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A co-operation agreement between ECMWF and the Regional Integrated Multi-Hazard Early Warning System (RIMES) entered into force on 8 February 2012. The purpose of the agreement is to establish a general framework for the exchange of information and of expertise between the Parties.

From 27 February until 2 March 2012, ECMWF hosted the final General Assembly of the European project Monitoring Atmospheric Composition and Climate (MACC) combined with the kick-off Assembly of its follow-on project MACC-II.

The ECMWF website will be significantly re-developed.

On 14 June 2012, ECMWF hosted an event to celebrate NCEP (the National Centers for Environmental Prediction) becoming an associate partner in the EUROSIP multi-model seasonal forecasting project.

To mark NCEP  becoming an associate partner in the EUROSIP collaboration,  Dr Louis Uccellini (NCEP Director) gave a presentation  on "Seasonal prediction at NCEP, and the use of multi-model ensembles". 

An updated version of the ECMWF forecast and analysis system, cycle 38r1, was implemented on 19 June. The new cycle includes a collection of improvements to the forecast model and the data assimilation system, affecting the high-resolution forecasts and analyses, the ensemble of data assimilations (EDA) and the ensemble prediction system (EPS) including its monthly extension.

A workshop on Ocean Waves took place at the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF) from 25 to 27 June 2012

The ECMWF Annual Report 2011 has been published.

Fires in western North-America as well as in Siberia have been particularly acute over the past weeks, making plumes of pollutants affecting visibility and air quality particularly ubiquitous.

Building on the success of forecasting for the London 2012 Olympic games, the Met Office focus is now directed to providing the same outstanding support to the Paralympic games due to start on 29 August and running until 9 September.

This year’s edition of ECMWF’s Annual Seminar focuses on physical processes in numerical weather prediction (NWP), covering scientific challenges as well as achievements.