JEMS: Completion of first Special issue in Honor Prof. Ehrhard Raschke

Completion of the first Special issue: Honor Prof. Ehrhard Raschke

The first special issue in the Journal of the European Meteorolgical Society (JEMS), dedicated to the work of Prof. Ehrhard Raschke (1936 – 2023), has recently been completed.

The eighth and final paper is entitled Decades of science results and new technologies related to measurements of Earth’s Radiation Budget from space and a pathway for continuity of observations and authored by Thomas Vonder Haar, Peter Pilewskie, Maria Hakuba and Stanley Kidder.
The paper addresses a research topic that Ehrhard Raschke pioneered with colleagues, inter alia with Prof. Thomas Vonder Haar. This contribution could become a Lighthouse paper because of its concise discussion of Earth Radiation Budget (ERB) measurements from satellites and the clear outlook toward the future.

We would like to mention that the first three papers in JEMS by Peter Bauer, Atsumo Ohmura and William B. Rossow, respectively, (i.e. the volume 2024 of JEMS) were all part of this special issue thus helping JEMS to make a good start:

JEMS paper alert – June 2026

We are happy to share the new papers have recently been added to the collection of JEMS journal

1. Weather forecasting in a changing climate: the rise of AI and Machine learning?

by Florence Rabier, Andrew Brown, Matthew Chantry, Florian Pappenberger

In this Lighthouse paper, the authors show that the integration of machine learning into operational weather prediction, as pioneered by the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts – ECMWF, not only matches but regularly surpasses traditional physics-based methods in many metrics. These advances demonstrate that machine learning — far from being a mysterious or threatening ‘black box’ — can already be responsibly embedded alongside physics-based methods, boosting predictive skill while fostering new forms of scientific and operational collaboration

2. Understanding Atmospheric Boundary Layers – Are ideal concepts useful for real conditions?

by Bert Holtslag and Matthias Rotach

Teaching and Education 👩‍🎓 👨‍🎓 : This short contribution deals with the question how essential knowledge of Atmospheric Boundary Layers can be transferred to tudents and researchers, and to what extent the typically used concepts of ideal circumstances of flat and horizontal homogeneous cases (“textbook boundary layer”) are useful and relevant for real life cases in complex surface conditions over land.

3. Summary of the EarthCARE science and validation workshop 2025 -Early achievements and future perspectives for the Earth Cloud Aerosol and Radiation Explorer (EarthCARE) satellite mission

by Takuji Kubota and team

This paper reports on the EarthCARE Science and Validation Workshop 2025 (Tokyo). At the opening day a major project milestone was met: the release of the complete suite of EarthCARE data products, including three-sensor and four-sensor synergy products. Highlights of early achievements included radiative closure studies using both ESA and JAXA four-sensor synergy products. Novel studies focusing on cloud dynamics using Doppler velocity measurements from the CPR demonstrated cutting-edge cloud and precipitation analysis techniques that were not possible with the previous CloudSat mission. Presentations featured case studies of long-range smoke transport from the Canadian wildfires that occurred and spread widely across the Northern Hemisphere in 2025. Past and future validation activities including airborne and ground-based instruments were actively discussed. EarthCARE’s unique capabilities address persistent uncertainties in cloud feedback and aerosol forcing, supporting improved predictive skill in climate models.

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