ECMWF staff attend European Meteorological Society meeting 9 September 2015 ECMWF has a strong presence at the Annual Meeting of the European Meteorological Society being held in Sofia from 7 to 11 September.
Order within chaos: big data and weather forecasting 7 September 2015 ECMWF Director of Research Erland Källén and Professor Ian Roulstone of the University of Surrey joined forces on 7 September to explain to British Science Festival delegates how weather forecasters identify order within chaos.
The quiet revolution of numerical weather prediction 3 September 2015 Nature publishes a review looking at how the science of numerical weather prediction got where it is now, and where the future challenges lie.
Physical processes take centre stage at ECMWF’s Annual Seminar 24 August 2015 This year’s edition of ECMWF’s Annual Seminar focuses on physical processes in numerical weather prediction (NWP), covering scientific challenges as well as achievements.
El Niño set to strengthen further 18 August 2015 Moderate El Niño conditions seen since this spring are continuing to strengthen and are likely to turn into a very strong event by the end of 2015, current forecasts suggest.
Forty years of advancing global numerical weather prediction 13 August 2015 Forty years ago a group of European nations resolved to join forces to improve numerical weather prediction. Since then, successive resolution upgrades have helped to greatly improve ECMWF's predictions.
Harnessing cloud and precipitation satellite data for NWP 7 August 2015 ECMWF is co-organizing a workshop on using satellite observations relating to clouds and precipitation in numerical weather prediction (NWP), to be held in the USA in December.
What next for visualisation in numerical weather prediction? 31 July 2015 Effective ways to visualise data are essential in numerical weather prediction (NWP). Technological advances offer exciting possibilities, but some things have changed little since the early days of forecasting.
ECMWF Annual Report 2014 published 29 July 2015 The ECMWF Annual Report 2014 is now available online.
Winds of change for meteorology in the energy sector 24 July 2015 The role of meteorology in the energy sector was the subject of an international conference in Boulder, Colorado, in June. David Richardson, who attended the event for ECMWF, explains why the growth in renewable energy is boosting demand for weather prediction across all timescales.
Summer newsletter published 22 July 2015 The Summer 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.
Meteosat weather satellite launched 16 July 2015 Europe’s latest weather satellite has gone into orbit after it was launched from Europe’s Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana, late on 15 July.
ECMWF presents Copernicus services at Paris climate conference 14 July 2015 ECMWF used the occasion of last week’s conference on 'Our Common Future Under Climate Change' in Paris to explain how it will implement the EU-funded Copernicus Climate Change and Atmosphere Monitoring Services.
How forecasts help astronomers peer deep into space 8 July 2015 ECMWF weather forecasts help one of the world’s top astronomical organisations, the European Southern Observatory (ESO), to fine-tune its telescopes in the quest to explore the outer reaches of the universe.
Advancing training and education in weather prediction 3 July 2015 The 10th Eumetcal workshop, hosted by ECMWF, explored current and future meteorological training requirements and solutions.
Copernicus workshop focuses on climate observations 30 June 2015 ECMWF is hosting an international workshop that will help shape the content of the Climate Data Store.
ECMWF 40th anniversary speakers hail progress in NWP 26 June 2015 Speakers at an event to mark ECMWF’s 40th anniversary noted the “stunning” advances made in numerical weather prediction (NWP) over the last four decades and set out the challenges that lie ahead.
Second EU Earth observation satellite launched 23 June 2015 Sentinel-2A has become the second satellite in the EU’s Copernicus Earth observation programme to go into orbit.
How to “professionalise” climate change communication 19 June 2015 Expert communicators met in Brussels on 16 and 17 June to look into ways to communicate climate information effectively.
