Workshop on Atmosphere-Ocean Interaction
About 35 leading scientists from outside ECMWF participated in the workshop on Atmosphere-Ocean Interaction, which took place from 10 to 12 November.
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Visit by German Ambassador
His Excellency Georg Boomgaarden, German Ambassador in London, visited the European Centre for Medium Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF) on 25 November 2008. He was accompanied by Ms. Petra Bethge, First Secretary Transport Affairs at the Embassy.
Workshop on the use of GIS/OGC standards in meteorology
Météo France, the UK Met Office and ECMWF jointly organised a dedicated workshop on the use of GIS systems in meteorology. The workshop was held at ECMWF, Reading, from 24 to 26 November 2008, and was a great success with over 100 participants from various disciplines and organisations worldwide.
70th ECMWF Council session
Chaired by its President Dr Adérito Vicente Serrão from Portugal, the ECMWF Council held its 70th session in Reading on 2-3 December 2008.
Member States' usage of the ECMWF supercomputer
Today, 22 December 2008, Member States’ usage of the ECMWF High Performance Computer Facility (HPCF) resources has reached a new milestone.
A symposium honouring Tony Hollingsworth at the AMS Annual Meeting
The annual meeting of the American Meteorological Society (AMS) held from 11 to 15 January in Phoenix, Arizona, included a symposium in honour of Tony Hollingsworth, former Head of Research of ECMWF, who died on 29 July 2007.
Report of the World Modelling Summit for Climate Prediction
The workshop report of the World Modelling Summit for Climate Prediction is now available for download
EFAS Workshop
The 4th Annual workshop of European Flood Alert System (EFAS) was held on 29 and 30 January at ECMWF. The workshop participants came from 24 national and regional water authorities across Europe.
ECMWF Newsletter survey
An on-line survey is being carried out of readers of the ECMWF Newsletter.
Paper on ERA-40 most highly cited in field of Geosciences
The paper "The ERA-40 re-analysis", published in 2005, has been identified by Thomson Reuters Scientific's /Essential Science Indicators/ as one of the most highly cited papers in the field of Geosciences, and has been designated as a "Current Classic" for February.