Articles | Volume 21, issue 7
https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-21-2163-2021
https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-21-2163-2021
Invited perspectives
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15 Jul 2021
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Invited perspectives: The ECMWF strategy 2021–2030 challenges in the area of natural hazards

Florian Pappenberger, Florence Rabier, and Fabio Venuti

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The European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts mission is to deliver high-quality global medium‐range (3–15 d ahead of time) weather forecasts and monitoring of the Earth system. We have published a new strategy, and in this paper we discuss what this means for forecasting and monitoring natural hazards.
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