 May 2007, ECMWF scientist Johannes Flemming initiated the Centre’s first atmospheric composition forecast. Ten years later the CAMS team continues to break new ground to keep improving what has become a successful operational service.
Flooded cottage in Cumbria, UK

ECMWF presents progress on hydrological hazards to project partners

ECMWF presented recent work on hydrological hazards during the second General Assembly of the EU-funded IMPREX project, which took place at the Centre from 31 May to 2 June.
Satellite workshop May 2017

New satellite instruments promise better view of global weather

Work on exploiting new satellite instruments that will provide unprecedented details of the weather at different levels of the atmosphere is making good progress, an international meeting hosted by ECMWF has heard.
Florence Rabier (ECMWF) and Pierre Bahurel (Mercator)

ECMWF and Mercator Ocean: committed to scientific excellence

Florence Rabier, ECMWF Director-General, and Pierre Bahurel, Mercator Ocean CEO, share their views about their organisations’ respective missions and expertise and common commitments in the EU’s Copernicus Programme.
OpenIFS training event in Toulouse May 2017

Forecast training using ECMWF’s model returns to Météo-France

ECMWF’s OpenIFS model is being used in a workshop on ensemble forecasts at France’s École Nationale de la Météorologie (ENM) in Toulouse for the second year running after last year’s event proved a resounding success.
Polar landscape

ECMWF generating dataset for Year of Polar Prediction

ECMWF has begun to generate an extended two-year global dataset to support the World Meteorological Organization’s Year of Polar Prediction (YOPP). The start of production was timed to coincide with the official launch of YOPP in Geneva, Switzerland, on 15 May.

Video screens at the EGU 2017 conference

Weather meets climate at top geosciences conference

Numerical weather prediction featured prominently in talks about climate change and extreme events at the European Geosciences Union General Assembly in Vienna from 23 to 28 April 2017.
Passenger plane flying through clouds, Serjio74/iStock/Thinkstock

New aircraft wind data could boost weather forecast quality

New aircraft wind data could be fed into numerical weather prediction (NWP) models to boost the quality of forecasts, according to a group of experts who met at ECMWF from 24 to 26 April.
EUMETSAT Met-Op satellite

Decoding microwave signals for numerical weather prediction

How best to use satellite observations of microwave signals affected by clouds and precipitation in numerical weather prediction is a thorny problem. ECMWF scientists including Alan Geer have been working on it for many years – with remarkable success.

Cover of ECMWF Newsletter No. 151

Spring 2017 Newsletter published

The spring 2017 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.
EFI precipitation for Saudi Arabia, Feb 2017

ECMWF backs WMO capacity building

ECMWF is a long-time partner in the World Meteorological Organization’s capacity building work. It is now applying its expertise in numerical weather prediction to help assess operational capabilities in WMO member countries.
ECMWF training course

Pinning down the predictability of the atmosphere

The last of this year’s season of ECMWF training courses on numerical weather prediction will look into how predictable the atmosphere and related parts of the Earth system are.
An Argo float is deployed into the ocean (photo: CSIRO)

ECMWF extends observation monitoring to the ocean

ECMWF has extended its weather observation monitoring system to ocean observations and has begun to publish the results on its website.
Xavier Abellan

How to support supercomputer and data users in 34 countries

A dedicated team at ECMWF provides support and advice to an international set of users of ECMWF’s computing and data resources, including the high-performance computing facility. Multi-talented Xavier Abellan is part of the crew.

UEF2017 graphic and dates

Registration open for ECMWF’s annual user meeting in June

Registration is still open for this year’s ‘Using ECMWF’s Forecasts’ meeting, UEF2017. Join us for a week of talks, workshops and demonstrations exploring the use of ECMWF data in forecasting severe weather.
World Meteorological Day 2017 poster

World Meteorological Day puts spotlight on clouds

World Meteorological Day 2017 is dedicated to ‘Understanding Clouds’. The theme was chosen by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) to highlight the huge importance of clouds for weather and climate.

5th International Conference on Reanalysis announcement

Registration open for Rome climate reanalysis conference in November

The EU-funded Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) operated by ECMWF is holding the 5th International Conference on Reanalysis (ICR5) from 13 to 17 November 2017 in Rome, Italy.
Flooded campsite

ANYWHERE project aims to predict weather impacts

Some 70 scientists, developers and emergency managers from across Europe came together at ECMWF from 15 to 17 March to drive forward a project that aims to provide forecasts of weather impacts, such as damage from wind storms, floods and heat waves.