Extension of agreement with ESA 15 January 2010 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.
The ECMWF Ensemble Prediction System 25 November 2009 ECMWF has pioneered a system to predict forecast confidence.
Workshop on "Land Surface Modelling, Data Assimilation and the Implications for Predictability" 13 November 2009 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.
Workshop on Meteorological Operational Systems 9 November 2009 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.
ECMWF Training programme 2010 9 September 2009 ECMWF has an extensive education and training programme to assist Member States, Co-operating States and WMO National Meteorological and Hydrological Services in the training of scientists in numerical weather forecasting, and in making use of the ECMWF computing and archive facilities.
Ocean waves 10 June 2009 Prediction of the maximum wave height of extreme events is of tremendous benefit to the marine world.
New EU-funded project MACC 1 June 2009 The EU-funded GEMS project ran from 1 March 2005 to 31 May 2009. Operation and improvement of the systems developed during GEMS is continuing in a new EU-funded project MACC - Modelling Atmospheric Composition and Climate. Products from MACC are being displayed on the GEMS web pages during a transitional period. Security Representatives' Meeting 25 May 2009 The annual meetings of the Computing Representatives and the Security Representatives took place from 11 to 14 May 2009. Computing Representatives Meeting 21 May 2009 The annual meetings of the Computing Representatives and the Security Representatives took place from 11 to 14 May 2009. Paper on ERA-40 most highly cited in field of Geosciences 27 March 2009 The paper "The ERA-40 re-analysis", published in 2005, has been identified by Thomson Reuters Scientific's /Essential Science Indicators/ as one of the most highly cited papers in the field of Geosciences, and has been designated as a "Current Classic" for February. ECMWF Newsletter survey 5 March 2009 An on-line survey is being carried out of readers of the ECMWF Newsletter. EFAS Workshop 30 January 2009 The 4th Annual workshop of European Flood Alert System (EFAS) was held on 29 and 30 January at ECMWF. The workshop participants came from 24 national and regional water authorities across Europe. Report of the World Modelling Summit for Climate Prediction 20 January 2009 The workshop report of the World Modelling Summit for Climate Prediction is now available for download A symposium honouring Tony Hollingsworth at the AMS Annual Meeting 16 January 2009 The annual meeting of the American Meteorological Society (AMS) held from 11 to 15 January in Phoenix, Arizona, included a symposium in honour of Tony Hollingsworth, former Head of Research of ECMWF, who died on 29 July 2007. Member States' usage of the ECMWF supercomputer 22 December 2008 Today, 22 December 2008, Member States’ usage of the ECMWF High Performance Computer Facility (HPCF) resources has reached a new milestone. 70th ECMWF Council session 5 December 2008 Chaired by its President Dr Adérito Vicente Serrão from Portugal, the ECMWF Council held its 70th session in Reading on 2-3 December 2008. Workshop on the use of GIS/OGC standards in meteorology 28 November 2008 Météo France, the UK Met Office and ECMWF jointly organised a dedicated workshop on the use of GIS systems in meteorology. The workshop was held at ECMWF, Reading, from 24 to 26 November 2008, and was a great success with over 100 participants from various disciplines and organisations worldwide. Visit by German Ambassador 25 November 2008 His Excellency Georg Boomgaarden, German Ambassador in London, visited the European Centre for Medium Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF) on 25 November 2008. He was accompanied by Ms. Petra Bethge, First Secretary Transport Affairs at the Embassy.
Security Representatives' Meeting 25 May 2009 The annual meetings of the Computing Representatives and the Security Representatives took place from 11 to 14 May 2009.
Computing Representatives Meeting 21 May 2009 The annual meetings of the Computing Representatives and the Security Representatives took place from 11 to 14 May 2009.
Paper on ERA-40 most highly cited in field of Geosciences 27 March 2009 The paper "The ERA-40 re-analysis", published in 2005, has been identified by Thomson Reuters Scientific's /Essential Science Indicators/ as one of the most highly cited papers in the field of Geosciences, and has been designated as a "Current Classic" for February.
ECMWF Newsletter survey 5 March 2009 An on-line survey is being carried out of readers of the ECMWF Newsletter.
EFAS Workshop 30 January 2009 The 4th Annual workshop of European Flood Alert System (EFAS) was held on 29 and 30 January at ECMWF. The workshop participants came from 24 national and regional water authorities across Europe.
Report of the World Modelling Summit for Climate Prediction 20 January 2009 The workshop report of the World Modelling Summit for Climate Prediction is now available for download
A symposium honouring Tony Hollingsworth at the AMS Annual Meeting 16 January 2009 The annual meeting of the American Meteorological Society (AMS) held from 11 to 15 January in Phoenix, Arizona, included a symposium in honour of Tony Hollingsworth, former Head of Research of ECMWF, who died on 29 July 2007.
Member States' usage of the ECMWF supercomputer 22 December 2008 Today, 22 December 2008, Member States’ usage of the ECMWF High Performance Computer Facility (HPCF) resources has reached a new milestone.
70th ECMWF Council session 5 December 2008 Chaired by its President Dr Adérito Vicente Serrão from Portugal, the ECMWF Council held its 70th session in Reading on 2-3 December 2008.
Workshop on the use of GIS/OGC standards in meteorology 28 November 2008 Météo France, the UK Met Office and ECMWF jointly organised a dedicated workshop on the use of GIS systems in meteorology. The workshop was held at ECMWF, Reading, from 24 to 26 November 2008, and was a great success with over 100 participants from various disciplines and organisations worldwide.
Visit by German Ambassador 25 November 2008 His Excellency Georg Boomgaarden, German Ambassador in London, visited the European Centre for Medium Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF) on 25 November 2008. He was accompanied by Ms. Petra Bethge, First Secretary Transport Affairs at the Embassy.