Annual reports
Key developments included modelling and data assimilation improvements for the Integrated Forecasting System; the operationalisation of the Artificial Intelligence Forecasting System (AIFS); improvements in forecast skill; the opening of the full real-time data catalogue under a permissive licence; and contributions to the European Union’s Copernicus programme and Destination Earth initiative.
The year also marked ECMWF’s 50th anniversary, and the report summarises the events that helped celebrate five decades of scientific innovation, international collaboration and leadership in weather prediction.
A review of progress across ECMWF towards our strategic goals, including forecasting system improvements, the rapid development of our AIFS machine learning forecasting model, and contributions to the European Union’s Copernicus programme and Destination Earth initiative.
The report reviews progress towards the goals set out in ECMWF's ten-year Strategy under the pillars of ‘Science and technology’, ‘Impact’, and ‘Organisation and people’. It highlights a selection of activities from across the organisation, achieved with the support of Member and Co-operating States and the meteorological community.
Key developments included the upgrade of the Integrated Forecasting System to Cycle 48r1, the development of a new machine learning weather forecasting model - the AIFS, improvements in forecast skill, and contributions to the European Union’s Copernicus and Destination Earth initiatives.
The report highlights a selection of activities from across the organisation, achieved with the support of Member and Co-operating States and the meteorological community.
Key developments included work towards our next forecasting system upgrade, the switch to using the new Atos supercomputer system to run operational forecasts, improvements in forecast skill, and contributions to the European Union’s Copernicus and Destination Earth initiatives.
The report reviews progress towards the goals set out in the Centre’s ten-year Strategy to 2030 that launched at the start of 2021, under the pillars of ‘Science and technology’, ‘Impact’, and ‘Organisation and people’.
Developments include two forecasting system upgrades; the formal opening of duty stations in Italy and Germany that bring us closer to our Member and Co-operating States; agreements with the European Commission for ECMWF to continue its role in the Copernicus Earth observation programme and to become part of the new Destination Earth initiative; and many areas of progress in weather science.
The report highlights the international collaboration and expertise from our Member and Co‑operating States, partners and Fellows that are fundamental to the work of ECMWF.