Global Partnership for enhanced resilience to flood risk
Under the lead of the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre and the Dartmouth Flood Observatory (University of Colorado), the Global Flood Partnership was launched earlier this month at the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF) in Reading, UK. It is a unique international forum aimed at developing a global flood observation and modelling infrastructure for managing and forecasting flood risk at a global scale.
ECMWF Newsletter
The ECMWF Newsletter is published quarterly and contains articles about new developments and systems at ECMWF.
The winter 2013/14 edition of the ECMWF Newsletter has been published. The main articles deal with ten years of ENVISAT data at ECMWF, skill of ECMWF's monthly forecasts, representation of stable boundary layers, seasonal forecasts of crop irrigation needs, and 3D visualization of ensemble forecasts.
TIGGE-LAM improves regional ensemble forecasts
The World Weather Research Programme has launched a new tool to improve regional ensemble forecasts of high-impact weather and so strengthen early warning and disaster prevention.
A single web portal hosted by the European Centre for Medium Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF) called TIGGE-LAM is now available. It currently groups five European ensemble systems in a standard data format, and five more will be added in the near future.
New Director of Computing appointed
Dr Adrian Wander has been appointed as ECMWF’s new Director of Computing. His appointment will take effect on 3 March.
Commenting on his appointment, Prof Wander said: