European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts

“Celebrating together 20 years of GEO and 50 years of ECMWF, ECMWF supports GEO’s ambitions on Earth Intelligence as a key partner in cooperation and coordination activities stimulating user driven solutions through combining Earth observation and other data with state-of-the-art modelling, predictions and scenario analysis.”

From COVID-19 and urban heat island, to detection of air or water quality, the need for health and environment sectors to work together is growing. Collecting environmental data that are relevant for health, inspiring users like GEO and reaching out new communities are our main goals for the Copernicus Health Hub.

Energy communities and particularly the renewable sector, are key and very active users of the Copernicus products. The Copernicus Energy Hub is at its initial steps and will facilitate the full exploitation of the data and information. We are excited to further engage with existing and new users and to move forward additional Copernicus potentialities for the energy sector.

Answering key societal questions on how to build a resource-efficient and climate resilient society requires a continuous engagement with a variety of users, including the GEO community. In order to unlock the full potential of climate products and services we connect core users with technical experts and with the scientific community to develop innovative solutions based on cutting-edge technology and a diversity of expertise.

The Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service (CAMS) products enable exposure assessment of reversible (e.g. soiling by particles) and irreversible (e.g. corrosion by chemicals and UV fading) degradation of surfaces of historical buildings and monuments. This is an example of how CAMS can support GEO and the Urban Heritage Climate Observatory initiative.

ECMWF is very proud to run the GEOGloWS-ECMWF streamflow prediction system supporting the GEO community, and to be part of this amazing collaborative effort. With its kilometre-scale resolution, GEOGloWS-ECMWF streamflow prediction system delivers locally relevant, user-driven hydrological (in particular for flood) forecast solutions that can benefit developing regions around the world, complementing the Copernicus Emergency Management Service GloFAS, designed for larger transboundary rivers.