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Annual Seminar 2014

ECMWF Annual Seminar 2014 starts today

ECMWF’s Annual Seminar 2014 starts today and will focus on “Use of Satellite Observations in NWP”.

ECMWF Annual Report 2013 published

The ECMWF Annual Report 2013 is now available. It is structured around the 8 key objectives set out in the Centre's 4-year programme of activities.

Tim plamer

ECMWF Fellow receives prestigious Dirac medal

Tim Palmer has been awarded the Institute of Physics 2014 Dirac medal for his work on probabilistic weather and climate prediction.

HEPEX anniversary workshop attracts over 70 participants

HEPEX marks 10 years of hydrological ensemble forecasting

Since 2004 HEPEX has developed into a broad network of scientists, forecasting groups, and end-users

ECMWF launches new fellowship programme

ECMWF is launching a new fellowship programme to foster collaboration with renowned international scientists. July 2014 marks the start of a three-year tenure for the first ECMWF Fellows: Professor Tilmann Gneiting, Professor Rupert Klein and Professor Tim Palmer.

Copernicus byte - Satellite picture

ECMWF’s team showcases MACC II’s activities to EU Space Working Party

The European Union Council’s Space Working Party visited EUMETSAT on June 17 for a series of presentations demonstrating the organisation’s central role in bringing data to Copernicus services’ and their end users.

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ECMWF's 2014 user meeting: responding to weather forecasting challenges

ECMWF met its data users at the ‘Using ECMWF’s Forecasts’ (UEF2014) meeting from 4 to 6 June 2014.

An international audience of more than 80 professionals from national meteorological services, commercial businesses and international organisations met at ECMWF to learn about new developments, exchange ideas on the use of ECMWF data and share their experiences. For ECMWF, the meeting was a valuable opportunity to gather feedback on its forecast performance and services.

Italian Ambassador visits ECMWF

The Italian Ambassador in London, His Excellency Pasquale Terracciano, and the Scientific attaché, Prof. Roberto di Lauro, were at ECMWF on 6 June 2014. This was the first visit by an Italian Ambassador since ECMWF was established in 1975.

The Director-General, Prof. Alan Thorpe, highlighted the important role of Italy as one of ECMWF’s Member States in providing the resources needed to develop research and operational programmes.

Oceanographers meet at ECMWF for the 2014 WISE meeting

ECMWF hosted the 2014 meeting of the Waves In Shallow water Environment group (WISE), which took place from 8 to 12 June.

D-Day

ECMWF revisits the meteorology of the D-Day period

Using a modern analysis and forecasting system, ECMWF revisits the meteorology of the D-Day period.