Special projects

Special Projects are 'experiments or investigations of a scientific or technical nature, undertaken by one or more Member States, likely to be of interest to the general scientific community'. Users within one of ECMWF's Member States may apply for resources as a 'Special Project'.
Project status
Principal Investigator Country, Institution Title Start year Request 1st report 2nd 3rd Final report

Siebesma, P

NETHERLANDS
Delft University of Technology
EUREC4A-MIP 2024

Schmeits, M J

NETHERLANDS
KNMI
High-resolution data-driven weather forecasts for Western Europe 2024

Tourigny, E

SPAIN
BSC, Barcelona
Understanding inter-annual to decadal predictability in the EC-Earth3 model and the potential benefits from perfect initialisation 2024

van de Berg, W J

NETHERLANDS
Utrecht University
Storylines of changing polar climates 2024

Cardoso, R M

PORTUGAL
Instituto Dom Luiz, Universidade de Lisboa
Impact of land-use changes on past and future regional climate over the EURO-CORDEX domain 2024

Gašparac, G

CROATIA
Croatia Control Ltd
Implementation of a new method for eddy diffusivity parameterisations in WRF-Chem model 2024

Gašparac, G

CROATIA
Croatia Control Ltd
Assessment of model responses to emission changes in the frame of the FAIRMODE CT9 platform 2024

Dütsch, M

AUSTRIA
University of Vienna
FLEXPART transport simulations and inverse modelling of atmospheric constituents 2024

O'Dea, E

IRELAND
Met Éireann
Coupled HCLIM-NEMO regional downscaling simulations for Ireland phase1: Historical comparison with atmosphere only 2024

Ermis, S

UNITED KINGDOM
University of Oxford
Towards an operational service for extreme weather attribution and projection 2024

Jimènez, M

SPAIN
University of the Balearic Islands
Physical mechanism at a basin scale in complex terrain regions: persistent fog and sea-breeze front propagation 2024

Denamiel, C

CROATIA
Institut Ruđer Bošković
Exploring the potential of uncertainty quantification and machine learning techniques to forecast rare extreme events 2024

Vacca, A

ITALY
Politecnico di Torino
Impacts of an AMOC collapse on atmospheric circulation in the Euro-Atlantic area 2024

Fannon, J

IRELAND
Met Éireann
Utilising the URANIE platform for sensitivity analysis and optimisation of ensemble perturbation methods in the HARMONIE-AROME model 2024

Bøssing Christensen, O

DENMARK
DMI
EURO-CORDEX2 simulations with Harmonie-Climate downscaling the IPSL GCM 2024

Federico, S

ITALY
CNR-ISAC
Improvement on NWP prediction at the short-range for high impact meteorological events 2024

Ragone, F

BELGIUM
RMI
Simulation of extremes of Arctic sea ice reduction with a rare event algorithm in EC-Earth3 2024

Dumitrache, R; Minguzzi, E

ITALY
NMA,Romania; ARPAE-SIMC
ICON numerical weather prediction test suite 2024

Mottram, R

DENMARK
DMI
Sea level rise uncertainties from Ice sheet mass change using machine learning methods and emulation of ice surface processes in Greenland and Antarctica 2024

Gonzalez Rouco, J F

SPAIN
Universidad Complutense de Madrid
Sensitivity of regional Models to Improved Land-air interactions and External forcings setup: Approaching a "seamless" sTrategy to reduce sYstematic biases in very high-resOlution climate simUlations (SmileAtYou) 2024

Lembo, V

ITALY
ISAC-CNR
Linear response theory and stochastic parametrizations for the investigation of response and sensitivity: A case study with an intermediate-complexity model 2024

Yang, C

ITALY
Institute of Marine Science, CNR
The Impact of stochastic physics in the North Atlantic Climate 2024

Joos, H

SWITZERLAND
ETH Zurich
Diabatic processes and their impact on extratropical dynamics and the hydrological cycle 2024

van Stratum, B

NETHERLANDS
Wageningen University
Towards a computationally efficient parameterization for surface shortwave 3D radiative effects in cloud resolving models 2024

Khain, P

GERMANY
Israel Meteorological Service
Coupled climate simulations using the ICON model 2024

Doernbrack, A

GERMANY
DLR Oberpfaffenhofen
Gravity waves and turbulence in the free atmosphere and the atmospheric boundary layer 2024

Tojcic, I

CROATIA
Institut Ruđer Bošković
Adriatic Sea Climate: towards kilometre-scale biogeochemical modelling 2024

