ECMWF’s Council approves new Strategy 8 July 2016 ECMWF’s Council has approved a “demanding” new Strategy, which sets the Centre’s direction of travel until 2025.
ECMWF appoints new Director of Forecasts 5 July 2016 Professor Florian Pappenberger has been appointed Director of Forecasts at ECMWF. He took up the position on 1 July after ECMWF’s Council approved the appointment.
Croatian flag raised at ECMWF 1 July 2016 Representatives from all of ECMWF’s Member States used the occasion of the first Council meeting of 2016 to raise the flag of ECMWF’s newest member.
Scientists to focus on tropical weather prediction ahead of new space mission 28 June 2016 ECMWF is preparing to host a workshop on tropical weather prediction and tropical circulation, inspired by a new space mission to gather global wind information.
ECMWF statement on the UK voting to leave the EU 24 June 2016 As an international organisation born of European nations pooling their resources, we trust that the spirit of collaboration which is the essence of ECMWF will continue notwithstanding the fact that the UK has voted to leave the EU.
Météo-France students use ECMWF model to study ensemble forecasts 17 June 2016 Twenty-two postgraduate students from France’s École Nationale de la Météorologie used ECMWF’s OpenIFS model in a workshop on ensemble forecasts held in Toulouse from 7 to 9 June.
The extreme global warmth of 2015/16: El Niño and more 13 June 2016 Recent global warmth has been exceptional and can be linked to a strong El Niño, other natural variability and underlying climate change.
Users of ECMWF forecasts debate new approaches to evaluation 6 June 2016 Nearly 100 users of ECMWF forecasts are meeting at the Centre from 6 to 9 June to discuss new approaches to the evaluation of weather predictions. Dr Anna Ghelli has been in charge of the annual event since 2012.
ECMWF Fellow aims to deepen understanding of high-impact weather 31 May 2016 Professor of Atmospheric Dynamics Heini Wernli from the ETH Zurich says studying the detailed physical processes involved in severe weather events can help us understand why some forecasts go wrong.
Experts explore ways to optimise European observing systems 26 May 2016 About 30 scientists from 10 European countries met at ECMWF from 23 to 25 May to explore how European non-satellite meteorological observing systems can be optimised.
Can aircraft weather data fill coverage gaps? 20 May 2016 ECMWF has started to use newly available aircraft observations of humidity, temperature and wind to help initialise its forecasts.
ECMWF scientists update colleagues at Living Planet Symposium 16 May 2016 ECMWF scientists have updated colleagues from across the globe on their research at one of the world’s biggest Earth observation conferences, held in Prague from 9 to 13 May.
Supercomputer efficiency tops agenda at Cray User Group meeting 13 May 2016 Supercomputer efficiency was high on the agenda when ECMWF hosted this year’s Cray User Group (CUG) conference in London from 8 to 12 May.
ECMWF hosts Cray User Group meeting 9 May 2016 ECMWF is hosting a meeting of Cray supercomputer users in London from 8 to 12 May. The head of supercomputing at ECMWF, Mike Hawkins, has a special interest in the event.
ECMWF appoints two new Fellows 4 May 2016 Daniel Jacob from Harvard University and Heini Wernli from ETH Zurich have begun three-year Fellowships to work with ECMWF in the fields of atmospheric composition and dynamic meteorology, respectively.
ECMWF climate reanalysis prompts interest at geosciences conference 29 April 2016 Presentations by ECMWF staff on a new climate reanalysis that went into production earlier this year caused excitement among fellow scientists attending the European Geosciences Union General Assembly in Vienna from 17 to 22 April.
Registration open for workshop on supercomputing in meteorology 26 April 2016 ECMWF’s Workshop on High-Performance Computing in Meteorology takes place from 24 to 28 October 2016 in Reading, UK.
Spring Newsletter published 22 April 2016 The Spring 2016 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.
Experts on model uncertainty chart way forward 20 April 2016 Seventy-eight scientists from 15 countries met at the Centre from 11 to 15 April to discuss how best to deal with uncertainties in the models used in weather and climate forecasting systems.