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SUMMARY:Using ECMWF's Forecasts (UEF2021)
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DESCRIPTION:\n\nA forum for exchanging ideas and experiences on the use of
  ECMWF data and products\n\n"Using ECMWF’s Forecasts” provides a platf
 orm to discuss the use and performance of ECMWF's forecasts and related pr
 oducts. It is open to all ECMWF forecast users around the world and provid
 es an opportunity to give feedback to ECMWF on forecast performance and on
  the range of available products\, to learn about ECMWF’s recent develop
 ments of its forecasting system and to share experiences and network with 
 ECMWF and other users.\n\nUEF2021 was a fully virtual event due to the Cov
 id-19 restrictions.\n\n2021 theme: "Weather in extraordinary circumstances
 "\n\nOverview\n\nThe last year and numerous past events have proved that t
 he meteorological community has been able to provide products and services
  to users in the most extraordinary circumstances.\n \nCOVID-19 has affec
 ted everyone in the world. Busy forecasting departments and offices are no
 w quiet: we have all had to get accustomed to working from home\, working 
 with our colleagues remotely and attending conferences and meetings from t
 he sofa.\n \nNational weather services and private weather providers have
  worked to adapt to the current situation and its consequences. At ECMWF r
 educed aircraft observation data led to new datasets being explored and as
 similated into NWP\, model upgrades were successfully implemented\, and pr
 oducts and services continued to be developed to provide better forecasts 
 to users\, despite staff having had to work from home.\n\nFurthermore\, pr
 ojects on the European Weather Cloud have demonstrated the benefits of bri
 nging data closer to computing.\n \nThe weather itself can also be extrao
 rdinary. Extreme events are occurring more frequently increasing the need 
 for products and services to forecast severe weather and extremes all over
  the world. The Copernicus Atmospheric Monitoring Service and the Copernic
 us Climate Change Service\, implemented by ECMWF on behalf of the European
  Union\, provide early warnings for natural hazards\, data and information
  on atmospheric composition and support climate change adaptation and miti
 gation policy through access to climate data.\n \nThe theme of this year'
 s UEF encompassed the extraordinary circumstances of the last year as well
  as other exceptional events which impacted forecasting\, modelling\, user
 s and the public. It also explored what was done to overcome any impacts\,
  share experiences and learn about any collaborative activities so we can 
 be as prepared as we can be\, as a community\, for when something extraord
 inary occurs.\n \nOral and poster presentation submissions were encourage
 d for the thematic areas. Case studies or stories of extraordinary circums
 tances and how they were overcome were particularly welcomed. There was al
 so an option for workshop proposals: these are more interactive sessions.\
 n\nhttps://events.ecmwf.int/event/220/
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