13/08/2026

JEMS alert August: The research shaping tomorrow’s forecasts – published in JEMS

Science moves fast. From AI-driven environmental prediction to a century of turbulence research revisited, the Journal of the European Meteorological Society (JEMS) is where the meteorological community is publishing research and reviews that matter. Here’s a snapshot of what we’ve been publishing.

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Solar radiation data

An overview of surface solar radiation data products at the German Meteorological Service
From 19th-century ground station networks to modern satellite-derived datasets, this paper maps out the full range of solar radiation data products offered by DWD and guides users on which to choose for climate monitoring, energy system applications, and real-time needs. All datasets are publicly available.

The future of NWP

What if? Numerical weather prediction at the crossroads
Machine learning has arrived in operational forecasting faster than anyone predicted and it’s changing everything, from how models are built to what role observations play. This paper sets out the most likely scenarios for how operational weather centres will need to adapt, and what the strategic choices ahead really are.

Verifying AI forecasts

Verification of AI-based environmental forecasting systems: What can we do, what do we need to do, and what are the challengesAI forecasting models are proliferating, but how well do we actually understand when they work and when they don’t? This paper lays out a vision for rigorous verification methodology, identifying the key challenges and research questions the community still needs to resolve.

100 years of turbulence

Open Questions in Atmospheric Turbulence: A Synthesis from the Centenary Workshop A century after the first Innsbruck meeting on hydro- and aerodynamics, what does the turbulence research community still see as knowledge gaps? This synthesis captures the major remaining challenges, from complex terrain and orography to stratified and non-stationary turbulence, and maps out where future research needs to go.

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