03 April 2025
24 April 2023
ECMWF is both a research institute and a 24/7 operational service, producing and disseminating numerical weather predictions to its member states.
What the ECMWF does
In order to deliver on its mission, the ECMWF provides:
- global numerical weather forecasts four times per day
- air quality analyses
- atmospheric composition monitoring
- climate monitoring
- ocean circulation analyses
- hydrological predictions
- fire risk predictions
The ECMWF operates two services on behalf of the European Union’s Copernicus Programme: the Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service (CAMS) and the Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S), and contributes to the Copernicus Emergency Management Service (CEMS).
How we work together
The ECMWF is a major user of EUMETSAT’s data and products, which are key inputs into its weather forecasting models.
EUMETSAT and the ECMWF maintain a strong relationship, meeting and exchanging information on a regular basis. This cooperation facilitates the generation and production of a comprehensive range of meteorological, oceanographic and atmospheric products of a quality recognised and valued worldwide.
EUMETSAT and the ECMWF work closely together through the European Union’s Copernicus programme. The ECMWF is the delegated entity for operating the Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring and Climate Change services.
EUMETSAT provides these services with satellite-derived data from its own satellite missions, Sentinel missions operated by EUMETSAT and third-party missions.
EUMETSAT and the ECMWF are partners in the European Weather Cloud initiative.
In addition, EUMETSAT. ECMWF and the European Space Agency, have key roles in the European Union’s Destination Earth initiative. While EUMETSAT is responsible for the DestinE Data Lake, ESA is responsible for the DestinE Platform and the ECMWF for the two initial digital twins on extreme weather and climate adaptation.
For more information, please visit the ECMWF website and for more detail on the future plans and activities please see the ECMWF Strategy 2025-2034
Image credit: Stephen Shepherd photography on behalf of ECMWF.
