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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.
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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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