Annual Report 2012 15 July 2013 The report presents some of ECMWF’s key activities in 2012. These include the provision of good guidance about extreme weather events, the upgrading of the supercomputer and the growth of the meteorological data archive.
ECMWF Newsletter – Spring 2013 5 July 2013 The spring 2013 edition of the ECMWF Newsletter has been published.
Contract for new high-performance computing facility signed 26 June 2013 At its 79th session on 19-20 June 2013, the ECMWF Council authorised the Director-General to enter into a service contract with Cray UK Ltd to replace the High Performance Computing Facility (HPCF) at the Centre from mid-2014 onwards. The contract between ECMWF and Cray UK Ltd was signed on 24 June 2013. Cray will provide a multi-petaflops supercomputing infrastructure at ECMWF designed for operational resiliency featuring two Cray XC30 systems and a multi-petabyte Cray Sonexion storage system. Current floods in central Europe 13 June 2013 Several days of heavy rain at the end of May and beginning of June led to saturated soils and extreme flooding in central Europe. Using ECMWF's forecasts 2 April 2013 'Using ECMWF's Forecasts' is an evolution of our long-running series of Forecast Products Users' meetings. ECMWF Newsletter – Winter 2013 19 March 2013 The winter 2012/13 edition of the ECMWF Newsletter has been published. Senior appointments at ECMWF 20 February 2013 ECMWF is looking to recruit a Director of Operations and a Director of Forecasts. ECMWF forecast data for hurricane Sandy available to researchers 18 February 2013 ECMWF forecast data for hurricane Sandy is available for free download for research use via the TIGGE archive. ECMWF Newsletter – Autumn 2012 10 December 2012 The Autumn 2012 edition of the ECMWF Newsletter has been published. Slovenia becomes ECMWF's 20th Member State 5 December 2012 On 1 December 2012, the Republic of Slovenia became ECMWF’s 20th Member State. Second weekly run of monthly forecasts 1 December 2012 A second weekly run of the ECMWF monthly forecast has been introduced, running every Monday (00 UTC) to provide an update to the main Thursday run. European Flood Awareness System operational 27 November 2012 The European Commission has announced that as of 26 November 2012 the European Flood Awareness System (EFAS) is now fully operational. Twenty years of ensemble prediction at ECMWF 5 November 2012 ECMWF will celebrate 20 years of operational ensemble prediction at ECMWF on Monday, 3 December 2012. ECMWF Web Site Re-design 1 November 2012 During 2012/2013, ECMWF is undertaking a significant redesign of its web site. 2013 Training course programme 25 October 2012 ECMWF has an extensive education and training programme to assist Member States and Co-operating States in the training of scientists in numerical weather prediction, and in making use of the ECMWF forecast products and computer facilities. ECMWF Newsletter – Summer 2012 1 October 2012 The summer 2012 edition of the ECMWF Newsletter has been published. ECMWF Seminar on Seasonal Prediction 7 September 2012 Scientists from the whole globe attended this year's ECMWF annual seminar on seasonal prediction held from 3 to 7 September 2012. Arctic sea-ice and poor summer weather 7 September 2012 In an interview with the BBC Science Editor David Shukman, research at ECMWF was described regarding the role of Arctic sea-ice anomalies on summer weather in north-west Europe. Forecasts for the Paralympics 24 July 2012 Building on the success of forecasting for the London 2012 Olympic games, the Met Office focus is now directed to providing the same outstanding support to the Paralympic games due to start on 29 August and running until 9 September.
Current floods in central Europe 13 June 2013 Several days of heavy rain at the end of May and beginning of June led to saturated soils and extreme flooding in central Europe.
Using ECMWF's forecasts 2 April 2013 'Using ECMWF's Forecasts' is an evolution of our long-running series of Forecast Products Users' meetings.
ECMWF Newsletter – Winter 2013 19 March 2013 The winter 2012/13 edition of the ECMWF Newsletter has been published.
Senior appointments at ECMWF 20 February 2013 ECMWF is looking to recruit a Director of Operations and a Director of Forecasts.
ECMWF forecast data for hurricane Sandy available to researchers 18 February 2013 ECMWF forecast data for hurricane Sandy is available for free download for research use via the TIGGE archive.
ECMWF Newsletter – Autumn 2012 10 December 2012 The Autumn 2012 edition of the ECMWF Newsletter has been published.
Slovenia becomes ECMWF's 20th Member State 5 December 2012 On 1 December 2012, the Republic of Slovenia became ECMWF’s 20th Member State.
Second weekly run of monthly forecasts 1 December 2012 A second weekly run of the ECMWF monthly forecast has been introduced, running every Monday (00 UTC) to provide an update to the main Thursday run.
European Flood Awareness System operational 27 November 2012 The European Commission has announced that as of 26 November 2012 the European Flood Awareness System (EFAS) is now fully operational.
Twenty years of ensemble prediction at ECMWF 5 November 2012 ECMWF will celebrate 20 years of operational ensemble prediction at ECMWF on Monday, 3 December 2012.
ECMWF Web Site Re-design 1 November 2012 During 2012/2013, ECMWF is undertaking a significant redesign of its web site.
2013 Training course programme 25 October 2012 ECMWF has an extensive education and training programme to assist Member States and Co-operating States in the training of scientists in numerical weather prediction, and in making use of the ECMWF forecast products and computer facilities.
ECMWF Newsletter – Summer 2012 1 October 2012 The summer 2012 edition of the ECMWF Newsletter has been published.
ECMWF Seminar on Seasonal Prediction 7 September 2012 Scientists from the whole globe attended this year's ECMWF annual seminar on seasonal prediction held from 3 to 7 September 2012.
Arctic sea-ice and poor summer weather 7 September 2012 In an interview with the BBC Science Editor David Shukman, research at ECMWF was described regarding the role of Arctic sea-ice anomalies on summer weather in north-west Europe.
Forecasts for the Paralympics 24 July 2012 Building on the success of forecasting for the London 2012 Olympic games, the Met Office focus is now directed to providing the same outstanding support to the Paralympic games due to start on 29 August and running until 9 September.