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.
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.