The ECMWF Annual Report 2011 has been published. The Report is structured so that each section highlights what ECMWF aimed to achieve and gives examples of those achievements.
The Annual Report of each year is normally released in June/July of the following year. The theme of the 2011 report is on partnerships and the users of our research and forecasts. Also the report highlights the role of the people behind ECMWF’s achievements. It is planned to develop this aspect in future reports along with enhancing the parts dealing with investing in European weather forecasts and the financial information.
The Centre's Annual Report provides an overview and a broad, non-technical description of ECMWF's main activities. It also gives an indication of future plans of ECMWF. The foreword to the report by Alan Thorpe (ECMWF Director-General) and François Jacq (President of the ECMWF Council) explains why 2011 was a year of transition and highlights some of the achievements of a talented workforce.
A PDF version of the Annual Report 2011 is made available here.