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ECMWF Member States, Serbia

Serbia becomes ECMWF’s 21st Member State

On 1 January 2015 Serbia officially joined the other 20 Member States of ECMWF.

Cover of Newsletter No 141 Autumn 2014

Autumn newsletter published

The Autumn 2014 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.

CHARMe launch meeting and symposium draws to a close

ECMWF hosts CHARMe launch meeting

On 10 and 11 December 2014 ECMWF hosted a meeting where the EU-funded CHARMe project launched its system for sharing information about climate datasets.

Metop satellite

CHARMe set to launch system for collecting and sharing knowledge about climate data

ECMWF is hosting partners from the CHARMe project for their final workshop from 9 to 11 December.

Melting glacier

ECMWF data used in global warming assessment

The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) publishes its provisional statement on the status of the global climate in 2014

Era-Clim2 Stijn Vermoote

Interview with Stijn Vermoote

Stijn Vermoote from the European Commission explains how the ERA-CLIM2 project contributes to the Copernicus programme.

Jorg Schulz at Era-Clim2 general assembly 2014

Interview with Jörg Schulz

Dr Jörg Schulz, Climate Service Product Manager at EUMETSAT, talks about developing satellite-based climate data records.

Era-Clim2 Rob Allan

Interview with Rob Allan

Rob Allan, who leads the international ACRE initiative within the Climate Monitoring and Attribution Group of the Met Office, talks about the importance of rescuing historic climate data.

Copernicus signing

Copernicus Climate Change and Atmosphere Monitoring Services launched

A ground-breaking agreement was signed in Brussels on 11 November between the European Commission and the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF).

Participants at combined H-SAF and HEPEX workshops, 3–7 November

Exploring the potential of using satellite data assimilation in hydrological forecasts

Last Friday (7 November) saw the end of the H-SAF and HEPEX combined workshops on hydrology.