Autumn 2024 Newsletter published 21 October 2024 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: a new framework for weather forecasting based on machine learning 14 October 2024 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 project aims to recast machine learning for Earth system modelling 2 October 2024 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.
Developing the modelling of greenhouse gases in the IFS 23 September 2024 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.
Machine learning to play growing role in weather forecasting, says DG 9 September 2024 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.
ECMWF at EMS2024 30 August 2024 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 to July 2024 29 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.
Summer 2024 Newsletter published 19 July 2024 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.
How to optimise the computing aspects of numerical weather forecasts 16 July 2024 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.
How physics-based forecasts can be corrected by machine learning 2 July 2024 Progress has been made in applying machine learning tools to adjust the initial conditions and the trajectory of physics-based forecasts.
Ocean wind wave model upgrade improves the forecasting system 24 June 2024 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.
ECMWF Annual Report 2023 published 17 June 2024 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’.
EU’s Destination Earth Phase II is inaugurated 10 June 2024 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.
Model upgrade will bring better two-metre temperature forecasts 4 June 2024 In the next upgrade of ECMWF’s Integrated Forecasting System (IFS), changes will be implemented which improve short-range forecasts of two-metre temperature.
Videos show ‘nature run’ of greenhouse gases over a year 28 May 2024 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.
Bringing together users, researchers and coders in ECMWF’s machine learning efforts 15 May 2024 ECMWF’s endeavour to create first-class machine learning weather forecasts relies on the expertise of its staff, including Jesper Dramsch, who joined ECMWF in 2021.
New satellite promises unprecedented data on clouds and aerosols 7 May 2024 A new satellite called Earth Cloud, Aerosol and Radiation Explorer (EarthCARE), to be launched later this month, will provide unprecedented data on clouds and aerosols that will help ECMWF to initialise its weather forecasts.
Waves and wave-coupled processes event reviews state of the art 29 April 2024 ECMWF held the 5th workshop on ocean waves and wave-coupled processes in Reading (UK) from 10 to 12 April 2024. It was attended by 80 scientists from across the world and followed workshops in Melbourne, Qingdao, Hangzhou and Uppsala.
Europe saw widespread flooding and severe heatwaves in 2023 – report 22 April 2024 One third of the European river network saw river flows above the ‘high’ threshold in 2023, and the year saw a record number of days with ‘extreme heat stress’ in Europe, a report by the Copernicus Climate Change Service, implemented by ECMWF, and the World Meteorological Organization says.
