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Cycle 48r1 of ECMWF’s Integrated Forecasting System, which is to become operational this summer, will include extensive changes to the way the initial conditions of weather forecasts are established.

The spring 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.

The climate in Europe in 2022 was marked by extreme heat and widespread drought, according to a report published by the EU-funded Copernicus Climate Change Service implemented by ECMWF.

ECMWF’s events programme in 2023 includes four key meetings between June and October: Using ECMWF’s Forecasts, the Annual Seminar, an event on atmospheric river reconnaissance, and one on high-performance computing in meteorology.

January 2023 marked the start of three EU-funded research projects to further develop the EU’s Copernicus Climate Change Service and Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service implemented by ECMWF: CERISE, CAMEO and CORSO.

On World Meteorological Day, ECMWF Director of Forecasts Florian Pappenberger reflects on the WMO’s critical role and the importance of international collaboration for the future of weather, climate and water across generations.

ECMWF will ensure that the EU’s Destination Earth initiative has completed the first steps in developing highly accurate replicas of Earth to facilitate action on climate change and environmental extremes by mid-2024.

Scientists from the EU’s Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) implemented by ECMWF have observed major changes in Arctic precipitation, air temperature and sea-ice coverage over the most recent three decades. Reanalysis enables a new focus on the Arctic climate.

An upgrade of the Integrated Forecasting System (IFS) to Cycle 48r1 is at the centre of our plans for 2023, ECMWF Director-General Florence Rabier has said in an interview that previews the Centre’s activities this year.

Numerical weather predictions rely on observations to help establish the initial conditions of forecasts as accurately as possible. Mohamed Dahoui monitors weather observations at ECMWF to ensure they are of good quality.