European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts

On the reliability of seasonal snow forecasts

Abstract. Reliable information on seasonal snow conditions is important for long-range weather forecasting and climate modeling. The reliability of winter-mean hindcasts of snow water equivalent (SWE) produced by the ECMWF for the period 1993–2022 within the CopERnIcus climate ch...

Using microwave imager observations to improve the ocean temperature in a coupled NWP system

Abstract Knowledge of the ocean temperature is vital to the accurate use of satellite radiances in weather forecasting and it helps improve the quality of forecasts for the ocean and atmosphere. A recent upgrade to the European Centre for Medium‐Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF) In...