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TIGGE-LAM improves regional ensemble forecasts

The World Weather Research Programme has launched a new tool to improve regional ensemble forecasts of high-impact weather and so strengthen early warning and disaster prevention.

A single web portal hosted by the European Centre for Medium Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF) called TIGGE-LAM is now available. It currently groups five European ensemble systems in a standard data format, and five more will be added in the near future.
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Using ECMWF's forecasts (UEF2014)

The meeting provides a forum for exchanging ideas and experiences on the use of ECMWF data and products.
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New Director of Computing appointed

Dr Adrian Wander has been appointed as ECMWF’s new Director of Computing. His appointment will take effect on 3 March.

Commenting on his appointment, Prof Wander said:
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ECMWF at the GEO-X Summit and Exhibition

The GEO-X Plenary and the 2014 GEO Ministerial Summit will be held from 14 to 17 January 2014 in Geneva, Switzerland.

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ECMWF Newsletter – 2013

The autumn 2013 edition of the ECMWF Newsletter has been published.
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New model cycle 40R1

On 19 November 2013 ECMWF implemented a new cycle of the Integrated Forecasting System (IFS).

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2014 Training course programme

The dates for the 2014 ECMWF training course programme have been posted on our website.
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DTP in Environmental Research – open day

ECMWF is partnering Oxford in a new Doctoral Training Partnership in Environmental Research starting in October 2014.
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World Weather Open Science Conference 2014

The first World Weather Open Science Conference ‘WWOSC 2014 - The weather: what’s the outlook?’ will be held in Montréal, Canada, from 16 to 21 August 2014.

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MACC-II Summer School 2013

June 2013 saw the first edition of the MACC-II Summer School take place in Anglet, France.
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Accession agreement between Serbia and ECMWF signed

On 27 September the Director of the Republic Hydrometeorological Service of Serbia (RHMSS) and the Director-General of ECMWF signed the “Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Serbia and ECMWF on the accession of the Republic of Serbia to the ECMWF Convention” in Belgrade.
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ECMWF Newsletter – Summer 2013

The summer 2013 edition of the ECMWF Newsletter has been published.
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Annual Report 2012

The report presents some of ECMWF’s key activities in 2012. These include the provision of good guidance about extreme weather events, the upgrading of the supercomputer and the growth of the meteorological data archive.
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ECMWF Newsletter – Spring 2013

The spring 2013 edition of the ECMWF Newsletter has been published.
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Contract for new high-performance computing facility signed

At its 79th session on 19-20 June 2013, the ECMWF Council authorised the Director-General to enter into a service contract with Cray UK Ltd to replace the High Performance Computing Facility (HPCF) at the Centre from mid-2014 onwards. The contract between ECMWF and Cray UK Ltd was signed on 24 June 2013.

Cray will provide a multi-petaflops supercomputing infrastructure at ECMWF designed for operational resiliency featuring two Cray XC30 systems and a multi-petabyte Cray Sonexion storage system.
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Current floods in central Europe

Several days of heavy rain at the end of May and beginning of June led to saturated soils and extreme flooding in central Europe.
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Using ECMWF's forecasts

'Using ECMWF's Forecasts' is an evolution of our long-running series of Forecast Products Users' meetings.
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ECMWF Newsletter – Winter 2013

The winter 2012/13 edition of the ECMWF Newsletter has been published.
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Senior appointments at ECMWF

ECMWF is looking to recruit a Director of Operations and a Director of Forecasts.