El Niño approaches peak warming 17 November 2015 El Niño conditions in the central Pacific remain very strong, and sea-surface temperatures are now close to their expected maximum value as the event moves towards its peak at the end of the year.
NEXTGenIO supercomputing project gets under way 16 November 2015 A consortium including ECMWF has announced the successful start of the NEXTGenIO project on input/output challenges in high-performance computing (HPC).
ECMWF experts share insights on use of satellite data 13 November 2015 ECMWF scientists joined researchers and data providers from around the world to discuss developments in the fields of satellite sounding data, radiative transfer, data assimilation, and new and future satellite missions.
Weather satellites pick up Indonesian fire signal over Indian Ocean 11 November 2015 Unusual weather satellite data over a large swathe of the Indian Ocean can be attributed to emissions from Indonesian wildfires, it has emerged.
Pushing the boundaries of predictability 6 November 2015 Which aspects of the weather can be predicted up to three months ahead? This question was the subject of an international workshop held at ECMWF from 2 to 5 November.
ECMWF Convention came into force 40 years ago 3 November 2015 On the occasion of the Centre’s 40th anniversary, we look back at how ECMWF came to be set up and how it has changed since then.
ECMWF Fellow explores scope to improve numerical methods 27 October 2015 Professor Rupert Klein, a renowned scientist in the areas of geophysical fluid dynamics and numerical modelling, has ambitious goals for his three-year ECMWF Fellowship.
Autumn newsletter published 22 October 2015 The Autumn 2015 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.
ECMWF works with University of Reading to boost weather science 20 October 2015 ECMWF collaborates with the best experts in meteorology across the world. It helps that some of them are based on its doorstep.
Strong El Niño continues to warm 16 October 2015 El Niño conditions in the central Pacific are now very strong, and sea-surface temperature anomalies are continuing to increase slowly as the event moves towards its expected peak at the end of the year.
EarthServer-2 develops plans for better access to Big Earth Data 12 October 2015 ECMWF hosted the second meeting of the EarthServer-2 project, which aims to improve access to Big Earth Data, on 8 and 9 October.
Computing experts define roadmap for ECMWF-led scalability project 7 October 2015 ESCAPE, a major EU-funded project in ECMWF’s Scalability Programme, held its kick-off meeting at the Centre on 1 and 2 October.
3D and user interaction among top themes during Visualisation Week 5 October 2015 Innovative uses of 3D and debates on user interaction were among the highlights of a week of events on visualisation in meteorology at ECMWF.
ECMWF scientists share insights at EUMETSAT conference 1 October 2015 ECMWF scientists shared their insights and gave a series of well-attended talks at the 2015 EUMETSAT Meteorological Satellite Conference.
Scalability projects gather steam at Rome conference 29 September 2015 Two EU-funded scalability-related projects in which ECMWF is closely involved are introducing themselves to the wider high-performance computing community at an international workshop taking place in Rome.
First ‘Visualisation in Meteorology week' gets under way at ECMWF 25 September 2015 A week-long programme of events on visualisation in meteorology begins at ECMWF on Monday 28 September.
A global approach to predicting flash floods 23 September 2015 ECMWF scientists Tim Hewson and Florian Pappenberger have come up with a new, cost-saving approach to predicting flash floods across the globe, earning them a place as finalists for the Harry Otten Prize for Innovation in Meteorology.
El Niño conditions remain strong 17 September 2015 El Niño conditions in the central Pacific are now reaching very strong values, and further maturing of the El Niño event is expected in the coming months.
Annual Seminar participants discuss cutting-edge science 11 September 2015 The ECMWF Annual Seminar 2015, entitled 'Physical processes in present and future large-scale models', took place from 1 to 4 September.
