ESoWC Kicks Off

The ECMWF Summer of Weather Code (ESoWC), which has begun its 2020 edition, brings together teams to solve technical challenges in analysis and forecasting for weather, climate, and atmospheric applications. The Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) and Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service (CAMS), which are implemented by ECMWF on behalf of the European Commission, are participating again this year by providing mentors and being featured in some of the challenges teams are asked to work on. The collaborative online programme has two phases: first, an application period in which teams form and write proposals for challenges; these challenges are classified into three streams: weather-related software and applications, machine learning and artificial intelligence, and cloud-based weather and climate innovations. After the proposal deadline, 22 April, up to 15 of these proposals will be selected to be carried forward, supported by ECMWF and the Copernicus Programme. Resources are provided, which vary by challenge, but include stipends of £5000 and/or cloud credits from Amazon Web Services or WEkEO, the Copernicus Data and Information Access Service.