Widening the reach of ECMWF’s data 17 January 2022 ECMWF is on a mission to make its data available to more people. Sylvie Lamy-Thépaut combines weather forecasting expertise with computing knowledge to achieve this.
Review of 2021 climate places it among seven warmest on record 10 January 2022 The year 2021 was among the seven warmest on record, and Europe experienced a summer of extremes, according to findings reported by the EU’s Copernicus Climate Change Service implemented by ECMWF.
News highlights of 2021 20 December 2021 ECMWF news highlights in 2021 include two upgrades of our Integrated Forecasting System that improved forecasts; projects and workshops to drive forward weather science; and new developments regarding the EU-funded Copernicus services implemented by ECMWF.
Scientists explore machine learning for Earth system work 16 December 2021 The European Space Agency and ECMWF held an online workshop on Machine Learning for Earth System Observation and Prediction from 15 to 18 November 2021. The annual event attracted over 1,100 participants from 85 countries.
New supercomputing resources available for Special Project research 6 December 2021 From next year ECMWF will start to provide about five times more supercomputing resources in its new data centre in Bologna for weather and climate research as part of the Special Project framework.
ECMWF welcomes Georgia as its 12th Co-operating State 1 December 2021 A Co-operation Agreement between ECMWF and Georgia came into force on 1 December 2021.
Computing project prepares weather prediction for the exascale 29 November 2021 The three-year EU-funded ESCAPE-2 project coordinated by ECMWF, on energy-efficient scalable algorithms for weather and climate prediction at the exascale, is coming to a successful conclusion.
Copernicus CO2 project holds first General Assembly 23 November 2021 The ECMWF-coordinated Copernicus CO2 (CoCO2) project to build a prototype system to monitor anthropogenic CO2 emissions worldwide held its first General Assembly from 16 to 18 November.
Metop-A satellite retiring after 15 years of huge benefits to forecasting 15 November 2021 EUMETSAT has started to decommission the Metop-A satellite, which has brought tremendous benefits to numerical weather prediction after it was launched 15 years ago.
ECMWF’s free-to-use OpenCharts catalogue extended and new feature added 2 November 2021 A powerful new feature is now available through our popular OpenCharts Catalogue, allowing users to tailor their own forecast display. The launch of ‘ChartSet’ comes just weeks after nearly 60 new products were added, bringing the total number available to well over 250.
ECMWF at the United Nations COP26 Climate Change Conference 29 October 2021 ECMWF will be present at COP26, showing how data and services from the EU’s Copernicus Earth observation programme can support countries in meeting the goals of the Paris Agreement.
Union for Mediterranean and ECMWF sign cooperation accord 25 October 2021 The Secretariat of the Union for the Mediterranean and ECMWF signed an agreement on 25 October establishing bilateral cooperation concerning the uptake and impact of EU Copernicus services implemented by ECMWF.
Autumn 2021 Newsletter published 22 October 2021 The autumn 2021 issue of the ECMWF Newsletter is now available. As well as news about ECMWF staff and events, it features articles about new developments and the use that can be made of ECMWF products.
Using hydrology to help upgrade European and global flood forecasting 18 October 2021 ECMWF takes care of operational matters for the European and Global Flood Awareness Systems of the EU’s Copernicus Emergency Management Service. Cinzia Mazzetti uses her hydrological skills to help upgrade EFAS to much higher resolution.
Forecast upgrade improves moist physics and use of satellite observations 12 October 2021 An upgrade of ECMWF’s Integrated Forecasting System to Cycle 47r3 implemented on 12 October has improved the representation of moist physics in the model and increased satellite observation usage in cloudy regions in data assimilation.
Experts debate use of high-performance computing in meteorology 4 October 2021 ECMWF held a biennial event on the use of high-performance computing in meteorology from 20 to 24 September, bringing together experts from national weather centres, academia and industry.
WMO fellow to develop Climate Data Store application for Africa 27 September 2021 Kaah Menang, a meteorologist and researcher from the National Department of Meteorology, Cameroon, is to use a one-year World Meteorological Organization Fellowship at ECMWF to work on a Climate Data Store application for Africa.
Annual Seminar looks into Earth system observations 22 September 2021 Thirty-seven experts set out the latest thinking on Earth system observations at ECMWF’s Annual Seminar 2021 from 13 to 17 September. The online event was held jointly with the World Meteorological Organization WCRP–WWRP Symposium on Data Assimilation and Reanalysis.
ECMWF becomes a multi-site organisation 13 September 2021 ECMWF has officially become a multi-site organisation, holding opening ceremonies for offices in Bonn, Germany, and its data centre in Bologna, Italy, on 13 and 14 September 2021.