ECMWF moves towards more open data

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ECMWF moves towards more open data

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Good news here:
Early October will see the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF) take a major step towards making hundreds of its forecast maps free and available to all. The changes are part of wider moves across Europe to make public sector data free and open, to encourage innovation and to support a thriving, data-based digital economy.

Charts will cover the whole world, all types of weather situations including extreme events, and, very importantly, will also include probability-based information, providing guidance on forecast confidence.

Up till now, full access to these forecast charts was restricted to the national meteorological and hydrological services of ECMWF’s Member and Co-operating States, World Meteorological Organisation members and commercial customers. Access was subject to a range of bespoke licences and often incurred charges.

https://www.theparliamentmagazine.eu/ne ... ta-for-all
All available here: https://apps.ecmwf.int/webapps/opencharts

But it's wildly slow for me here with many images not loading. Hopefully they can fix these issues.
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Not surprised with all that on one page and everyone going for a look
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Re: ECMWF moves towards more open data

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I've noticed that they have updated their site.
Probably take a while to get used to it.
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