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New model cycle operational

An updated version of the ECMWF forecasting system (known as cycle 37R3) was implemented on 15 November 2011, containing a collection of improvements to the forecast model, the data assimilation and the ensemble prediction system.

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Workshop on Diurnal cycles and the stable atmospheric boundary layer

A workshop was held at ECMWF on "Diurnal cycles and the stable atmospheric boundary layer" from 7 to 10 November 2011.

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Upgrade of the HPCF

ECMWF received the first delivery of nine frames of computer equipment from IBM for the mid-life upgrade of the High Performance Computing Facility (HPCF).

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New seasonal forecasting system in operation

A major upgrade to the ECMWF seasonal forecasting system has been made operational.
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MACC-II project gets the go-ahead

A new phase of funding has been secured until July 2014 for the pre-operational atmospheric monitoring and forecasting service of the European programme Global Monitoring for Environment and Security (GMES).

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Extension of the ERA-Interim reanalysis to 1979

In response to demands from many users, the ERA-Interim reanalysis dataset has been extended by a decade and now includes data from 1 January 1979 to the present.

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Jean Labrousse passed away

Jean Labrousse, the second Director at ECMWF, sadly passed away on Saturday 9 July 2011.
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Model uncertainty and error in numerical weather and climate prediction models

Between 20 and 24 June 2011, a workshop was held at ECMWF on 'Representing Model Uncertainty and Error in Weather and Climate Prediction'.
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Outcome of Council's 75th session

Under the chairmanship of its President, Francois Jacq (France), the Council held its 75th session on 16 and 17 June 2011.

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IMO prize to first ECMWF Director

The 56th IMO prize has been awarded to the late Aksel Wiin-Nielsen as a lifetime achievement award.
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ECMWF welcomes Iceland as a Member State

Today, 1 June 2011, the Republic of Iceland will become ECMWF’s 19th Member State.
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A new version of the forecasting system implemented

A new version of the ECMWF forecasting and analysis system, Cycle 37r2, was implemented on 18 May 2011.
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ERA-CLIM kick-off

The official kick-off meeting for the ERA-CLIM project took place at ECMWF on Wednesday 16 February 2011
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Worldwide distribution of ECMWF forecast products

All ECMWF forecast data and products are developed for and distributed to the ECMWF Member and Co-operating States
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ECMWF training courses, workshops and seminars in 2011

As in past years, ECMWF offers a variety of training courses, workshops and seminars in 2011.
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Co-operation agreement with Israel signed.

On 28 October 2010, Mr Israel Katz, Israeli Minister of Transport and Road Safety, and Mr Dominique Marbouty, Director-General of the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF), signed a co-operation agreement at ECMWF’s headquarters.
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Wind stilling over the continents of the Northern Hemisphere

A study published on 17 October 2010 in the journal Nature Geoscience shows that over the past three decades, surface wind speeds seem to have noticeably decreased in several regions of the world, such as the United States, China, Australia, and in several European countries. Given the often inadequate quality and heterogeneity of wind data measured by anemometers, no long-term study of the evolution of wind speeds on a global scale had been carried out so far.
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Reanalysis and Climate Service

The importance of atmospheric reanalysis data for the development of climate services in Europe was highlighted in a keynote address presented by ECMWF to the 10th annual meeting of the European Meteorological Society, held on 13-17 September 2010 in Zürich, Switzerland.
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Reanalysis confirms record warmth

Consistent with widespread media reports of extreme heat and adverse impacts in various places, the latest results from ERA-Interim indicate that the average temperature over land areas of the extratropical northern hemisphere reached a new high in July 2010.