Invited perspectives: The ECMWF strategy 2021–2030 challenges in the area of natural hazards
<p>The European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF) mission is to deliver high-quality global medium-range numerical weather predictions and monitoring of the Earth system to its member states. The modelling and forecasting of natural hazards are an important part of this mission...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Copernicus Publications
2021-07-01
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| Series: | Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences |
| Online Access: | https://nhess.copernicus.org/articles/21/2163/2021/nhess-21-2163-2021.pdf |
| Summary: | <p>The European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF) mission is to deliver
high-quality global medium-range numerical weather predictions and monitoring
of the Earth system to its member states. The modelling and forecasting of
natural hazards are an important part of this mission. Challenges in this
area include the integration of innovative observations into the Earth system;
realistic representations of water, energy and carbon cycles; coupling and
initialisation of all Earth system components; adequate representation of
uncertainties; supporting the development of user-specific products to enable
optimal decision-making under uncertainties; and advances in software
engineering. The new ECMWF strategy identified three pillars to sustain its future
development (ECMWF, 2021a): science and technology (world-leading weather and
Earth system science, cutting-edge technology and computational science),
impact (high-quality products fit for purpose, efficient and easy access to
products), and people (inspiring and hiring the best experts). Progress in all
these areas will need enhanced collaboration with member states and partners
across Europe and beyond.</p> |
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| ISSN: | 1561-8633 1684-9981 |