Belgium, Denmark, Germany, Greece, Spain, France, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Austria, Portugal, Switzerland, Finland, Sweden, Turkey, United Kingdom .

We have concluded co-operation agreements with:

Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Montenegro, Estonia, Croatia, Iceland, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Morocco, Romania, Serbia, Slovenia and Slovakia.

Co-operation agreements have also been concluded with:

World Meteorological Organisation (WMO)
European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites (EUMETSAT)
African Centre of Meteorological Applications for Development (ACMAD)
Joint Research Centre (JRC)
Preparatory Commission for the Comprehensive Nuclear Test-Ban Treaty Organisation (CTBTO)
Executive Body of the Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution (CLRTAP)
European Space Agency (ESA)

Originally a COST (European Co-operation in Science and Technology) project, the Centre was established in 1975 when its Convention entered into force.

The first real-time medium-range forecasts were made in June 1979. The Centre has been producing operational medium-range weather forecasts since 1 August 1979.

The objectives of the centre

The principal objectives of the Centre are:

the development of numerical methods for medium-range weather forecasting;
the preparation, on a regular basis, of medium-range weather forecasts for distribution to the meteorological services of the Member States;
scientific and technical research directed at the improvement of these forecasts;
collection and storage of appropriate meteorological data.

In addition, the Centre:

makes available a proportion of its computing facilities to its Member States for their research;
assists in implementing the programmes of the World Meteorological Organisation;
provides advanced training to the scientific staff of the Member States in the field of numerical weather prediction;
makes the data in its extensive archives available to outside bodies.

19.07.2010