What can you do with open data? 13 December 2016 Open data will be in the spotlight during a week of events at ECMWF exploring the potential of freely available weather-related data.
ECMWF scientists explain benefits of climate reanalysis 6 December 2016 Climate reanalysis has huge benefits for numerical weather prediction (NWP) as well as climate studies, and it can help to shed new light on the pace of global warming, two of ECMWF’s top reanalysis experts have said in separate high-profile interventions.
ECMWF appoints new Director of Research 2 December 2016 Dr Andrew Brown has been appointed as ECMWF’s next Director of Research after Professor Erland Källén steps down on 31 July 2017.
Drive to boost supercomputer efficiency in full swing 29 November 2016 ECMWF is making big strides in preparing weather forecasting for the exascale era of supercomputing by improving efficiency and scalability in all parts of the production and dissemination workflow.
Model upgrade brings sea-ice coupling and higher ocean resolution 23 November 2016 ECMWF implemented a new version of its forecasting system on 22 November, which introduces a dynamic sea-ice model and increases the resolution of the ocean model. These and other changes significantly improve the Centre’s weather predictions.
ECMWF joins new project to probe impact of a changing Arctic climate 18 November 2016 ECMWF is part of a new EU-funded project investigating ways to improve weather and climate predictions in the face of a rapidly changing Arctic climate.
New satellite wind data expected to boost forecast performance 14 November 2016 A ground-breaking satellite mission to be launched in late 2017 or early 2018 could herald a step change in the quality of weather forecasts around the globe by providing new wind data, a meeting on tropical modelling held at ECMWF has heard.
EC-Earth to use OpenIFS in next-generation Earth system model 8 November 2016 EC-Earth, a European consortium which aims to provide reliable climate information, will use ECMWF’s OpenIFS for the atmosphere–land component in future versions of its Earth system model.
ECMWF unveils preview of new global climate monitoring tool 3 November 2016 One year after the Paris Agreement on climate change, ECMWF launches its most powerful global climate monitoring tool to date, ERA5.
Progress in modelling the impact of clouds and aerosols on radiation 28 October 2016 A workshop on the Earth’s radiation budget hosted by ECMWF from 18 to 21 October heard that progress has been made in radiation modelling at ECMWF.