ECMWF steps up flood prediction work 15 January 2016 ECMWF is helping to create a system that produces real-time flood forecasts for the entire globe. The work builds on the Centre’s experience with flood forecasting in Europe.
Collaboration with Chinese weather service broadens 12 January 2016 Two years after the conclusion of a formal Co-operation Agreement, ECMWF and the China Meteorological Administration (CMA) are extending their successful collaboration on satellite data to the prediction of dust storms.
Croatia becomes ECMWF’s 22nd Member State 4 January 2016 Full membership marks the next step in Croatia's long history of co-operation with ECMWF.
News highlights of 2015 22 December 2015 From welcoming a new Member State and launching a new model cycle to celebrating the Centre’s 40th anniversary and appointing a new Director-General, 2015 has had its fair share of big ECMWF news stories.
Records tumble as El Niño peaks 17 December 2015 El Niño conditions in the central Pacific have now reached their peak, setting new records for sea-surface temperature in the central and western equatorial Pacific.
NWP: The ability to give humankind foresight 14 December 2015 Dr Kathryn Sullivan, Administrator of NOAA, visited ECMWF on 30 November. In an interview, she said numerical weather prediction (NWP) provided “the ability to give human beings foresight”.
Experts chart way forward on cloud and precipitation satellite data in NWP 10 December 2015 Scientists attending an international workshop co-organised by ECMWF have reviewed progress and challenges in using satellite observations relating to clouds and precipitation in numerical weather prediction (NWP).
ECMWF appoints new Director General 8 December 2015 The President of ECMWF’s Council, Professor Gerhard Adrian, has today announced that Florence Rabier has been appointed as successor to Professor Alan Thorpe as Director General of the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts.
Redesigned web charts make weather information more accessible 2 December 2015 New and improved versions of all ECMWF web charts and tools are now available on this website.
ECMWF-run Copernicus services attend UN climate summit 26 November 2015 The two Copernicus Earth observation services run by ECMWF will set out how they can support evidence-based decision-making as world leaders meet in Paris to agree a new climate deal.