European climate marked by heat and drought in 2022 – report 20 April 2023 The climate in Europe in 2022 was marked by extreme heat and widespread drought, according to a report published by the EU-funded Copernicus Climate Change Service implemented by ECMWF.
Four key ECMWF events in 2023 5 April 2023 ECMWF’s events programme in 2023 includes four key meetings between June and October: Using ECMWF’s Forecasts, the Annual Seminar, an event on atmospheric river reconnaissance, and one on high-performance computing in meteorology.
Three research projects to improve ECMWF’s Copernicus services 29 March 2023 January 2023 marked the start of three EU-funded research projects to further develop the EU’s Copernicus Climate Change Service and Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service implemented by ECMWF: CERISE, CAMEO and CORSO.
The future of weather, climate and water across generations 23 March 2023 On World Meteorological Day, ECMWF Director of Forecasts Florian Pappenberger reflects on the WMO’s critical role and the importance of international collaboration for the future of weather, climate and water across generations.
Destination Earth demonstration products to be ready by mid-2024 8 March 2023 ECMWF will ensure that the EU’s Destination Earth initiative has completed the first steps in developing highly accurate replicas of Earth to facilitate action on climate change and environmental extremes by mid-2024.
New data show a wetter and warmer Arctic 28 February 2023 Scientists from the EU’s Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) implemented by ECMWF have observed major changes in Arctic precipitation, air temperature and sea-ice coverage over the most recent three decades. Reanalysis enables a new focus on the Arctic climate.
Upgrade of forecasts is at the centre of our plans for 2023, says DG 13 February 2023 An upgrade of the Integrated Forecasting System (IFS) to Cycle 48r1 is at the centre of our plans for 2023, ECMWF Director-General Florence Rabier has said in an interview that previews the Centre’s activities this year.
How to monitor observations to ensure the best possible forecasts 7 February 2023 Numerical weather predictions rely on observations to help establish the initial conditions of forecasts as accurately as possible. Mohamed Dahoui monitors weather observations at ECMWF to ensure they are of good quality.
ECMWF publishes new Software Strategy 31 January 2023 ECMWF has published a new Software Strategy, outlining its plans for the development of software outside the weather prediction process until 2027. One of the guiding ideas is for software to be developed openly.
Copernicus CO2 project enters final year 24 January 2023 The ECMWF-coordinated CoCO2 project to build a prototype system to monitor anthropogenic CO2 emissions worldwide has moved into its final year. This EU-funded initiative is on track to feed into a permanent anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions Monitoring and Verification Support Capacity.
Winter 2022/23 Newsletter published 23 January 2023 The winter 2022/23 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.
The growing role of machine learning at ECMWF 16 January 2023 Machine learning is entering many aspects of weather forecasting. At ECMWF, a team of three people is supporting these activities. They expect machine learning to continue to play a growing role in weather forecasting.
The year 2022 was the second warmest on record in Europe 10 January 2023 The year 2022 was the second warmest on record in Europe, and the summer of 2022 was the hottest in Europe, data released by the European Union’s Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) run by ECMWF show.
News highlights of 2022 19 December 2022 ECMWF news highlights of 2022 include forecast data updates; projects and workshops to drive forward weather science; and news from the EU-funded services implemented by ECMWF.
25 years of 4D-Var: how machine learning can improve the use of observations 12 December 2022 Twenty-five years ago, ECMWF introduced ‘4D-Var’ to the assimilation of observational data into its weather model. Changes worked on over the last few years include reducing the effects of model biases using machine learning techniques.
New geostationary satellite to bring benefits for ECMWF’s forecasts 28 November 2022 EUMETSAT is planning to launch a new geostationary satellite in December that provides more frequent and higher-resolution images than its predecessor and carries a new instrument to observe lightning flashes.
Copernicus Emergency Management Service releases GloFAS v4.0 hydrological reanalysis 16 November 2022 A new, substantially upgraded hydrological reanalysis dataset of the Global Flood Awareness System from 1980 to July 2022 has been produced by the Joint Research Centre of the European Commission in collaboration with ECMWF and released as part of the Copernicus Emergency Management Service.
How models predict a possible outline of winter weather in Europe 15 November 2022 ECMWF produces not just weather forecasts 15 days ahead but also forecasts for weeks and seasons ahead. The latter contribute to multi-centre predictions provided by the EU’s Copernicus Climate Change Service run by ECMWF.
ECMWF at the United Nations COP27 Climate Change Conference 7 November 2022 ECMWF is making a wide-ranging contribution to 27th United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP27), joining high-level interventions at the UN-led Earth Information Day and an event presenting the Systematic Observations Financing Facility (SOFF). We are also involved in side events for the European Union’s Copernicus programme and Destination Earth initiative.
