European climate marked by heat and drought in 2022 – report
The climate in Europe in 2022 was marked by extreme heat and widespread drought, according to a report published by the EU-funded Copernicus Climate Change Service implemented by ECMWF.
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Four key ECMWF events in 2023
ECMWF’s events programme in 2023 includes four key meetings between June and October: Using ECMWF’s Forecasts, the Annual Seminar, an event on atmospheric river reconnaissance, and one on high-performance computing in meteorology.
Three research projects to improve ECMWF’s Copernicus services
January 2023 marked the start of three EU-funded research projects to further develop the EU’s Copernicus Climate Change Service and Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service implemented by ECMWF: CERISE, CAMEO and CORSO.
The future of weather, climate and water across generations
On World Meteorological Day, ECMWF Director of Forecasts Florian Pappenberger reflects on the WMO’s critical role and the importance of international collaboration for the future of weather, climate and water across generations.
Destination Earth demonstration products to be ready by mid-2024
ECMWF will ensure that the EU’s Destination Earth initiative has completed the first steps in developing highly accurate replicas of Earth to facilitate action on climate change and environmental extremes by mid-2024.
New data show a wetter and warmer Arctic
Scientists from the EU’s Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) implemented by ECMWF have observed major changes in Arctic precipitation, air temperature and sea-ice coverage over the most recent three decades. Reanalysis enables a new focus on the Arctic climate.
Upgrade of forecasts is at the centre of our plans for 2023, says DG
An upgrade of the Integrated Forecasting System (IFS) to Cycle 48r1 is at the centre of our plans for 2023, ECMWF Director-General Florence Rabier has said in an interview that previews the Centre’s activities this year.
How to monitor observations to ensure the best possible forecasts
Numerical weather predictions rely on observations to help establish the initial conditions of forecasts as accurately as possible. Mohamed Dahoui monitors weather observations at ECMWF to ensure they are of good quality.
ECMWF publishes new Software Strategy
ECMWF has published a new Software Strategy, outlining its plans for the development of software outside the weather prediction process until 2027. One of the guiding ideas is for software to be developed openly.
Copernicus CO2 project enters final year
The ECMWF-coordinated CoCO2 project to build a prototype system to monitor anthropogenic CO2 emissions worldwide has moved into its final year. This EU-funded initiative is on track to feed into a permanent anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions Monitoring and Verification Support Capacity.