European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts
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The European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF) is an international organisation based at Reading, England that was founded in 1975.
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[edit] Objectives
The objectives of the ECMWF are:
- Development of numerical methods for medium-range weather forecasting
- Preparation of medium-range weather forecasts for distribution to the member states
- Scientific and technical research directed to the improvement of these forecasts
- Collection and storage of appropriate meteorological data.
[edit] Work and Projects
The ECMWF has been producing operational medium-range weather forecasts since 1979-08-01.
It has run two "re-analysis" projects, the first ECMWF re-analysis (ERA-15) project generated reanalyses from December 1978 to February 1994. The ERA-40 project generated reanalyses from 1957.
The history of ECMWF is recorded in the book: "Medium-Range Weather Prediction - the European Approach" by Austin Woods, published Springer 2005.
[edit] Members
The ECMWF members are of 18 European states: Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Republic of Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, The Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, United Kingdom
The ECMWF has co-operation agreements with other states: Croatia, Czech Republic, Estonia, Iceland, Lithuania, Hungary, Morocco, Romania, Serbia, Slovenia.
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