ECMWF launches Massive Open Online Course on Machine Learning in Weather and Climate 31 October 2022 Registration is now open for a new Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) on Machine Learning in Weather and Climate to be launched in January 2023.
Autumn 2022 Newsletter published 21 October 2022 The autumn 2022 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.
nextGEMS probes km-scale resolutions in the Integrated Forecasting System 11 October 2022 ECMWF is testing what needs to be done to improve the realism of global km-scale weather simulations. As part of the nextGEMS project, it is looking into modelling sea ice cracks in the Arctic and fixing water and energy budget imbalances.
Symposium for Prof. Tim Palmer to take place on 5 and 6 December 3 October 2022 On 5 and 6 December 2022, ECMWF and the University of Oxford will hold a symposium to celebrate the career of Tim Palmer, whose work has been profoundly linked to ECMWF’s ensemble prediction system.
Annual Seminar challenges physics in the context of seamless prediction 26 September 2022 In ECMWF’s first in-person Annual Seminar in three years, over 100 scientists and students came together from 12 to 16 September to look at the large range of physical processes and scales that have to be represented in seamless weather prediction.
ECMWF’s contribution to Destination Earth gets under way 20 September 2022 ECMWF has built up a team to work on digital twins of Earth as part of its contribution to the EU’s Destination Earth initiative. The new staff will work alongside existing ECMWF teams and with outside partners on developing these new capabilities.
The contribution of ocean waves to weather forecasting 12 September 2022 This year’s Annual Seminar is dedicated to ‘challenging physics in seamless prediction’. One of the speakers is Jean Bidlot, ECMWF’s expert for forecasting ocean waves and determining their feedback on the weather.
ECMWF at the European Meteorological Society Annual Meeting 2 September 2022 ECMWF is attending the Annual Meeting of the European Meteorological Society from 4 to 9 September 2022, presenting developments in Earth system modelling and probabilistic forecasting, as well as work from the EU Copernicus and Destination Earth initiatives.
ECMWF Directors talk about European heatwaves 22 August 2022 Europe has seen several heatwaves since June. ECMWF Directors point out that these were the result of different meteorological conditions, and that climate change plays a role in their impacts.
News highlights January to July 2022 1 August 2022 ECMWF news highlights in the first seven months of 2022 include forecast updates; projects and workshops to drive forward weather science; and news from the EU-funded services implemented by ECMWF.
Atmospheric composition observations are checked automatically 25 July 2022 ECMWF has extended the quality monitoring of observations used by the global forecasting system of the Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service by adding an automatic alert system. CAMS is implemented by ECMWF on behalf of the European Commission.
Summer 2022 Newsletter published 22 July 2022 The summer 2022 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 moves further towards open data 18 July 2022 ECMWF has released a new data service charge model, which is an important step in our journey towards open data. Here we present this and other recent changes in our data services.
European heatwaves in June 2022 11 July 2022 June 2022 saw two serious heatwaves in Europe, during which some all-time temperature records were broken, including for Biarritz in southwest France. The heatwaves were well predicted by ECMWF forecasts.
Third ECMWF–ESA machine learning event takes place in November 4 July 2022 The third edition of the ECMWF–ESA Workshop on Machine Learning for Earth Observation and Prediction will take place from 14 to 17 November 2022. Registration and abstract submission are now open.
ECMWF Annual Report 2021 available online 27 June 2022 The annual report reviews progress in 2021 towards the goals set out in ECMWF’s Strategy to 2030.
ECMWF to host one of three SPARC General Assembly meetings in October 22 June 2022 ECMWF will host one of three SPARC General Assembly meetings from 24 to 28 October 2022, which will review research into atmospheric variability and prediction.
Using ECMWF’s Forecasts event focused on visualising meteorological data 20 June 2022 More than 40 people took part in person in Reading and up to 85 participated online at any one time in this year’s edition of Using ECMWF’s Forecasts, which ran from 7 to 10 June on the key theme of visualising meteorological data.
Making some of the Integrated Forecasting System open source 7 June 2022 ECMWF is starting to make some of its Integrated Forecasting System (IFS) available on an open-source basis to facilitate collaboration on the code.
