How do land surface observations improve weather forecasts? 12 January 2017 Accurate and timely observations of the land surface are vital for good weather predictions but they can be tricky to come by, ECMWF scientist Patricia de Rosnay says.
New appointments in ECMWF governance mark the start of 2017 9 January 2017 December 2016 saw Jorge Miguel Alberto de Miranda and Juhani Damski start their terms as President and Vice-President of ECMWF’s Council. At the same time, five new members were appointed to ECMWF’s Scientific Advisory Committee.
2016 was warmest year yet, ECMWF data show 5 January 2017 2016 was the warmest year on record with global surface air temperatures about 1.3°C above pre-industrial levels, according to the Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) run by ECMWF on behalf of the EU.
News highlights of 2016 21 December 2016 A new Member State, two major model upgrades, a new ten-year Strategy, two director appointments – 2016 has been rich in developments from which the Centre will benefit for many years to come.
What can you do with open data? 13 December 2016 Open data will be in the spotlight during a week of events at ECMWF exploring the potential of freely available weather-related data.
ECMWF scientists explain benefits of climate reanalysis 6 December 2016 Climate reanalysis has huge benefits for numerical weather prediction (NWP) as well as climate studies, and it can help to shed new light on the pace of global warming, two of ECMWF’s top reanalysis experts have said in separate high-profile interventions.
ECMWF appoints new Director of Research 2 December 2016 Dr Andrew Brown has been appointed as ECMWF’s next Director of Research after Professor Erland Källén steps down on 31 July 2017.
Drive to boost supercomputer efficiency in full swing 29 November 2016 ECMWF is making big strides in preparing weather forecasting for the exascale era of supercomputing by improving efficiency and scalability in all parts of the production and dissemination workflow.
Model upgrade brings sea-ice coupling and higher ocean resolution 23 November 2016 ECMWF implemented a new version of its forecasting system on 22 November, which introduces a dynamic sea-ice model and increases the resolution of the ocean model. These and other changes significantly improve the Centre’s weather predictions.
ECMWF joins new project to probe impact of a changing Arctic climate 18 November 2016 ECMWF is part of a new EU-funded project investigating ways to improve weather and climate predictions in the face of a rapidly changing Arctic climate.