Improving prediction and climate monitoring of polar regions – challenges and priorities
As WMO's Year of Polar Prediction gets well under way, Irina Sandu and Peter Bauer discuss the challenges of forecasting in the polar regions and highlight the priorities for ECMWF.
ECMWF hackathon to put new Climate Data Store through its paces
More than 90 data enthusiasts will converge on the Centre on 9 and 10 June 2018 for a hackathon weekend to develop innovative climate data applications. They will be able to test the capabilities of the brand new Climate Data Store (CDS).
NOAA satellite launch 20 years ago marked start of new era
Sunday 13 May marks the 20th anniversary of the start of a new era in meteorological satellite observations. On 13 May 1998, the NOAA-15 satellite was launched, beginning the ATOVS series of satellite observations that continues to this day.
User guide to ECMWF forecast products
A new edition of ECMWF’s user guide is now available online. The ECMWF Forecast User Guide helps forecasters and other meteorologists to make the best use of the forecast products from ECMWF.
14 May 2018
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Plot of the week
Just six months after the launch of #NOAA20, ECMWF has started to assimilate data from one of its key instruments, ATMS, with a positive impact on short-range forecasts.
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