ECMWF’s Summer of Weather Code 10 September 2018 As ECMWF's first Summer of Weather Code (ESoWC) comes to an end, Julia Wagemann describes how this online collaborative programme is helping ECMWF develop new and innovative software.
How can we make ensemble forecasts more skilful? 24 August 2018 Mark Rodwell discusses innovative diagnostics which are identifying atmospheric flow types that may lead to poor forecast performance. Such diagnostics can help to prioritise modelling efforts on aspects which might be expected to lead to the largest forecasting improvements.
Improving forecasts with new wind data from ESA's Aeolus mission 06 August 2018 At ECMWF we are very excited about the prospect of using the novel space-based wind profile information of Aeolus to improve our weather forecasts. We are proud to take a significant role in the operational Ground Segment processing and in the expert teams that will work on achieving a useful wind product.
New computer architectures and next-generation numerical weather forecasting 16 July 2018 The next few years will see a more diverse range of computer architectures and vendors than we’ve enjoyed for over a decade. Simon McIntosh-Smith, a Professor of High Performance Computing from the University of Bristol who collaborates with ECMWF, explains the challenges and opportunities this will bring to the numerical weather forecasting community.
Extending forecasts of global river flow out to seasonal timescales 05 June 2018 Rebecca Emerton discusses her work to develop new GloFAS seasonal forecasts of river flow which have the potential to give even earlier warnings of flood and drought risk around the globe.
Improving prediction and climate monitoring of polar regions – challenges and priorities 15 May 2018 As WMO's Year of Polar Prediction gets well under way, Irina Sandu and Peter Bauer discuss the challenges of forecasting in the polar regions and highlight the priorities for ECMWF.
The 2018 ECMWF HPC workshop – making progress on scalability 17 April 2018 The issue of scalability will feature as the headline topic at this year's ECMWF high-performance computing (HPC) workshop in September. Here Peter Bauer, head of ECMWF’s Scalability Programme, talks about what is perhaps the biggest revolution in numerical weather prediction since computer-based forecasts began.
Reaching out to the Asian meteorology and hydrology community 15 March 2018 Erik Andersson, Deputy Director of the Forecast Department, will be presenting ECMWF products and what they can deliver at InterMet Asia, the region's largest assembly of meteorology professionals.
Earth surface processes, human impact and predictability 02 February 2018 Gianpaolo Balsamo discusses the importance of two-way coupling between the atmosphere and Earth’s surface, and how humans are altering these interactions. He shares his drive and excitement about bringing recent research developments into operational use.
Wildfires – a hazard like no other 05 December 2017 Francesca Di Giuseppe discusses some of the unique challenges involved in predicting wildfires and how ECMWF is contributing to European and global fire information systems.
Improving forecasts of European flooding 16 November 2017 David Lavers talks about his work on extreme precipitation and the development of effective flood forecasting tools.
The complexities of assimilating cloud- and precipitation-sensitive observations 03 November 2017 Alan Geer explains how new observations sensitive to cloud and precipitation can improve forecasts.
ERA5: the new reanalysis of weather and climate data 04 October 2017 Hans Hersbach talks about ERA5, a new reanalysis of weather and climate to replace ERA-Interim.
Speeding up weather forecasts by using single precision computer calculations 04 September 2017 Peter Dueben looks at whether single precision can help to improve our computational efficiency.
