Workshop on Meteorological Operational Systems
Nearly 60 participants from 22 different countries in Europe, Asia and the Americas attended the 12th Workshop on Meteorological Operational Systems, which took place at ECMWF from 2 to 6 November 2009.
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Workshop on "Land Surface Modelling, Data Assimilation and the Implications for Predictability"
About 50 leading scientist from outside ECMWF participated in the workshop on "Land Surface Modelling, Data Assimilation and the Implications for Predictability", which took place at ECMWF from 9 to 12 November.
The ECMWF Ensemble Prediction System
ECMWF has pioneered a system to predict forecast confidence.
Extension of agreement with ESA
In December 2009, the respective Councils of ECMWF and ESA agreed to the extension of the Co-operation Agreement between ECMWF and ESA for another five years.
First General Assembly of the MACC project
ECMWF welcomed more than 120 visitors to the First General Assembly of the MACC project.
Horizontal resolution increase
On Tuesday 26 January, ECMWF upgraded the horizontal resolutions of its deterministic forecast and data assimilation systems and the Ensemble Prediction System (EPS), including the weekly extension to 32 days.
GEO User Interface Committee meeting hosted at ECMWF
The User Interface Committee of the Group on Earth Observation held its 14th meeting at ECMWF on 2-4 March 2010.
ECMWF corporate video
A corporate video about ECMWF has been made available on the ECMWF public web.
EUCOS Scientific Advisory Team
The Scientific Advisory Team of EUCOS, the EUMETNET Composite Observing System, met at ECMWF from 2 to 4 March.
Landmark in forecast performance
In February 2010, ECMWF reached a landmark in the performance of its deterministic forecasting system.