So this is pretty amazing - yesterday EarthCARE sampled Hurricane Humberto straight across the eye! The eye of a tropical cyclone is small so a direct hit is rare: this is the first time EarthCARE has hit one after over a year in orbit! (Showing here also VIIRS on NOAA-20 for context.)

EarthCARE is a inexhaustible source of beautiful imagery of some of the most spectacular phenomena nature has to offer, so I've started a Gallery page on the EarthCARE Science web site, showing for example convective motions in the trainbands of Typhoon Ragasa... www.earthcarescience.net/gallery

It's official: WIVERN will be ESA's 11th Earth Explorer satellite, measuring winds deep inside hurricanes, fronts and other weather systems! www.esa.int/Applications...

Another great #EarthCARE Image of the Month, this time led by Shannon Mason (@masonshannon.bsky.social): the Doppler radar sees wave structures in an Antarctic cloud while the lidar and imager see an optically thick ice cloud layer at around -45°C. What's going on? earth.esa.int/eogateway/su...

Good science explains unexpected observations, but great science predicts things only later confirmed from observations. Brilliant article from Nadir Jeevanjee on the fundamental correctness of climate models and the incredible work of Syukuro Manabe. theconversation.com/5-forecasts-...

Great to see the new #ECMWF building going up on the beautiful University of Reading campus, very near the Meteorology Department - looking forward to moving in in 2027!

The deadline for abstracts to December's #EarthCARE Science & Validation workshop in Tokyo has been extended to 1st September. www.eorc.jaxa.jp/EARTHCARE/ev...

EarthCARE has enough fuel for a mission of at least 10 years! This is fantastic news for using EarthCARE for climate science and assimilation, and is much more than the 3-4 years originally envisaged! earth.esa.int/eogateway/ne...

The next #EarthCARE Science and Validation Workshop is in Tokyo this December - the deadline for abstract submission is 20 August. It will be a great opportunity to share our scientific findings so far and will coincide with the release of final tranche of products. www.eorc.jaxa.jp/EARTHCARE/ev...

Great news: "WIVERN" has been recommended as ESA's 11th Earth Explorer satellite following the user consultation meeting last week! WIVERN uses a scanning 94-GHz radar to measure winds and reflectivity in an 800 km swath, invaluable for assimilation and understanding severe weather. wivern.polito.it

Beautiful high-resolution imagery from #EarthCARE's multi-spectral imager in a Category 4 tropical cyclone! earth.esa.int/eogateway/su...

Taking #EarthCARE merch to the next level! You've got the polo shirt. You've even got the lego model. Now you can enjoy EarthCARE toilet paper! 🧻🧻🧻 Rated top for environmental impact by Consumer NZ 👍 www.stuff.co.nz/business/121...

Huge amounts of Arctic smoke from Canadian wildfires seen by #EarthCARE's lidar: it is being transported over the North Pole to Europe and has even entered the stratosphere! earth.esa.int/eogateway/su...

Science meets art in a fantastic and immersive installation at #LPS25: the sound is generated from actual #EarthCARE data!

BIG NEWS from Bjorn Frommknecht at #LPS25: the latest estimate of #EarthCARE mission lifetime based on fuel usage is at least TEN YEARS, much higher than the pre-launch design lifetime of 3-4 years! Opens the door to even more great science!

We're making use of research aircraft underflights of #EarthCARE to test and improve our synergistic cloud products. The image shows good agreement in ice clouds in a Canadian flight from the ECALOT campaign. We're also using flights from the UK VERIFY campaign. earth.esa.int/eogateway/su...

Just a couple of days until the start of the ESA Living Planet Symposium in Vienna - there will be a great #ECMWF contribution and I'm particulaly looking forward to the #EarthCARE session on Wednesday! www.ecmwf.int/en/about/med...

Latest #EarthCARE Image of the Month: reflected broadband solar imagery can be recreated using synergistic cloud retrievals and radiative transfer calculations, giving confidence in the retrievals. Work led by Jason Cole (ECCC) earth.esa.int/eogateway/ga...

JAXA's level-2 cloud and aerosol products from #EarthCARE have been released! earth.esa.int/eogateway/ne...

#EarthCARE has now been in orbit for a whole year! 🛰 As well as making amazing new measurements of clouds🌧 aerosols and radiation🌞, we've had some surprises: EarthCARE can measure insects🪰 and even phytoplankton in the ocean🌊 Happy birthday EarthCARE! 🎂 earth.esa.int/eogateway/su...

Great new image from ESA's #EarthCARE BBR, observing a storm over Spain during the heavy rain in March! t.co/NPe1vQygI8

Thanks to Timon Hummel and all his colleagues at ESA-ESRIN for hosting the very stimulating EarthCARE validation workshop in Frascati this week!

The first Level-2 #EarthCARE data have been released! These contain properties of clouds and aerosols estimated from 1- and 2-instrument algorithms. The complete portfolio of products including 3- and 4-instrument retrievals will follow later this year. earth.esa.int/eogateway/ne...

"Early Results from EarthCARE" - new inter-journal special issue of AMT, ACP and GMD, now open for submissions! www.earthcarescience.net/publications...

