News highlights January to July 2022
ECMWF news highlights in the first seven months of 2022 include forecast updates; projects and workshops to drive forward weather science; and news from the EU-funded services implemented by ECMWF.
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Summer 2022 Newsletter published
The summer 2022 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.
Atmospheric composition observations are checked automatically
ECMWF has extended the quality monitoring of observations used by the global forecasting system of the Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service by adding an automatic alert system. CAMS is implemented by ECMWF on behalf of the European Commission.
ECMWF moves further towards open data
ECMWF has released a new data service charge model, which is an important step in our journey towards open data. Here we present this and other recent changes in our data services.
European heatwaves in June 2022
June 2022 saw two serious heatwaves in Europe, during which some all-time temperature records were broken, including for Biarritz in southwest France. The heatwaves were well predicted by ECMWF forecasts.
Third ECMWF–ESA machine learning event takes place in November
The third edition of the ECMWF–ESA Workshop on Machine Learning for Earth Observation and Prediction will take place from 14 to 17 November 2022. Registration and abstract submission are now open.
ECMWF Annual Report 2021 available online
The annual report reviews progress in 2021 towards the goals set out in ECMWF’s Strategy to 2030.
Using ECMWF’s Forecasts event focused on visualising meteorological data
More than 40 people took part in person in Reading and up to 85 participated online at any one time in this year’s edition of Using ECMWF’s Forecasts, which ran from 7 to 10 June on the key theme of visualising meteorological data.
ECMWF to host one of three SPARC General Assembly meetings in October
ECMWF will host one of three SPARC General Assembly meetings from 24 to 28 October 2022, which will review research into atmospheric variability and prediction.
Making some of the Integrated Forecasting System open source
ECMWF is starting to make some of its Integrated Forecasting System (IFS) available on an open-source basis to facilitate collaboration on the code.