How to pinpoint the sources of forecast errors 15 April 2016 Linus Magnusson works in the Diagnostics Team at ECMWF. His task: to track down the causes of differences between the Centre’s weather forecasts and observed outcomes.
Seminar on ‘Earth system modelling for seamless prediction’ 12 April 2016 Registration is now open for ECMWF’s 2016 Annual Seminar. The seminar will explore which Earth system processes we should focus on to further improve atmospheric predictive skill.
ECMWF’s annual user meeting to focus on evaluating high-impact weather forecasts 7 April 2016 Registration is open for the ‘Using ECMWF Forecasts’ meeting, 6 to 9 June 2016.
Forecasts aid mission planning for hurricane research 31 March 2016 ECMWF forecasts have helped researchers in the United States to plan the deployment of aircraft in a field experiment on tropical cyclone intensity and structure change.
World Meteorological Day 2016: ‘Hotter, Drier, Wetter’ 23 March 2016 On the occasion of World Meteorological Day 2016, Professor Erland Källén, ECMWF’s Director of Research, looks at the key moments that have marked the past twelve months at ECMWF.
ECMWF launches new simulated satellite data product 18 March 2016 ECMWF has launched a new dataset called Simulated Satellite Data (SSD), which provides global high-resolution forecasts of the weather as seen from space.
How to train the next generation of NWP experts 14 March 2016 Sarah Keeley has been in charge of ECMWF’s numerical weather prediction (NWP) training programme since 2011. Her experience as a researcher gives her the breadth and the depth of expertise required for the job.
New forecast model cycle brings highest-ever resolution 10 March 2016 ECMWF has launched a new model cycle bringing improved global weather forecasts at record-breaking resolution. The new grid on which the forecasts are run comprises up to 904 million prediction points.
Tackling the gender gap in science 8 March 2016 To mark International Women’s Day, ECMWF held an informal discussion about the gender gap in science, engineering, technology and mathematics.
The challenge of weather forecast verification 4 March 2016 Experts meeting at ECMWF on 2 and 3 March 2016 discussed how best to assess the quality of weather forecasts in the future, including predictions of extreme events.
ECMWF gives Copernicus update at Madrid climate meeting 2 March 2016 ECMWF delegates have told an international 'Big Data and Climate Change' meeting in Madrid how the Centre is implementing the EU-funded Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) and Atmosphere Monitoring Service (CAMS).
NEXTGenIO supercomputing partners select hardware architecture 26 February 2016 Partners from the NEXTGenIO project on input/output challenges in supercomputing decided on a hardware architecture when they met at ECMWF on 23 and 24 February 2016.
How ocean modelling improves weather predictions 22 February 2016 Ocean modelling has come to play an ever-growing role in global numerical weather prediction. ECMWF’s ocean expert Magdalena Balmaseda explains why.
ECMWF is looking for its next Director of Forecasts 18 February 2016 ECMWF is recruiting a new Director for its Forecast Department after Florence Rabier left the post to become Director-General of ECMWF.
Sentinel-3A Earth observation satellite launched 17 February 2016 A satellite that will greatly boost Europe’s Earth observation capabilities has gone into orbit after it was launched from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome in northern Russia on 16 February 2016.
How predictable was the current El Niño? 10 February 2016 One of the strongest El Niño events on record peaked in November 2015. How predictable was it? And is it the most extreme ever?
New ‘train the trainer’ course popular with forecasters 5 February 2016 Meteorologists from across ECMWF’s Member States have taken part in a new course designed to help them train others in the use of the Centre’s products.
NASA keen to deepen ties with weather organisations, Chief Scientist says 2 February 2016 NASA Chief Scientist Ellen Stofan has said her organisation is keen to forge closer links with weather forecasting services around the world.
ECMWF Fellow explores new ideas to boost accuracy in NWP 28 January 2016 Professor Tim Palmer says work on numerical weather prediction (NWP) carried out by his group at the University of Oxford can help ECMWF achieve “more accuracy with less precision”.