ECMWF scientist starts Royal Society research fellowship
The Royal Society has awarded ECMWF scientist Peter Düben a prestigious University Research Fellowship, which starts in October.
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Annual Seminar explores future of ensemble prediction
More than 100 people from across the world joined ECMWF scientists and 28 speakers at the Annual Seminar on ‘Ensemble prediction: past, present and future’.
How to pin down uncertainty in weather forecasting
How can we best represent uncertainty in weather forecasting models? ECMWF scientist Sarah-Jane Lock will chart the way forward in a talk at the four-day Annual Seminar on ensemble prediction (11 to 14 September).
Symposium to mark leading ECMWF scientist’s lifetime achievements
A symposium will be held at the Centre on 8 December 2017 to mark the decisive contributions of ECMWF scientist Adrian Simmons to numerical weather prediction and climate science.
ECMWF simulates storm that destroyed Normandy invasion harbour
ECMWF simulations have helped to explain how a fierce storm in June 1944 destroyed one of two harbours built to support the Allied invasion of northern France in World War II.
Sub-seasonal to seasonal forecast database expands to 11 models
The multi-model sub-seasonal to seasonal (S2S) prediction database hosted by ECMWF has expanded significantly over the last two years and now includes data from 11 forecasting centres.
WMO designates ECMWF as World Meteorological Centre
The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) has designated ECMWF as a World Meteorological Centre (WMC), in a clear recognition of ECMWF's global forecasting capabilities.
ECMWF Annual Report 2016 published
The ECMWF Annual Report 2016 is now available online.
ECMWF supports Peru flood response
In March 2017 ECMWF received a request to make its preciptiation forecasts available to help Peru deal with a devastating flood disaster. In line with ECMWF’s rules for the dissemination of real-time data, the Centre agreed.
Summer 2017 Newsletter published
The summer 2017 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.