Haimberger, L

AUSTRIA
University of Vienna
Applying hydrodynamic constraints to coupled energy budget analysis and to physics-informed machine learning based forecasting 2024

Tian, T

DENMARK
DMI
A new decadal prediction system based on EC-Earth3 2024

Stendel, M

DENMARK
DMI
ROPEWALK – Rescuing Old data with People’s Efforts: Weather and climate Archives from LogbooK records 2024

Semmler, T

IRELAND
Met Éireann
Freshwater influence on the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation 2024

Mastrangelo, D

ITALY
CNR-ISAC
Globo Ensemble Reforecast 2023 2023

Amiridis, V

GREECE
National Observatory of Athens
Improving dust transport models using Aeolus data assimilation (DUSTAR) 2023

Tourigny, E

SPAIN
BSC, Barcelona
OpenIFS Modeling of the Atmospheric Carbon Cycle 2023

Stocchi, P

ITALY
CNR-ISAC
High resolution (1.8 km) atmospheric reanalysis, obtained by dynamically downscaling ERA5 reanalysis with the Italian convection permitting meteorological model MOLOCH 2023

Stocchi, P

ITALY
CNR-ISAC
High resolution (1.8 km) atmospheric reanalysis, obtained by dynamically downscaling ERA5 reanalysis with the Italian convection permitting meteorological model MOLOCH 2023

Monge-Sanz, B

UNITED KINGDOM
University of Oxford
Alternative schemes to accelerate seamless weather prediction 2023

Lagasio, M

ITALY
CIMA Research Foundation
MAGDA - Meteorological Assimilation from Galileo and Drones for Agriculture 2023

Mehling, O

ITALY
Politecnico di Torino
AMOC decline and recovery under strong warming and overshoot scenarios 2023

van de Berg, W J

NETHERLANDS
Utrecht University
Bipolar regional climate projections 2023

Mottram, R

DENMARK
DMI
Antarctic regional climate modelling: developing and running the HCLIM Polar High Resolution Regional Climate Model 2023

Irrmann, G

FRANCE
Atos - IPSL
Testing Ocean Modelling Software NEMO new communication patterns 2023

Flaounas, E

GREECE
Hellenic Center for Marine Research
Understanding dynamics and impacts of cyclone systems through a comprehensive dataset of convection-permitting simulations 2023

Clancy, C

IRELAND
Met Éireann
Forecasting at sub-kilometre resolution with the HARMONIE-AROME model 2023

Avolio, E

ITALY
ISAC-CNR
Regional climate simulations over Italy: A focus on future extreme weather events (ROULETTE) 2023

Bellomo, K

ITALY
Polytechnic University of Turin
Mechanisms and impacts of an abrupt decline in the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) strength 2023

Bertotti, L

ITALY
ISMAR-CNR
The role of orography and model resolution in the underestimate of model offshore blowing winds 2023

Cherchi, A

ITALY
CNR-ISAC
Investigations of climate change in post-CMIP6 EC-Earth3 simulations over the Mediterranean Climate Regions 2023

Milelli, M

ITALY
CIMA Foundation
Intensive test of ICON-LAM Model with urban parametrization scheme TERRA_URB 2023

Onvlee, J

NETHERLANDS
KNMI
HIRLAM-C special project phase 4 2023

Garcia Bustamante, E

SPAIN
CIEMAT
Sensitivity of regional climate models to improved soil thermo-hydrodynamics and land-air interactions: impacts on future climate and renewable energy resources over the EURO CORDEX domain 2023

Tourigny, E

SPAIN
BSC, Barcelona
Organic Particle Export, Remineralization and Advection in the North Atlantic mesopelagic layer 2023

May, W

SWEDEN
University Lund
The role of forest management and land-use changes for anthropogenic climate forcing 2023

Christensen, H

UNITED KINGDOM
University of Oxford
Speeding up ocean spin-up using stochastic parametrizations 2023

Dong, B

UNITED KINGDOM
Reading University
Improving the ORAS5 Global Ocean Reanalysis using a Smoother Algorithm 2023

Wright, M

UNITED KINGDOM
University of Oxford
Investigating multi-decadal climate variations in seasonal forecasts: The role of aerosol and greenhouse gas forcings 2023

Bellucci, A

ITALY
CNR-ISAC
Boosting ensemble size for advanced insights into climate predictability (BONSAI) 2022

Vervatis, V / De Mey-Frémaux, P

GREECE
Univ. of Athens / LEGOS, Toulouse
CASCADE (Coupled regional coastal ocean model ensembles) 2022

