Warm conditions continue into 2015
Global temperatures continued to be high in the first quarter of this year after 2014 was one of the warmest years on record.
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Invitations to Tender
ECMWF has published the first four Copernicus Invitations to Tender.
ECMWF holds two training modules on data assimilation
How weather forecasting makes use of the millions of observations that are made each day of the atmosphere, oceans and land was the focus of two training modules held at ECMWF in March 2015.
Copernicus Observations Workshop open for registration
Presenters have until 14 April 2015 to submit their application, while those wishing to attend can apply until 11 June 2015.
ECMWF opens call for external evaluators for Copernicus tenders
ECMWF is calling for independent experts in a number of scientific and technical areas to evaluate proposals sent in response to Copernicus ITTs.
Why the Quasi-Biennial Oscillation matters
The Quasi-Biennial Oscillation was the subject of a workshop in the Canadian city of Victoria from 16 to 18 March. Tim Stockdale, who represented ECMWF at the meeting, explains what the QBO is all about.
Seminar on 'Physical processes in present and future large-scale models'
The ECMWF 2015 Annual Seminar will take place from 1 to 4 September and focus on the understanding, observation and representation of processes across scales.
Stochastic workshop explores simulation of forecast model uncertainty
ECMWF has hosted a workshop on ‘Stochastic Parametrization’ which reviewed progress in the simulation of uncertainties in forecasting models and examined the scope for further improvements.
ECMWF launches new training module for Metview software
The redesigned “Data Analysis and Visualisation using Metview” module introduces users to Metview’s tools for accessing, processing and visualising meteorological data.
The climate reanalysis data challenge
Old satellite data contain valuable information on climate change for some essential climate variables. This article presents vital work to preserve and rescue these observations before it is too late.