Symposium marks leading ECMWF scientist’s lifetime achievements 8 December 2017 A symposium to mark the decisive contributions of ECMWF scientist Adrian Simmons to numerical weather prediction and climate science took place at the Centre on 8 December.
Council lecture on 25 years of ensemble prediction 7 December 2017 ECMWF Lead Scientist Roberto Buizza delivered a lecture on ’25 years of ensemble prediction’ on 7 December, on the occasion of the 91st Council meeting. A recording of the lecture can be viewed online.
Shaping the future of supercomputing in numerical weather prediction 4 December 2017 Radical changes to prepare weather forecasting systems for the exascale era of supercomputing are under way. Now there are plans for a major international project to help complete this revolution.
Reanalysis takes centre stage as climate change service spreads its wings 27 November 2017 After a successful conference on climate reanalysis in Rome, the EU’s Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) being implemented by ECMWF is getting ready to make reanalysis results available to wider audiences.
20 years of 4D-Var: better forecasts through a better use of observations 20 November 2017 Twenty years ago ECMWF added an extra dimension – time – to the assimilation of observational data into weather models. This pioneering ‘4D-Var’ technique has led to substantial improvements in the Centre’s forecasts.
How to model convection and its impact on weather 13 November 2017 Convection is one of the small-scale atmospheric processes at the heart of the workshop ‘Shedding light on the greyzone’ taking place at ECMWF from 13 to 16 November. Convection specialist Peter Bechtold explains why.
New seasonal prediction system SEAS5 brings better El Niño forecasts 10 November 2017 ECMWF’s new seasonal prediction system (SEAS5) brings better forecasts, especially for El Niño/La Niña events. Forecasts are also more detailed thanks to much greater horizontal resolution.
Experts to explore global modelling at resolutions under 10 km 2 November 2017 More than 50 scientists will meet at ECMWF from 13 to 16 November to discuss the modelling of atmospheric processes across the globe at ‘grey zone’ resolutions of a few kilometres or less.
How to support data users in WMO countries, research and business 26 October 2017 Supporting ECMWF’s diverse range of users requires know-how in weather science, data handling and consultancy. Emma Pidduck from ECMWF’s Data Services team has what it takes.
Autumn 2017 Newsletter published 20 October 2017 The autumn 2017 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 debate progress in limited-area modelling 17 October 2017 Over 90 scientists from European national meteorological services and ECMWF came together at the Centre from 2 to 5 October 2017 to talk about convection and other topics in limited-area modelling.
New climate reanalysis simulates Great Storm of 1987 16 October 2017 A new climate reanalysis produced by the ECMWF-run Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) has reconstructed the Great Storm that hit Britain in October 1987 in much more detail than was possible in the 1980s.
Newly launched Sentinel-5P satellite to monitor the atmosphere 13 October 2017 The Sentinel-5P satellite launched on 13 October 2017 will make a vital contribution to the ECMWF-run Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service (CAMS) by measuring the composition of the atmosphere.
January meeting to review ocean and sea ice observations 9 October 2017 A workshop on observations and data assimilation of sea-surface temperatures and sea ice will take place at ECMWF from 22 to 25 January 2018. Registration is still open until 15 October.
Workshop on physics–dynamics coupling to take place in July 2018 2 October 2017 Registration is now open for a workshop on physics–dynamics coupling (PDC18) to take place at ECMWF from 10 to 12 July 2018.
ECMWF scientist starts Royal Society research fellowship 25 September 2017 The Royal Society has awarded ECMWF scientist Peter Düben a prestigious University Research Fellowship, which starts in October.
Annual Seminar explores future of ensemble prediction 18 September 2017 More than 100 people from across the world joined ECMWF scientists and 28 speakers at the Annual Seminar on ‘Ensemble prediction: past, present and future’.
How to pin down uncertainty in weather forecasting 11 September 2017 How can we best represent uncertainty in weather forecasting models? ECMWF scientist Sarah-Jane Lock will chart the way forward in a talk at the four-day Annual Seminar on ensemble prediction (11 to 14 September).
Symposium to mark leading ECMWF scientist’s lifetime achievements 4 September 2017 A symposium will be held at the Centre on 8 December 2017 to mark the decisive contributions of ECMWF scientist Adrian Simmons to numerical weather prediction and climate science.