European heatwave July 2023 19 July 2023 Europe is experiencing some of the hottest temperatures of summer 2023 so far, with parts of Greece, eastern Spain, Sardinia, Sicily and southern Italy seeing temperatures above 45°C at the start of this week.
The rise of machine learning in weather forecasting 20 June 2023 ML-based weather prediction models have developed rapidly over the last year with exciting results. A group of our scientists discuss developments and their potential implications for the future.
The strange phenomenon of large-scale cloud-clearing waves in the atmosphere 20 March 2023 While looking at kilometre-scale simulations, Philippe Lopez and Inna Polichtchouk spotted unusual cloud-free areas in the tropics which also appeared in observations. Here they describe their investigation of this large-scale cloud-clearing wave phenomenon.
One woman's journey to a career in Earth system modelling 08 March 2023 To mark International Women’s Day, Birgit Sützl, an early career research scientist at ECMWF, shares her experiences of studying maths at university and her journey to find her perfect career path in Earth system modelling.
Maldives Meteorological Service and ECMWF collaborate through the WMO Fellowship Scheme 17 February 2023 Ahmed Shabin from the Maldives Meteorological Service shares his plans for the year ahead at ECMWF as a WMO Fellow.
Verifying high-resolution forecasts 24 January 2023 Higher-resolution forecasts need different methods to assess their accuracy than lower-resolution forecasts. Thomas Haiden and Llorenç Lledó discuss some of their work in this field.
EFAS kilometre-scale flood forecasting: hydrology meets computer science 13 December 2022 Cinzia Mazzetti talks us through the upgrade of the European Flood Awareness System from 5 km to around 1.5 km, and how hydrologists, meteorologists and computer scientists are working together to achieve success.
ECMWF Summer of Weather Code 2022 07 November 2022 Now in its fifth year, ECMWF’s Summer of Weather Code continues to develop innovative software solutions which tackle a range of challenges in weather and climate, by bringing together external teams with ECMWF experts. Esperanza Cuartero and Julia Wagemann take us through this year’s projects.
Progress in sub-seasonal forecasting of weather extremes 04 October 2022 As their work under the EU-funded CAFE project draws to a close, ECMWF scientists Emmanuel Rouges and Nikolaos Mastrantonas highlight the progress they’ve achieved in forecasting extreme conditions over Europe at the challenging sub-seasonal timescale.
Predicting the impact of new satellites on ECMWF’s forecasts 16 June 2022 ECMWF’s Ensemble of Data Assimilations is providing a novel and efficient way to assess the impact of new satellite observations and to help inform the development of the Global Observing System. Sean Healy and Katrin Lonitz discuss some of the latest work.
Radio Frequency Interference: an NWP perspective on the RFI 2022 workshop 14 March 2022 Radio frequency interference poses serious risks to numerical weather prediction and other fields. Stephen English takes us through the key issues discussed at the RFI 2022 workshop on monitoring, mitigation, and management.
ECMWF – a stimulating and diverse working environment 08 March 2022 On International Women’s Day, ECMWF’s Director-General Florence Rabier discusses working in the diverse environment of ECMWF, in a field that has fascinated her since childhood.
Secondment at ECMWF on the Maestro project 31 January 2022 Over his nine-month secondment at ECMWF, Miloš Lompar from the Serbian Met Service worked with Domokos Sármány and others in Production Services as part of the Maestro project looking at novel technologies for data input/output – currently one of the major bottlenecks in ECMWF’s Integrated Forecasting System.
Machine learning to emulate components of ECMWF’s Integrated Forecasting System 13 December 2021 Matthew Chantry and Peter Dueben look at the expanding range of projects exploring the use of machine learning within the Centre’s forecasting system.
ECMWF Summer of Weather Code 2021 01 November 2021 Julia Wagemann and Esperanza Cuartero discuss the cutting-edge innovations and high-quality open-source developments from this year’s Summer of Weather Code.
Advancing high-performance data management in the EuroHPC ACROSS project 13 October 2021 Following the opening of ECMWF's data centre in Bologna and offices in Bonn, Emanuele Danovaro highlights the opportunities this brings for collaboration in the EuroHPC ACROSS project.
CALIPSO: 15 years of cloud and aerosol lidar data from space 28 June 2021 For the last 15 years, the CALIPSO satellite has been providing a unique, three-dimensional view of clouds and aerosols. Our scientists look back at its contribution to weather forecasting and atmospheric monitoring.
Better glimpses of the future with global storm-resolving simulations 02 June 2021 Irina Sandu and Bjorn Stevens present a European effort to build the next generation of Earth system models in the H2020 project NextGEMS.
Assimilating soil moisture scatterometer data using neural networks 26 April 2021 Patricia De Rosnay and colleagues discuss a recent study which uses neural network techniques to derive soil moisture from satellite observations. Neural networks are shown to outperform operational methods in some regions.
