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ECMWF Annual Report 2016 cover image

ECMWF Annual Report 2016 published

The ECMWF Annual Report 2016 is now available online.
Flooded road in Peru

ECMWF supports Peru flood response

In March 2017 ECMWF received a request to make its preciptiation forecasts available to help Peru deal with a devastating flood disaster. In line with ECMWF’s rules for the dissemination of real-time data, the Centre agreed.
Cover of ECMWF Newsletter No. 152

Summer 2017 Newsletter published

The summer 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.
Daily mean temperature July 2010 from ERA5

Copernicus service releases powerful climate monitoring dataset

The ECMWF-run Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) has released its most powerful global climate monitoring dataset to date, known as the ERA5 climate reanalysis.
Hurricane Patricia, 23 October 2015

Model upgrade improves forecast quality

An upgrade of ECMWF’s Integrated Forecasting System (IFS) implemented on 11 July improves forecast skill in medium-range and monthly forecasts.

Registration open for 2018 training courses

ECMWF is now accepting applications for its 2018 training courses. The programme includes courses on numerical weather prediction, using ECMWF forecast products, and software packages and applications used for operational weather predictions.

OpenIFS workshop in Trieste June 2017

OpenIFS users explore seasonal predictability

Fifty scientists met in the Italian city of Trieste from 5 to 9 June 2017 to explore seasonal predictability and teleconnections in the Earth system using OpenIFS, a version of ECMWF’s Integrated Forecasting System (IFS).
Florence Rabier and Silvio Cau signing high-level data centre agreement

ECMWF’s new data centre to be located in Bologna, Italy, by 2019

ECMWF Member States, gathered in Reading for the 90th session of the Centre’s Council, have approved the proposal by the Italian Government and the Emilia Romagna Region to host ECMWF’s new data centre in Bologna.
Global numerical weather prediction grid

ECMWF computing power supports research across Europe

ECMWF makes supercomputer resources available to support innovative weather and climate research in its Member States. The deadline for applications under the Special Projects programme is 30 June.
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.