ERA-CLIM kick-off
The official kick-off meeting for the ERA-CLIM project took place at ECMWF on Wednesday 16 February 2011
News
A new version of the forecasting system implemented
A new version of the ECMWF forecasting and analysis system, Cycle 37r2, was implemented on 18 May 2011.
ECMWF welcomes Iceland as a Member State
Today, 1 June 2011, the Republic of Iceland will become ECMWF’s 19th Member State.
IMO prize to first ECMWF Director
The 56th IMO prize has been awarded to the late Aksel Wiin-Nielsen as a lifetime achievement award.
Outcome of Council's 75th session
Under the chairmanship of its President, Francois Jacq (France), the Council held its 75th session on 16 and 17 June 2011.
Model uncertainty and error in numerical weather and climate prediction models
Between 20 and 24 June 2011, a workshop was held at ECMWF on 'Representing Model Uncertainty and Error in Weather and Climate Prediction'.
Jean Labrousse passed away
Jean Labrousse, the second Director at ECMWF, sadly passed away on Saturday 9 July 2011.
Extension of the ERA-Interim reanalysis to 1979
In response to demands from many users, the ERA-Interim reanalysis dataset has been extended by a decade and now includes data from 1 January 1979 to the present.
MACC-II project gets the go-ahead
A new phase of funding has been secured until July 2014 for the pre-operational atmospheric monitoring and forecasting service of the European programme Global Monitoring for Environment and Security (GMES).
New seasonal forecasting system in operation
A major upgrade to the ECMWF seasonal forecasting system has been made operational.