JEMS paper alert – June 2025

An International Advisory Board (IAB) for the Journal of the of the European Meteorological Society (JEMS) has been established. The IAB’s role is to provide expert support in terms of reviews, advertise JEMS worldwide and to foster the growth of JEMS. The IAB consists of recognised members of the community, covering broad areas of scientific expertise and also with a good geographical coverage.

• Editorial Board & International Advisory Board

Check out the latest papers that appeared in our JEMS

• The EUMETSAT satellite programmes and data services  by Kenneth Holmlund, Paul Counet, Fran Martinez Fadrique, Alexander Schmid, Bojan Bojkov, Rosemary Munro, Jochen Grandell, Estelle Obligis
  This paper focusses on describing the delivery of operational data and products from EUMETSAT’s programmes with a particular emphasis on operational and sustained services. These include the geostationary satellite programmes, and the EUMETSAT polar system, as well as the EUMETSAT optional programmes, namely the  Jason-3 Altimetry Programme, the Copernicus Third Party programme. In addition, EUMETSAT is preparing for the EPS-Aeolus mission, providing highly accurate wind-profiling from space, and the EPS-Sterna constellation, providing increased temporal resolution for microwave sounding. The portfolio of observations delivered by EUMETSAT also includes a limited set of complementary data procured from commercial vendors.
• Implementing digital twin technology of the earth system in Destination Earth by Nils Wedi  et. al.
  In this paper the authors define the Destination Earth digital twin concept., and demonstrate the implementation of the world’s first two digital twin prototypes for two distinct purposes, anticipating weather-induced extremes and supporting climate change adaptation and mitigation. It then dicusses the challenges of the first 2 years of Earth system digital twin technology capacity building, highlighting the future potential for supporting public institutions in their effort to respond and adapt to climate change and extreme events.
• What determines the Arctic solar radiation energy budget at the surface most strongly: Clouds, surface albedo, or the solar zenith angle? by Evelyn Jäkel, Tim R. Sperzel, Manfred Wendisch, Kevin Wolf, Astrid Lampert, Gerit Birnbaum, Wolfgang Dorn
  In this paper the authors quantify the impact of cloud water path, surface albedo, and solar zenith angle on the net irradiance in the Arctic, and demonstrate that on a seasonal average, the solar zenith angle appeared as the most important parameter with the lowest spatial variability. The relative impact of cloud total water path (TWP) exceeded that of surface albedo (α) for TWP > 70 gm-² and α < 0.4.

Also two special issues have already been published:

• Special issue 25th anniversary of the Eur.Meteorol Soc (EMS),
  edited by Bob Riddaway and Tanja Cegnar (Guest Editors) and Johannes Schmetz and Gert-Jan Steeneveld (Editors in Chief)
• Special issue Honor Prof. Ehrhard Raschke,
  edited by Dr. Clemens Simmer (Guest Editor) and Johannes Schmetz and Gert-Jan Steeneveld (Editors in Chief)