The
European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (
ECMWF) is an international intergovernmental organisation based at Reading,
England that was founded in
1975.
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.
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.
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 7 other states:
Croatia, Czech Republic,
Iceland,
Hungary,
Romania,
Slovenia, Serbia and Montenegro.
External links
*
Official Website *
ERA-15 reanalysis *
ERA-40 reanalysis Category:Meteorological institutions and stations
Category:1975 establishments
