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Only 2 days left to register for our "Using ECMWF's Forecasts" event. This year's theme: 'The strength of ensembles'. Dates: 3 to 6 June. Registration deadline: 12 April 2019.
https://www.ecmwf.int/…/work…/using-e cmwfs-forecasts-uef2019

The EU-funded Copernicus Climate Change Service implemented by ECMWF has published the European State of the Climate 2018 report. Freja Vamborg is the scientist who pulled the report together. https://www.ecmwf.int/…/european-state- climate-2018-unveile…

Science blog: Peter Bauer discusses recent ground-breaking work with a high-resolution version of the IFS running on some of the world's most powerful computers, to see what speed-up can be achieved. https://www.ecmwf.int/…/where-are-prese nt-computational-lim…

EUMETSAT Research Fellows hosted at ECMWF help to improve the use of satellite data in weather forecasting. @eumetsat @NWP_SAF https://www.ecmwf.int/…/eumetsat-fellow s-help-improve-ecmwf…

Ahead of World Meteorological Day on 23 March, ECMWF Director of Research Andy Brown looks at how the theme of the Sun, the Earth and the Weather ties in with the Centre’s Earth system approach to numerical weather prediction. https://www.ecmwf.int/…/why-weather-pre diction-needs-earth-…

Last week, the CHE and VERIFY project General Assemblies at ECMWF reviewed progress towards a European greenhouse gas emission monitoring capability. Find out more here: https://www.ecmwf.int/…/co2-monitoring- project-working-towa…

In focus: ECMWF is working with the WMO to address the requirements for Earth system observations, including ocean observations, which make a critical contribution to weather forecasts and warning systems. https://www.ecmwf.int/…/improving-ocean -observations-better…

ECMWF will soon be able to use more up-to-date weather observations to help define the initial conditions for its forecasts. Peter Lean explains how successful teamwork enabled this shift towards more continuous data assimilation. http://ow.ly/wUix30o3FJZ

Science blog: Angela Benedetti (ECMWF) and Peter Knippertz (KIT) explain how the EU-funded DACCIWA project collected new data in West Africa to investigate the causes and effects of air pollution. https://www.ecmwf.int/…/scien…/2019/a ir-west-africa-breathes

On the occasion of International Women's Day 2019, we brought together four ECMWF scientists to talk about why there are so few women in science. There is more common ground in their answers than you might expect. https://www.ecmwf.int/…/obstacles-women -face-science-four-e…

ECMWF’s comprehensive range of high-quality ocean wave forecasts is set to improve further when the Integrated Forecasting System is upgraded later this year. https://www.ecmwf.int/…/upgrade-boost-q uality-ocean-wave-fo…

A recording of the webinar in which Director of Research Andy Brown explained the next upgrade of ECMWF’s Integrated Forecasting System is now available. You can also view/download the presentation slides. A repeat will take place on 7 March. https://www.ecmwf.int/…/upgrade-ecmwfs- forecasting-system-p…

The next upgrade of ECMWF’s Integrated Forecasting System is planned for June 2019. Director of Research Andy Brown will explain the changes and how they will improve forecasts in a webinar on 26 February and again on 7 March. https://www.ecmwf.int/…/upgrade-ecmwfs- forecasting-system-p…

Find out how Damien Decremer uses his interdisciplinary expertise to help drive forward Earth system model diagnostics and calibration work at ECMWF. https://www.ecmwf.int/…/how-statistics- supports-earth-syste…

Registration open for key ECMWF 2019 events: Annual Seminar, Using ECMWF’s Forecasts (UEF), Observational campaigns for better weather forecasts, and Robust scientific developments with reproducible workflows. https://www.ecmwf.int/…/registration-op en-key-ecmwf-events-…

Call for abstracts! Registration is open for the 5th OpenIFS User Meeting from 17 to 21 June 2019 at the University of Reading, UK. Theme: the impact of moist processes on weather forecasts. More info on the meeting page: https://confluence.ecmwf.int/x/FFsVBw

Discover the results of research related to polar prediction presented at the second General Assembly of the EU-funded APPLICATE project last week at ECMWF https://www.ecmwf.int/…/applicate-partn ers-probe-polar-pred…

Extreme snowfall affected some of southern Britain late last week. In these challenging situations ECMWF products show forecasters the likely delineations of different weather types. This case highlights the impact of warm seas in modulating precipitation type (follow the arrow).