Index of past Newsletter articles - Meteorology

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This list contains articles covering data assimilation, the Integrated Forecasting System, Ensemble prediction, wave modelling, seasonal forecasting, forecast products, and case-study investigations

The index is limited to a selection of newsletter articles from the last five years. Articles are arranged in date order within each subject category, with the most recent articles first.

Observations and Assimilation
Probabilistic forecasting and marine aspects
Environmental monitoring
Forecast model
Meteorological applications and studies

	No.	Date	Page
Observations and Assimilation
Observation errors and their correlations for satellite radiances	128	Summer 2011	17
Development of cloud condensate background errors	128	Summer 2011	23
Use of SMOS data at ECMWF	127	Spring 2011	23
Extended Kalman Filter soil-moisture analysis in the IFS	127	Spring 2011	12
Weak constraint 4D-Var	125	Autumn 2010	12
Surface pressure information derived from GPS radio occultation measurements	124	Summer 2010	24
Quantifying the benefit of the advanced infrared sounders AIRS and IASI	124	Summer 2010	29
Collaboration on Observing System Simulation Experiments (Joint OSSE)	123	Spring 2010	14
The new Ensemble of Data Assimilations	123	Spring 2010	17
Assessment of FY-3A satellite data	122	Winter 2009/10	18
Huber norm quality control in the IFS	122	Winter 2009/10	27
The new all-sky assimilation system for passive microwave satellite imager observations	121	Autumn 2009	7
Evaluation of AMVs derived from ECMWF model simulations	121	Autumn 2009	30
Solar biases in the TRMM microwave imager (TMI)	119	Spring 2009	18
Variational bias correction in ERA-Interim	119	Spring 2009	21
Towards the assimilation of ground-based radar precipitation data in the ECMWF 4D-Var	117	Autumn 2008	13
Progress in ozone monitoring and assimilation	116	Summer 2008	35
Improving the radiative transfer modelling for the assimilation of radiances from SSU and AMSU-A stratospheric channels	116	Summer 2008	35
ECMWF's 4D-Var data assimilation system - the genesis and ten-years in operations	115	Spring 2008	8
Towards a climate data assimilation system - status update of ERA-Interim	115	Spring 2008	12
Operational assimilation of surface wind data from the MetOp ASCAT scatterometer at ECMWF	113	Autumn 2007	6
Evaluation of the impact of the space component of the Global Observing System through Observing System Experiments	113	Autumn 2007	16
Data assimilation in the polar regions	112	Summer 2007	10
Operational assimilation of GPS radio occultation measurements at ECMWF	111	Spring 2007	6
The value of targeted observations	111	Spring 2007	11
Assimilation of cloud and rain observations from space	110	Spring 2007	12
ERA-Interim: New ECMWF reanalysis products from 1989 onwards	110	Winter 2006/07	25
Analysis and forecast impact of humidity observations	109	Autumn 2006	11
Surface pressure bias correction in data assimilation	108	Summer 2006	20

Probabilistic forecasting and marine aspects
Representing model uncertainty: stochastic parametrizations at ECMWF	129	Autumn 2011	19
Simulation of the Madden-Julian Oscillation and its impact over Europe in the ECMWF monthly forecasting system	126	Winter 2010/11	12
On the relative benefits of TIGGE multi-model forecasts and reforecast-calibrated EPS forecasts	124	Summer 2010	17
Combined use of EDA- and SV-based perturbations in the EPS	123	Spring 2010	22
Model uncertainty in seasonal to decadal forecasting - insight from the ENSEMBLES project	122	Winter 2009/10	21
An experiment with the 46-day Ensemble Prediction System	121	Autumn 2009	25
NEMOVAR: a variational data assimilation system for the NEMO ocean model	120	Summer 2009	17
EUROSIP: multi-model seasonal forecasting	118	Winter 2008/09	10
Using the ECMWF reforecast dataset to calibrate EPS forecasts	117	Autumn 2008	8
The THORPEX Interactive Grand Global Ensemble (TIGGE): concept and objectives	116	Summer 2008	9
Implementation of TIGGE Phase I	116	Summer 2008	10
Predictability studies using TIGGE data	116	Summer 2008	16
Merging VarEPS with the monthly forecasting system: a first step towards seamless prediction	115	Spring 2008	35
Climate variability from the new System 3 ocean reanalysis	113	Autumn 2007	8
Seasonal forecasting of tropical storm frequency	112	Summer 2007	16
New web products for the ECMWF Seasonal Forecast System-3	111	Spring 2007	28
Seasonal Forecast System 3	110	Winter 2006/07	19
The ECMWF Variable Resolution Ensemble Prediction System (VAREPS)	108	Summer 2006	14

Environmental monitoring
Monitoring Atmospheric Composition and Climate	123	Spring 2010	10
Smoke in the air	119	Spring 2009	9
GEMS aerosol analyses with the ECMWF Integrated Forecast System	116	Summer 2008	20

Forecast model
An improved representation of cloud and precipitation	129	Autumn 2011	13
Evolution of land-surface processes in the IFS	127	Spring 2011	17
Non-hydrostatic modelling at ECMWF	125	Autumn 2010	17
Increased resolution in the ECMWF deterministic and ensemble prediction systems	124	Summer 2010	10
Performance of ECMWF forecasts in 2008/09	122	Winter 2009/10	16
Improvements in the stratosphere and mesosphere of the IFS	120	Summer 2009	22
The direct assimilation of cloud-affected infrared radiances in the ECMWF 4D-Var	120	Summer 2009	32
Parametrization of convective gusts	119	Spring 2009	15
Toward a forecast of aerosols with the ECMWF Integrated Forecast System	114	Winter 2007/08	15
A new partitioning approach for ECMWF’s Integrated Forecast System	114	Winter 2007/08	17
Advances in simulating atmospheric variability with IFS cycle 32r3	114	Winter 2007/08	29
A new radiation package: McRad	112	Summer 2007	22
Ice supersaturation in ECMWF’s Integrated Forecast System	109	Autumn 2006	26
Towards a global meso-scale model: the high-resolution system T799L91 and T399L62 EPS	108	Summer 2006	6

Meteorological applications and studies
Increasing trust in medium-range weather forecasts	129	Autumn 2011	8
Use of ECMWF's ensemble vertical profiles at the Hungarian Meteorological Service	129	Autumn 2011	25
Developments in precipitation verification	128	Summer 2011	12
New clustering products	127	Spring 2011	6
Forecasts performance 2010	126	Winter 2011/11	10
Use of the ECMWF EPS for ALADIN-LAEF	126	Winter 2011/11	18
Extreme weather events in summer 2010: how did the ECMWF forecasting systems perform?	125	Autumn 2010	10
Prediction of extratropical cyclones by the TIGGE ensemble prediciton systems	125	Autumn 2010	22
Tracking fronts and extra-tropical cyclones	121	Autumn 2009	9
Progress in implementing Hydrological Ensemble Prediction Systems (HEPS) in Europe for operational flood forecasting	121	Autumn 2009	20
EPS-EFAS probabilistic flood prediction for Norther Italy: the case of 30 April 2009	120	Summer 2009	10
Use of ECMWF lateral boundary layer conditions and surface assimilation for the operational ALADIN model in Hungary	119	Spring 2009	29
Using ECMWF products in global marine drift forecasting services	118	Winter 2008/09	16
Record-setting performance of the ECMWF IFS in medium-range tropical cyclone track prediction	118	Winter 2008/09	20
The ECMWF 'Diagnostics Explorer': A web tool to aid forecast system assessment and development	117	Autumn 2008	21
Diagnosing forecast error using relaxation experiments	116	Summer 2008	24
ECMWF's contribution to AMMA	115	Spring 2008	19
Coupled ocean-atmosphere medium-range forecasts: the MERSEA experience	115	Spring 2008	27
Probability forecasts for water levels in The Netherlands	114	Winter 2007/08	23
Ensemble streamflow forecasts over France	111	Spring 2007	21
Hindcasts of historic storms with the DWD models GME, LMQ and LMK using ERA-40 reanalyses	109	Autumn 2006	16
Hurricane Jim over New Caledonia: a remarkable numerical prediction of its genesis and track	109	Autumn 2006	21

15.11.2011

Index of past Newsletter articles - Meteorology

Observations and Assimilation

Probabilistic forecasting and marine aspects

Environmental monitoring

Forecast model

Meteorological applications and studies