European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts - ECMWF

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We are pleased to have signed a new Memorandum of Understanding with ENTSO-E to continue our successful cooperation around the use of ECMWF products and services for energy systems. The cooperation will cover future versions of the Pan-European Climate Database (PECD) and expand to applications under #DestinationEarth.

🌍🌐 An article is now available on Irina Sandu's keynote at the LUMI AI Factory launch in Helsinki. Find more details on synergies between Destination Earth (#DestinE) and AI Factories ➡️ https://lnkd.in/edBbZAp5

Climate resilience, emergency management, energy infrastructure, precision farming, food security, and early warning systems: Earth Observation data already play a crucial role in monitoring and supporting these key societal goals. ❓But how can EO data be better integrated into policies at all levels? This challenging question was at the heart of the ESPI-organised EO as Policy Enabler workshop in London that took place yesterday. We focused on linking cutting-edge EO technology to its impact on societal challenges, aiming to shape policy development. ESA's ongoing R&D investments have delivered breakthroughs—such as detecting methane super-emitters and understanding the water cycle—offering vital insights for climate action and sustainable resource management. ESA also collaborates with international bodies like the World Bank to support global development through EO. The workshop discussions will guide ESA’s activities, from the upcoming 2025 Council Ministerial to long-term strategic alignment with evolving policy needs. I look forward to reading the ESPI report on the "Policy Vision for Earth Observation" based on today’s contributions.

Next week, we will mark our 50th anniversary in Bonn, Germany, with a series of events highlighting the key scientific developments that have been achieved in collaboration with our Member States and partners around the globe: • Annual Seminar • Copernicus workshop • Workshop on ancillary data • Workshop on surface process coupling • Workshop on data assimilation During these events, we will also look at the challenges and opportunities related to weather forecasting facing our community and society at large. More information ➡️ https://lnkd.in/d275j2j4 #OneECMWF 

🌍 Azioni con le agenzie europee gestori dei Servizi Copernicus e l'hackathon SpazioCulturale - sfida per giovani talenti 🌍 💡Stati Generali dell’Innovazione, coordinatore nazionale della Campagna delle #alldigitalweeks | All Digital nonché espressione del Forum Nazionale degli Utenti Copernicus per la comunità del Terzo Settore, insieme al Forum Nazionale e ad ISPRA, propongono questo interessante incontro come contributo al tema #adweeks2025: "Competenze digitali per l'occupazione, l'imprenditorialità e l'innovazione" 💡 Le azioni di coordinamento verso l’Europa vedono coinvolti il Copernicus ECMWF, per quanto attinente al Copernicus Atmosphere Monitioring Service (#CAMS) e al Copernicus Climate Change Service (#C3S), e l’European Environment Agency, per il Copernicus Land Monitoring Service (#CLMS), attraverso la sottoscrizione di Memorandum of Understanding e specifiche iniziative nazionali #NCPCAMS-IT #NCPC3S-IT #NCPCLMS-IT 💻 Tra le azioni di promozione rientra l’Hackathon SpazioCulturale, un laboratorio sotto forma di concorso di idee, organizzato dall’ECMWF, dal Forum Nazionale degli Utenti Copernicus e dall’ISPRA, con il supporto e la sponsorizzazione da parte di EU Project SD-WISHEES e-GEOS e Planetek Italia 🎙️ Interverranno Antonella Tornato Stefano Mariani e Ines Marinosci di ISPRA 📌 Evento online – L'appuntamento è domani, venerdì 4 aprile, ore 10:00 – 10:30 Per registrarsi: https://lnkd.in/dM8iw8iB Non mancate! 🚀 Per ulteriori informazioni #SGInnovazione: https://lnkd.in/dQyusA9g

🌍🌐 Destination Earth (#DestinE) is launching the development of an AI-powered climate and weather chatbot. 🤖 #ECMWF has selected the Portuguese geospatial AI data management and cloud computing specialist provider Development Seed to develop a #chatbot as part of the EU funded DestinE initiative.  Working in close collaboration with ECMWF, Development Seed will create a prototype chatbot powered by cutting-edge large language models (LLMs). This will help to make DestinE’s high-resolution #climate and weather data more accessible and usable for a wide range of users. 👉 Here are some of the keyfacts. The climate and weather chatbot is: ✅ using open models and open-source software  ✅ designed to ensure trust, transparency, speed and conciseness  ✅ developed to minimise AI “hallucinations” - namely when the chatbot dreams up incorrect answers  ✅ anchored in the FAIR Principles (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, Reusable)  ✅ evolving through continuous user feedback This tool is part of a broader effort led by the European Commission’s DG CNECT (EU Digital & Tech) to boost #MachineLearning and #AI in DestinE’s Phase II from June 2024 – June 2026.  Read more ➡️ https://lnkd.in/eGhRwSMJ 

As we mark our 50th anniversary this year, we are proud to present these new publications, which focus on our key scientific achievements in collaboration with our Member States: • Fifty years of data assimilation at ECMWF (https://lnkd.in/dirhQ-Wn) • Fifty years of Earth system modelling at ECMWF (https://lnkd.in/dYmp7SMh) • Ten years of Copernicus at ECMWF (https://lnkd.in/dYKusjKN)   More information 👉 https://lnkd.in/d275j2j4    #OneECMWF 

🌍🌐 Responding to the growing challenges of climate change and extreme weather requires strong collaboration across Europe. Synergies between initiatives like Destination Earth (#DestinE), the newly launched LUMI supercomputer AI Factory, and ongoing national efforts will help unlock new capabilities in weather and climate data, modelling, and AI, supporting European Member States in better understanding, anticipating, and adapting to these challenges. Today in Helsinki, Irina Sandu, Director of Destination Earth at #ECMWF, joined the opening of the LUMI AI Factory to deliver a keynote on “Redefining Climate Action: The Power of Digital Twins and AI Factories.” We are proud to be part of this growing European #DigitalTwins and AI ecosystem - building connections between initiatives, institutions, and infrastructures to deliver trusted, actionable information for a more resilient future. #DestinationEarth #LUMI #EuroHPC #AI #DigitalTwins #ClimateAction #DGCNECT #ExtremeEvents #Collaboration 

🌍 Teams around the world are joining the ECMWF AI Weather Quest – don’t miss out! This international ECMWF competition, endorsed by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), invites participants to help improve sub-seasonal weather forecasting using artificial intelligence and machine learning. 🚀 Over 70 teams from across the globe have already registered – including participants from research institutes, companies, and individual innovators – all contributing to this ambitious effort to push forecasting beyond traditional limits. 📣 We’re now in the Initial Training Phase, where teams can: ✔️ Explore the competition’s resources, submission guidelines and evaluation setup ✔️ Access the Quest Launch Webinar recordings and presentation ➡️ https://lnkd.in/e5C9z6Vi ✔️ Prepare for the Testing JJA Period (June, July, August) – a non-competitive period where teams are invited to submit forecasts and self-evaluate their performance ahead of the official competition ✔️ Register for the next Testing Period Launch Webinar on 7 May to learn how to submit forecasts and self-evaluate your results during the Testing JJA Period: • 09:00–10:00 UTC: https://lnkd.in/duzx7zvc • 15:00–16:00 UTC: https://lnkd.in/duHxT5F5 🌐 Explore the #ECMWF #AIWeatherQuest and join the competition ➡️ https://lnkd.in/e-J-JwRy