This exciting role is based at the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF) in Reading, United Kingdom, and aimed at the enhanced exploitation of microwave imager observations from polar-orbiting satellites for operational weather forecasting. Microwave imagers provide a wealth of information, such as on humidity, clouds and precipitation in the atmosphere, as well as sea ice, snow, soil moisture and temperature at the surface. The successful candidate will further advance the use of satellite radiances from microwave imagers in the context of ECMWF’s coupled Earth System data assimilation system. This will be done through better use of clear, cloud and precipitation information (“all-sky assimilation”) or surface variables like snow (“all-surface assimilation”) with an increasing emphasis on machine learning. The Fellow will also play an important role in the early exploitation of the new Microwave Imager (MWI) and the Ice Cloud Imager (ICI) on-board EUMETSAT’s Second Generation polar system. They will join (and be supported by) an experienced team in the Earth System Assimilation Section of the Research Department at ECMWF, working at the forefront of the use of satellite data for Numerical Weather Prediction. These EUMETSAT fellowships aim to develop the next generation of scientists in earth observation, with many previous fellows having gone on to senior roles at ECMWF, EUMETSAT and similar organisations.
ECMWF is a world leader in Numerical Weather Predictions providing high-quality data for weather forecasts and environmental monitoring. As an intergovernmental organisation, we collaborate internationally to serve our members and the wider community with global weather predictions, data and training activities that are critical to contribute to safe and thriving societies.
The success of our activities depends on the funding and partnerships of the 35 Member and Co-operating States who provide the support and direction of our work. Our talented staff together with the international scientific community, and our powerful supercomputing capabilities, are the core of a 24/7 research and operational centre with a focus on medium and long-range predictions. We also hold one of the largest meteorological data archives in the world.
ECMWF is a multi-site organisation, with its headquarters in Reading, UK, a data centre in Bologna, Italy, and a large presence in Bonn, Germany, as a central location for our EU-related activities. ECMWF is internationally recognised as the voice of expertise in Numerical Weather Predictions for forecasts and climate science.