Graziosi, F

ITALY
JRC
Extend and improve CH4 flux inversions at global and European scale based on ERA5 reanalyses 2022

Nolan, P

IRELAND
ICHEC
High-Resolution Downscaled RCM-CMIP6 Simulations 2022

Laux, P

GERMANY
KIT/IMK-IFU
Agricultural decision-tailored (sub)seasonal drought forecasting for Sub-Saharan Africa (AGENDA-SSA) 2022

Drijfhout, S

NETHERLANDS
KNMI
Impact of Greenland melt water on EC-Earth high resolution simulations 2022

Parthipan, R

UNITED KINGDOM
University of Cambridge
Probabilistic Machine Learning models for stochastic cloud parametrization schemes: development and coupled evaluation within the IFS 2022

Patterson, M

UNITED KINGDOM
University of Oxford
Drivers of the successful 2022 European summer seasonal forecast 2022

Garbero, V

ITALY
Arpa Piemonte
Short-range re-analysis and forecast to investigate extreme weather events using COSMO and ICON model 2022

Serva, F

ITALY
CNR-ISMAR
Investigating the stratospheric dynamics of high-top climate model configurations 2022

Valero, F

SPAIN
Universidad Complutense de Madrid
Simulations of meteorological hazards affecting aviation safety in the Iberian peninsula 2022

Craig, G

GERMANY
Meteorologisches Institut, LMU München
Flow-dependence of the intrinsic predictability limit and its relevance to forecast busts 2022

Olesen, M

DENMARK
DMI
Polar Regions in the Earth System: Role of local-regionalscale polar processes in the changing polar and globalclimate system (PolarRES) 2022

Zhang, Q

SWEDEN
Stockholm University
Holocene climate variability in EC-Earth3 transient simulations 2022

Yang, S

DENMARK
DMI
EC-EARTH4: developing a next-generation European EarthSystem model based on ECMWF modelling systems 2022

Fabiano, F

ITALY
CNR - ISAC
Quasi-equilibrium climates at increased greenhouse forcing (QUECLIM) 2022

Brandini, C

ITALY
Consorzio LAMMA / CNR Institute for BioEconomy
Numerical investigation of circulation changes in the North Western Mediterranean through downscaling of CMEMS reanalysis data 2022

Alessandri, A

ITALY
CNR - ISAC
Exploit observations to constrain land cover, vegetation and hydrology processes for improved near-term climate predictions 2022

Davini, P

ITALY
CNR - ISAC
AddRessing iMpact of lArGe- and small-scale biases of North Atlantic SSTs on the mid-latitude Circulation (ARMAGNAC) 2022

Storto, A

ITALY
CNR-ISMAR
Enhancing regional ocean data assimilation in high and mid latitude European seas 2022

Fischer, C

FRANCE
Météo-France
ACCORD common codes maintenance 2022

Tijm, S

NETHERLANDS
KNMI
Impact of increase of horizontal resolution on NWP model performance 2022

Tijm, S

NETHERLANDS
KNMI
Impact of increase of vertical levels on NWP model performance 2022

Martin, M L

SPAIN
Escuela de Ingeniería Informática, Universidad de Valladolid
Simulations of tropical transitions in the eastern North Atlantic Ocean: Past, present and future projections 2022

Romero, R

SPAIN
University of the Balearic Islands
Numerical modelling of Mediterranean weather extremes: new developments in the framework of the Triangle-based Regional Atmosphe 2022

Shrira, V

UNITED KINGDOM
Keele University
Role of finite non-gaussianity in the evolution of wind wave fields, with applications to freak wave prediction 2022

Bessardon, G

IRELAND
Met Éireann
Evaluation, Tuning and Optimisation of physiography and Surface Physics Parametrizations in HARMONIE-AROME for NWP forecasting 2022

Clancy, C

IRELAND
Met Éireann
Future Weather: An Investigation of Storm Scenarios for Ireland 2022

Gleeson, E

IRELAND
Met Éireann
An evaluation of the advanced model physics in cycle 46/49 of HARMONIE-AROME 2022

Hally, A

IRELAND
Met Éireann
Investigating the impact of ensemble size and increased resolution in a convection-permitting EPS: focus on high-impact events 2022

Hanley, J P

IRELAND
Met Éireann
HARMONIE Climate (HCLIM) Regional Downscaling Simulations for Ireland for SSP5–8.5 2022

McAufield, E

IRELAND
Met Éireann
Investigation of the impact of the different parametrizations on the fog development in HARMONIE-AROME for NWP forecasting 2022