EC-Earth moves towards improved Earth system model 7 May 2015 A two-day meeting of the EC-Earth consortium hosted by ECMWF has reviewed progress in developing an improved Earth system model for fresh insights into climate change.
Copernicus workshop focuses on climate projections 5 May 2015 ECMWF has held the second in a series of workshops helping to shape the Copernicus Climate Change Service it is implementing on behalf of the EU.
ESCAPE project set to prepare for new era in supercomputing 30 April 2015 Efforts to prepare forecasting systems for the exascale era of supercomputing receive a boost as the European Commission backs the 4m-euro ESCAPE project coordinated by ECMWF.
ECMWF makes its mark at geosciences conference 22 April 2015 ECMWF delegates ran a series of well-attended sessions at the European Geosciences Union General Assembly in Vienna from 12 to 17 April and used the opportunity to catch up with the work of fellow scientists.
Warm conditions continue into 2015 20 April 2015 Global temperatures continued to be high in the first quarter of this year after 2014 was one of the warmest years on record.
The climate reanalysis data challenge 10 April 2015 Old satellite data contain valuable information on climate change for some essential climate variables. This article presents vital work to preserve and rescue these observations before it is too late.
Invitations to Tender 8 April 2015 ECMWF has published the first four Copernicus Invitations to Tender.
Copernicus Observations Workshop open for registration 2 April 2015 Presenters have until 14 April 2015 to submit their application, while those wishing to attend can apply until 11 June 2015.
ECMWF holds two training modules on data assimilation 1 April 2015 How weather forecasting makes use of the millions of observations that are made each day of the atmosphere, oceans and land was the focus of two training modules held at ECMWF in March 2015.
ECMWF opens call for external evaluators for Copernicus tenders 31 March 2015 ECMWF is calling for independent experts in a number of scientific and technical areas to evaluate proposals sent in response to Copernicus ITTs.
Why the Quasi-Biennial Oscillation matters 26 March 2015 The Quasi-Biennial Oscillation was the subject of a workshop in the Canadian city of Victoria from 16 to 18 March. Tim Stockdale, who represented ECMWF at the meeting, explains what the QBO is all about.
Seminar on 'Physical processes in present and future large-scale models' 24 March 2015 The ECMWF 2015 Annual Seminar will take place from 1 to 4 September and focus on the understanding, observation and representation of processes across scales.
ECMWF launches new training module for Metview software 20 March 2015 The redesigned “Data Analysis and Visualisation using Metview” module introduces users to Metview’s tools for accessing, processing and visualising meteorological data.
Stochastic workshop explores simulation of forecast model uncertainty 19 March 2015 ECMWF has hosted a workshop on ‘Stochastic Parametrization’ which reviewed progress in the simulation of uncertainties in forecasting models and examined the scope for further improvements.
El Niño set to strengthen but longer-term trend uncertain 17 March 2015 Weak El Niño conditions observed since October 2014 are expected to strengthen over the next few months and may turn into a substantial event, but there is a great deal of uncertainty beyond June 2015, current forecasts suggest.
Winter newsletter published 12 March 2015 The Winter 2014/15 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.
Climate Data Store workshop “a milestone” for Copernicus climate service 9 March 2015 An international workshop on a planned Climate Data Store hosted by ECMWF last week provided a first opportunity for different stakeholders to discuss the best way forward on the project.
Copernicus workshop looks at Climate Data Store 3 March 2015 ECMWF is hosting an international workshop on a planned Climate Data Store which is to form a key part of the EU-funded Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S).
Piotr Smolarkiewicz granted Poland’s highest academic title 26 February 2015 Dr Piotr Smolarkiewicz, a member of ECMWF’s Research Department, has been made Professor of Physical Sciences by the President of Poland.