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The European Weather Cloud is open to authorised users from the European Meteorological Infrastructure, which includes ECMWF and EUMETSAT Member and Co-operating States, as well as EUMETNET.


Terms and conditions apply.

 

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Primary access for Member and Co-operating States

If you would like to use it, please reach out to us via the European Weather Cloud Support Portal or get in touch with the corresponding Computing Representative in your Member or Co-operating State.

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Tenancy will be created to either ECMWF or EUMETSAT side based on the primary use case

  • Tenancy can have resources at both sides
  • Member States can have tenancies at both sides

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Users may be directly in contact with EWC support in which case support will consult authorizing officer or forward the request

Request access to EWC Support

Additional option: ECMWF Special Projects and EUMETSAT R&D Call

Alternatively, you can also consider applying via ECMWF Special Projects or EUMETSAT R&D calls.

ECMWF Special Projects can also include EWC resources in their application, closes each year on 30 June

  • The scope includes experiments or investigations of a scientific or technical nature, undertaken by one or more Member States, likely to be of interest to the general scientific community
  • ”Late requests” are possible after the deadline

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Apply via ECMWF Special Projects

Annual EUMETSAT Research & Development call closes each year on 30 June

  • Objectives on improving, development and using products in applications and using the cloud infrastructure (more details here)
  • Fast-track projects available anytime of the year for small projects

Timeline Annual EUMETSAT
Apply via EUMETSAT R&D calls
Special Projects and R&D call Evaluation Process

Applications reception

The project applications proposals are submitted by the applicants.

Technical feasibility check

A preliminary technical check is performed to verify the feasibility. There might be interactions with the applicants for clarifications.

Applications review and evaluation (technical and scientific)

The applications are evaluated, either to assess the technical and scientific quality of the proposals, by the respective referent committees and delegate bodies.

Decision on applications and information to applicants

At the end of the process the endorsed applications that have been positively evaluated will be finally approved and the decisions are communicated to the applicants.

Access the Tenant Portals

Access Portal ECMWF

ECMWF is a research institute and a 24/7 operational service, producing global numerical weather predictions and other meteorological data.


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Access Portal EUMETSAT

EUMETSAT provides space-based weather and climate observations from geostationary and low earth orbits.


Visit the EUMETSAT website for more info.

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