Progress during 2019

January

9

A new automatic weather station in Murat (Cantal)

11

Provision of waveforms over the southwest Pacific to prevent cyclogenesis

16

Météo-France designated among the 3 World Centres for Space Weather by the ICAO (International Civil Aviation Organisation)

20

Training missions in Morocco and Tunisia by Météo-France aeronautical forecasters

21

Facilitation of a workshop on forest fire assistance for the European Union

23

Installation of a new radar in Morbihan

23

Bilateral meeting between Météo-France and the National Institute of Meteorology of Tunisia

28

Meeting with elected officials on the new destiny of the observatory at Mount Aigoual: to become a climate change resource and information centre/p>

February

5

Launch of the Facebook account of the Interregional Directorate for the Indian Ocean (DIROI)

6

New method for forecasting the trajectories and intensity of tropical cyclones at the DIROI

13

Météo-France and the Directorate-General for Armaments sign a new framework agreement

26

Hearing of the deputy Vincent Ledoux on the contribution of Météo-France to the natural disaster recognition system

March

1st

Météo-France's Climatology and Climate Services Directorate (DCSC) produces a new seasonal forecast bulletin

4

4th National School of Meteorology Business Forum

13

End of the first drone measurement campaign in Reunion Island to improve cyclone forecasting

15

A new lidar Doppler scanner installed at Nice airport

18

Météo-France participates in pollution response operations following the sinking of the Grande America.

25

Renewal of the partnership between Caisse Centrale de Réassurance (CCR - Central Reinsurance Fund) and Météo-France

25

and 26 Météo-France at the National Risk Convention in Montpellier.

26

Publication of new datasets on past and future climate change thanks to the resources of the National Centre for Meteorological Research (CNRM, Météo-France/CNRS), in collaboration with the IPSL, CEA, Sorbonne University, IRD, and the "Climate, Environment, Interactions and Uncertainties" laboratory (Cerfacs/CNRS).

28

Second campaign of meteorological measurements by drone from Reunion Island, while cyclone Joaninha was moving through the Indian Ocean.

April

8

New climate projection sets on the Alps and Pyrenees were integrated into the Drias, the future of the climate Internet portal

19

Météo-France and IRSN renew their framework partnership agreement for 6 years

24

Two studies published on the future evolution of snow cover in Alpine and Pyrenean resorts during the 21st century by the National Meteorological Research Centre (CNRM, Météo-France/CNRS1) and Irstea Grenoble 2

May

6

Météo-France and the Armed Forces Staff sign a new framework agreement

7

Hearing of the CEO of Météo-France before the aerospace information mission at the National Assembly

13

to 17 Crews Burkina Faso project workshop in Toulouse between researchers and climatologists from Météo-France and the meteorological services of Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger.

16

Météo-France hosts the 5th Weather and Space Meetings in Toulouse

20

to 24 11th edition of the International Symposium on Tropospheric Profile Restitution, in Toulouse

25

to 28 International Weather and Climate Forum in Paris

29

Virginie Guemas and Philippe Lucas-Picher, winners of the "Make our planet great again" programme, join the CNRM

June

3

to 14 Adoption of the four-year strategic plan of the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) for the period 2020-2023

5

and 6 Météo-France participates in the National Conference on Sustainable Rainwater Management in Douai

7

Start of meteorological assistance for the Fifa Women's World Cup organisation

11

Publication in free access and open source on the GitHub platform of supports for initiation training to deep learning

17

Start of the Météo France Research and Development Meetings

26

Météo-France and SNCF Réseau sign a new framework contract

28

Inter-ministerial meeting with the Prime Minister on the exceptional heatwave episode

30

Completion of the first international Clim'Ability project, whose objective is to develop a culture of the challenges and risks related to climate change within companies

July

1st

Météo-France and Civil Security renew their framework agreement

2

Implementation of a major evolution of digital weather prediction systems, refining the resolution of its models

2

WMO meeting on the future of drones in operational meteorology in Toulouse

4

The MetGate prototype, which provides access to web services for the aeronautics industry, is open to external testers

15

Deployment of 50 high-precision drifting buoys from Brest to calibrate the Copernicus satellites

28

Publication in the Official Journal of the accompanying compensatory measures for the restructuring of Météo-France's services

30

Météo-France renews its confidence in Bull for its HPC needs for 2020-2025

August

5

A "World Weather Attribution" research group involving researchers and climatologists from Météo-France, the CEA and CNRS concludes that the July heat wave would have been almost improbable in a climate not modified by humans

24

to 26 Météo-France mobilised for the G7 in Biarritz

26

Launch of the 4th campaign to raise awareness of intense rainfall in the Mediterranean arc

September

17

Scientists from Météo-France, associated with CNRS and CEA, unveil their digital simulations of future climate as part of the publication of the sixth IPCC assessment report scheduled for 2021. The two French climate models agree to simulate pronounced warming

18

Appointment of Virginie Schwarz as CEO of Météo-France

25

Météo-France and the Zone Headquarters (Emiz) East organise a meteorological safety day

25

Publication of the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) State of the World Climate Report 2015-2019, which concludes that the effects of climate change between 2015 and 2019 have increased.

October

1st

First stage of changing the perimeter of the inter-regional directorates in order to make the regions of the inter-regional directorates coincide with the Defence and Security Zones (DSZs)

3

Participation of Météo-France in the scientific day of the Weather and Climate Association

7

Science Day with MTES and CNRS on recent extreme events in 2018 and 2019

10

Météo-France participates in Researchers' Night

12

Commissioning of four new container ships by the French shipping company CMA/CGM, renewing the fleet carrying out radio soundings

13

Météo-France joins the International Day for Natural Disaster Risk Reduction

15

Organisation of the Professional Mobility Forum for Météo-France staff members

18

Meeting of the Eumetsat Advanced Retransmission Service (EARS) network partners, responsible for retransmitting data from the various sensors on board moving satellites

24

Presentation of AllEnvi's interdisciplinary prospective report on sea level rise, in which Météo-France participated

November

4

Emmanuel Cloppet, new Director of DIROI, appointed President of the Tropical Cyclone Committee for the Southwest Indian Ocean

9

Météo-France partner of the Climate/Ocean Exhibition in La Rochelle

12

Launch of the Facebook account of the Interregional Directorate of New Caledonia (DIRNC)

12

Météo-France and Atos launch a new platform to optimise management of renewable electricity production

13

5th Business Forum of the National School of Meteorology in Toulouse

14

Météo-France makes official the arrival of a new supercomputer to refine weather forecasts and climate analysis

15

Météo-France presented its Fonds pour la Transformation de l'Action Publique (FTAP - Fund for the Transformation of Public Action) project to the Prime Minister

18

Météo-France initiates an experiment to better observe the accretion of frost and snow on overhead power transmission cables.

19

First delivery of the Belenos supercomputer

27

Enrichment of a meteorological tutorial in collaboration with Airbus

December

3

Launch of the "Extreme Rainfall in New Caledonia" website

4

Publication of the 2018 vigilance report

6

New version of the "Storms in Metropolitan France" website

27

Visit by Élisabeth Borne, Minister of Ecological and Solidarity Transition, to Saint-Mandé

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