The climate change communication question 16 June 2015 How can we best communicate what we know about climate change? The question matters because there is a broad consensus that climate change is real and has potential impacts on society.
OpenIFS makes “invaluable” contribution to research and training 12 June 2015 Researchers at the Universities of Oxford and Helsinki describe OpenIFS, a version of ECMWF’s Integrated Forecasting System (IFS), as an “invaluable” tool for research and training.
OpenIFS user meeting focuses on uncertainty in NWP 9 June 2015 Users of the OpenIFS model, a version of ECMWF’s Integrated Forecasting System, are meeting at the Centre from 10 to 12 June for a workshop that focuses on uncertainty in numerical weather prediction (NWP).
World Meteorological Organization appoints new Secretary-General 5 June 2015 Petteri Taalas, the Director-General of the Finnish Meteorological Institute, has been appointed as the next Secretary-General of the World Meteorological Organization (WMO).
Course probes numerical methods in weather forecasting 2 June 2015 A training course being held at ECMWF from 1 to 5 June delves deep into the methods that lie at the heart of numerical weather prediction (NWP) and Earth-system modelling.
Copernicus Observations Workshop registration still open 27 May 2015 Registration for the Copernicus workshop on Climate Observation Requirements to take place at ECMWF from 29 June to 2 July remains open until 11 June.
Improving cross-border management of floods – 10 years of EFAS 21 May 2015 The European Flood Awareness System held its 10th anniversary user meeting to review its operations ten years after it started its pre-operational service.
Course explores role of physical processes in weather forecasting 18 May 2015 The tricky but crucial question of how to model small-scale physical processes to help produce numerical forecasts is the subject of a training course being run by ECMWF from 11 to 21 May.
Spring newsletter published 15 May 2015 The Spring 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 launches new model cycle 12 May 2015 ECMWF launched a new model cycle on 12 May bringing a range of improvements to its Integrated Forecasting System (IFS).
New database to shed light on sub-seasonal to seasonal predictability 11 May 2015 ECMWF has launched a data portal for sub-seasonal to seasonal (S2S) weather forecasts to help researchers study predictability on time-scales of up to 60 days.
EC-Earth moves towards improved Earth system model 7 May 2015 A two-day meeting of the EC-Earth consortium hosted by ECMWF has reviewed progress in developing an improved Earth system model for fresh insights into climate change.
Copernicus workshop focuses on climate projections 5 May 2015 ECMWF has held the second in a series of workshops helping to shape the Copernicus Climate Change Service it is implementing on behalf of the EU.
ESCAPE project set to prepare for new era in supercomputing 30 April 2015 Efforts to prepare forecasting systems for the exascale era of supercomputing receive a boost as the European Commission backs the 4m-euro ESCAPE project coordinated by ECMWF.
ECMWF makes its mark at geosciences conference 22 April 2015 ECMWF delegates ran a series of well-attended sessions at the European Geosciences Union General Assembly in Vienna from 12 to 17 April and used the opportunity to catch up with the work of fellow scientists.
Warm conditions continue into 2015 20 April 2015 Global temperatures continued to be high in the first quarter of this year after 2014 was one of the warmest years on record.
The climate reanalysis data challenge 10 April 2015 Old satellite data contain valuable information on climate change for some essential climate variables. This article presents vital work to preserve and rescue these observations before it is too late.
Invitations to Tender 8 April 2015 ECMWF has published the first four Copernicus Invitations to Tender.
Copernicus Observations Workshop open for registration 2 April 2015 Presenters have until 14 April 2015 to submit their application, while those wishing to attend can apply until 11 June 2015.
