european centre for medium-range weather forecasts

The European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF) is an international intergovernmental organization 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. The 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,

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