European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts - ECMWF’s Post

Thank you to all speakers and attendees for their contributions to the NWP SAF Workshop on Satellite Observations of the Earth System Interfaces, which took place last week at our headquarters in Reading, UK. The goals of this workshop were to: • Provide an overview of the various interface observations which are available to the NWP community as well as of the forward models which are being developed or are already in use to exploit this type of observations. • Assess the state of the art on the use of interface observations both in retrievals and in coupled data assimilation systems. • Understand the direction in which the scientific community is taking this important and complex problem. More information about the workshop and slides presented at the workshop are available: ➡️ https://lnkd.in/eFc3NEG7 Working group reports will be shared with the community to identify key recommendations for NWP centres.

  • Group of about 40 people who attended the NWP SAF workshop standing outside at ECMWF's headquarters in Reading, UK, with the flags of ECMWF's Member States in the background.

An important function of the EUMETSAT Network of Satellite Application Facilities is to keep contact to user communities and experts, to explore the useful applications of satellite data, to understand the (evolving) needs of users as well as to provide training. This expert workshop of the EUMETSAT NWP SAF, organised and hosted by NWP SAF partner European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF) is an excellent example and I was glad to attend at least partly. Thanks to the organisers and participants that made this event a success!

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