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ECMWF supercomputer in Bologna

New supercomputing resources available for Special Project research

From next year ECMWF will start to provide about five times more supercomputing resources in its new data centre in Bologna for weather and climate research as part of the Special Project framework.

Member State flags in ECMWF Council chamber, Copyright: Stephen Shepherd

ECMWF welcomes Georgia as its 12th Co-operating State

A Co-operation Agreement between ECMWF and Georgia came into force on 1 December 2021.

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Computing project prepares weather prediction for the exascale

The three-year EU-funded ESCAPE-2 project coordinated by ECMWF, on energy-efficient scalable algorithms for weather and climate prediction at the exascale, is coming to a successful conclusion.

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Copernicus CO2 project holds first General Assembly

The ECMWF-coordinated Copernicus CO2 (CoCO2) project to build a prototype system to monitor anthropogenic CO2 emissions worldwide held its first General Assembly from 16 to 18 November.

Metop satellite

Metop-A satellite retiring after 15 years of huge benefits to forecasting

EUMETSAT has started to decommission the Metop-A satellite, which has brought tremendous benefits to numerical weather prediction after it was launched 15 years ago.

Peter Bauer at the launch of the Destination Earth initiative on 30 March 2022

Initiative to create digital twin of our planet is launched

Representatives of the European Space Agency, EUMETSAT, ECMWF and the European Commission came together virtually on 30 March 2022 to inaugurate Destination Earth, an ambitious initiative to develop a highly accurate digital twin of our planet.

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ECMWF’s free-to-use OpenCharts catalogue extended and new feature added

A powerful new feature is now available through our popular OpenCharts Catalogue, allowing users to tailor their own forecast display. The launch of ‘ChartSet’ comes just weeks after nearly 60 new products were added, bringing the total number available to well over 250.

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ECMWF at the United Nations COP26 Climate Change Conference

ECMWF will be present at COP26, showing how data and services from the EU’s Copernicus Earth observation programme can support countries in meeting the goals of the Paris Agreement.

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Union for Mediterranean and ECMWF sign cooperation accord

The Secretariat of the Union for the Mediterranean and ECMWF signed an agreement on 25 October establishing bilateral cooperation concerning the uptake and impact of EU Copernicus services implemented by ECMWF.

ECMWF Newsletter 169

Autumn 2021 Newsletter published

The autumn 2021 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.