Launched today: the EarthCARE Science web site, to promote and support the widest possible international exploitation of #EarthCARE data! Includes: explainers of the scientific applications of the satellite (more to come), meet the team, tools, web stories, history and more. www.earthcarescience.net

Just released: an #ECMWF web article explaining how #EarthCARE instruments can be combined to evaluate atmospheric models - we demonstrate the synergistic cloud & precipitation retrieval algorithm and also preliminary “radiative closure”. 1/6 www.ecmwf.int/en/about/med...

🌍🌐 Exciting opportunity for science and tech experts! The European Commission’s DG CNECT is looking for experts to help shape the strategic development of the Destination Earth (#DestinE) initiative. Deadline for applications extended to 14 March 2025. ➡️ destine.ecmwf.int/news/join-de...

Beautiful images from #EarthCARE of polar stratospheric clouds (PSCs) in both the Arctic and Antarctic! The depolarisation capability of the lidar allows it to identify the much rarer Type II PSCs that only occur when it is extremely cold. earth.esa.int/eogateway/su...

Another #EarthCARE milestone today as it passes its In-Orbit Commissioning Review with flying colours! Now ESA's management of the mission passes from its pre-launch & commissioning phase under Kotska Wallace to its operational phase under Bjorn Frommknecht - congrats to you both for the great work!

Important milestone for #EarthCARE: Level 1 data are now released! earth.esa.int/eogateway/ne...

Happy New Year especially to those looking for #PhD opportunities related to clouds and satellite observations! There's still time to apply for our project evaluating #EarthCARE cloud and precipitation estimates: www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

Unfortunate that taking the train between ECMWF's Reading and Bonn offices involves travelling with Europe's two most expensive rail operators (Great Western and Eurostar) and its least reliable (Deutsche Bahn)! www.transportenvironment.org/articles/rai...

Can you believe it, #EarthCARE has now been in orbit for exactly six months!

Looking forward to using the amazing data taken beneath #EarthCARE to check our estimates of cloud properties inferred from the satellite - thanks to everyone involved in these campaigns for the huge investment of time and effort! www.esa.int/Applications...

Starter pack for #ECMWF staff and collaborators. (Let me know if you want to be added/removed.)

ESA's Living Planet Symposium is in Vienna 23-27 June 2025, deadline for abstracts is 1 December - don't miss session C.02.14 where we will be showcasing the exciting new data from the #EarthCARE satellite and discussing the exciting science to be done! lps25.esa.int/sessions/

I'm delighted that the British Interplanetary Society 🪐🚀 has awarded Professor Anthony Illingworth the 2023-24 Sir Arthur Clarke Space Achievement Award (Research Individual) for his long-time promotion of and support for ESA's #EarthCARE mission - very well deserved!

Honoured to feature in the inaugural post of the official @ECMWF Bluesky account!

New Wetherspoon pub recently opened in Marlow! Not hiding the age demographic they're targeting.

I work at #ECMWF on improving the representation of radiative transfer in weather and climate models. This staff profile article was published today (thanks to my colleague Georg Lentze). www.ecmwf.int/en/about/med...

Now that bluesky is warming up a bit, I'm reposting this amazing opportunity: core positions come up very infrequently at #ECMWF and the current incumbent of the convection position has held the role for 22 years! You have 11 days left to apply: jobs.ecmwf.int/Job/JobDetai...

Feels a bit less tumbleweedy here today

Great to see Cycle 49r1 of the #ECMWF Integrated Forecasting System go live yesterday! Big change to the way ensembles are generated (perturbing uncertain physical parameters in the model) plus many other improvements leading to better forecasts. A great team effort! www.ecmwf.int/en/about/med...

Job opportunity at #ECMWF working on #EarthCARE lidar data assimilation! This is a great opportunity to join the growing ECMWF team working with the data from this exciting new satellite. The position may be held in Reading or Bonn, deadline for applications 15th Dec. jobs.ecmwf.int/Job/JobDetai...

Core-funded position at #ECMWF working on Convection in Global Weather Prediction! This is a fantastic opportunity to join the thriving community of researchers at ECMWF. The position can be held in Reading or Bonn, deadline for applications 25 November. jobs.ecmwf.int/Job/JobDetai...

Very pleased to see the first synergy results from #EarthCARE revealed today, showing how the combination of radar, lidar and radiometer can be used to estimate the properties of clouds and aerosol particles in the atmosphere! (1/3) www.esa.int/Applications...

Resigned my membership of the UK Labour Party today - seven weeks in power and the UK is still supplying arms to a country engaged in genocide. I wasn't expecting to agree with every action of Labour in government but their position on Gaza is unfathomable. news.sky.com/story/britis...

First light images released from the fourth and final instrument on the ESA/JAXA #EarthCARE satellite: the atmospheric lidar! Beautiful images of polar stratospheric clouds, desert dust and biomass-burning aerosol, and various types of clouds. www.esa.int/Applications...

Excellent article on the absolute urgency of genuine action to cut emissions, rather than the the dangerous fantasy that we can just overshoot and then wave a carbon-capture magic wand, which underpins climate policy scenarios that propose to limit warming to 1.5°C.