Tackling the gender gap in science
To mark International Women’s Day, ECMWF held an informal discussion about the gender gap in science, engineering, technology and mathematics.
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The challenge of weather forecast verification
Experts meeting at ECMWF on 2 and 3 March 2016 discussed how best to assess the quality of weather forecasts in the future, including predictions of extreme events.
ECMWF gives Copernicus update at Madrid climate meeting
ECMWF delegates have told an international 'Big Data and Climate Change' meeting in Madrid how the Centre is implementing the EU-funded Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) and Atmosphere Monitoring Service (CAMS).
NEXTGenIO supercomputing partners select hardware architecture
Partners from the NEXTGenIO project on input/output challenges in supercomputing decided on a hardware architecture when they met at ECMWF on 23 and 24 February 2016.
How ocean modelling improves weather predictions
Ocean modelling has come to play an ever-growing role in global numerical weather prediction. ECMWF’s ocean expert Magdalena Balmaseda explains why.
ECMWF is looking for its next Director of Forecasts
ECMWF is recruiting a new Director for its Forecast Department after Florence Rabier left the post to become Director-General of ECMWF.
Sentinel-3A Earth observation satellite launched
A satellite that will greatly boost Europe’s Earth observation capabilities has gone into orbit after it was launched from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome in northern Russia on 16 February 2016.
How predictable was the current El Niño?
One of the strongest El Niño events on record peaked in November 2015. How predictable was it? And is it the most extreme ever?
New ‘train the trainer’ course popular with forecasters
Meteorologists from across ECMWF’s Member States have taken part in a new course designed to help them train others in the use of the Centre’s products.
NASA keen to deepen ties with weather organisations, Chief Scientist says
NASA Chief Scientist Ellen Stofan has said her organisation is keen to forge closer links with weather forecasting services around the world.