Destination Earth to hold second user event in November
The EU’s Destination Earth initiative, implemented by ECMWF, EUMETSAT and ESA, will hold its second User eXchange meeting on 13–14 November 2023 in Bonn, Germany.
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How to optimise the cost and speed of high-performance computing
Laleh Pouyan tries to minimise the cost while maximising the speed of high-performance computing (HPC) used in weather forecasting. She will present a poster on her work at the ECMWF workshop on HPC in meteorology from 9 to 13 October 2023.
OpenIFS to adopt latest version of the Integrated Forecasting System
OpenIFS, a supported and easily accessible version of ECMWF’s Integrated Forecasting System (IFS) provided for research and education, is to be upgraded to the latest IFS model cycle by the end of this year.
The European Weather Cloud is operational
The European Weather Cloud, a distributed cloud computing infrastructure of ECMWF and EUMETSAT providing access to data and other services from the two organisations, becomes operational on 26 September 2023.
Copernicus service backs WMO's Global Greenhouse Gas Watch initiative
The EU-funded Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service (CAMS), implemented by ECMWF, is working to support a new Global Greenhouse Gas Watch introduced by the World Meteorological Organization.
Annual Seminar on reanalysis shows evolution towards enhanced coupling
About 100 scientists and students came together from 4 to 8 September 2023 for the Annual Seminar at ECMWF in Reading, UK, to learn about the history and state of the art of Earth system reanalysis activities.
How AI models are transforming weather forecasting: a showcase of data-driven systems
Developments in machine learning are continuing at breathtaking pace, both inside and outside of weather forecasting. To help assess machine learning weather forecasts from different sources, we now show a range of them in ECMWF’s charts catalogue.
Supporting users of the Copernicus Climate Change Service
This year’s Annual Seminar is dedicated to a key product from the EU-funded Copernicus Climate Change Service implemented by ECMWF: the reanalysis of past weather and climate. One of the speakers is Chiara Cagnazzo, who supports C3S users from different economic sectors.
Summer 2023 Newsletter published
The summer 2023 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.
News highlights January to July 2023
ECMWF news highlights in the first seven months of 2023 include a major upgrade of the forecasting system; initiatives to drive forward weather science; and news from the EU-funded services implemented by ECMWF.