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Course explores role of physical processes in weather forecasting

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.
Newsletter 143 Spring 2015 cover

Spring newsletter published

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

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

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

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

Copernicus workshop focuses on climate projections

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

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.
EGU General Assembly 2015 conference

ECMWF makes its mark at geosciences conference

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.
Map showing temperature anomalies, first quarter of 2015

Warm conditions continue into 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 Thor-Agena-10 launched the Nimbus III, Earth observation and meteorology satellite, on April 13, 1969.

The climate reanalysis data challenge

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.
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Invitations to Tender

ECMWF has published the first four Copernicus Invitations to Tender.
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Copernicus Observations Workshop open for registration

Presenters have until 14 April 2015 to submit their application, while those wishing to attend can apply until 11 June 2015.
The satellite data assimilation module is supported by the EUMETSAT NWP-SAF

ECMWF holds two training modules on data assimilation

How weather forecasting makes use of the millions of observations that are made each day of the atmosphere, oceans and land was the focus of two training modules held at ECMWF in March 2015.

Copernicus illustration for news item about external evaluators

ECMWF opens call for external evaluators for Copernicus tenders

ECMWF is calling for independent experts in a number of scientific and technical areas to evaluate proposals sent in response to Copernicus ITTs.
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Why the Quasi-Biennial Oscillation matters

The Quasi-Biennial Oscillation was the subject of a workshop in the Canadian city of Victoria from 16 to 18 March. Tim Stockdale, who represented ECMWF at the meeting, explains what the QBO is all about.
Physical processes in present and future large-scale models

Seminar on 'Physical processes in present and future large-scale models'

The ECMWF 2015 Annual Seminar will take place from 1 to 4 September and focus on the understanding, observation and representation of processes across scales.
ECMWF training course

ECMWF launches new training module for Metview software

The redesigned “Data Analysis and Visualisation using Metview” module introduces users to Metview’s tools for accessing, processing and visualising meteorological data.
Stochastic schemes use perturbation patterns to model uncertainty

Stochastic workshop explores simulation of forecast model uncertainty

ECMWF has hosted a workshop on ‘Stochastic Parametrization’ which reviewed progress in the simulation of uncertainties in forecasting models and examined the scope for further improvements.

El Niño set to strengthen but longer-term trend uncertain

Weak El Niño conditions observed since October 2014 are expected to strengthen over the next few months and may turn into a substantial event, but there is a great deal of uncertainty beyond June 2015, current forecasts suggest.