{"id":1312,"date":"2015-08-28T09:10:59","date_gmt":"2015-08-28T09:10:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nwpsaf.eu\/site\/?page_id=1312"},"modified":"2026-04-27T15:14:19","modified_gmt":"2026-04-27T15:14:19","slug":"amv-use-in-nwp","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/nwp-saf.eumetsat.int\/site\/monitoring\/winds-quality-evaluation\/amv\/amv-use-in-nwp\/","title":{"rendered":"AMV use in NWP"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This page provides background information about AMV usage in NWP. For general background on AMVs see the <a href=\"http:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/iwwg\/iwwg.html\"> International Winds Working Group website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><b>Use of AMVs at different centres<\/b><br \/>\nAt the 8th International Winds Workshop in 2006 it was agreed that the NWP SAF would host information on how AMVs are used at different NWP centres. More centres will be added as details become available.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<table border=\"1\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"2\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th colspan=\"5\" align=\"center\">AMV usage<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"dkpurplebkgnd\">\n<td>\n<div align=\"center\">Centre<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<div align=\"center\">Last checked\/updated<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"ltpurplebkgnd\">\n<td>\n<div align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nwp-saf.eumetsat.int\/site\/monitoring\/winds-quality-evaluation\/amv\/amv-use-in-nwp\/use-of-amvs-in-dwd-model\/\">DWD<\/a><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<div align=\"center\">April 2026<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"ltpurplebkgnd\">\n<td>\n<div align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nwp-saf.eumetsat.int\/site\/monitoring-winds-quality-evaluation-amv-amv-use-in-nwp-ecmwf\/\">ECMWF<\/a><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<div align=\"center\">April 2023<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<div align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nwp-saf.eumetsat.int\/site\/amv-usage-in-the-env-canada-nwp-model\">Environment Canada<\/a><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<div align=\"center\">June 2023<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"ltpurplebkgnd\">\n<td>\n<div align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nwp-saf.eumetsat.int\/site\/amv-usage-in-the-jma-nwp-model\">JMA<\/a><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<div align=\"center\">April 2023<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<div align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nwp-saf.eumetsat.int\/site\/use-of-amvs-in-the-meteo-france-nwp-model\/\">Meteo-France<\/a><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<div align=\"center\">April 2023<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"ltpurplebkgnd\">\n<td>\n<div align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nwp-saf.eumetsat.int\/site\/monitoring-winds-quality-evaluation-amv-amv-use-in-nwp-ukmo\">Met Office (UK)<\/a><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<div align=\"center\">April 2023<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<div align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nwp-saf.eumetsat.int\/site\/monitoring\/winds-quality-evaluation\/amv\/amv-use-in-nwp\/use-of-amvs-in-the-ncep-model\/\">NCEP<\/a><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<div align=\"center\">April 2023<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>To contribute details on AMV usage at your NWP centre please register your interest using the Feedback Form.<\/p>\n<p><b>Impact experiments and other studies<\/b><br \/>\nAMVs are used in many NWP models worldwide. Much research and development work is carried out to adapt to new AMV products and to improve the way the data is used. For more information on the current research activities please visit the <a href=\"https:\/\/groups.ssec.wisc.edu\/groups\/iwwg\">IWWG wiki pages<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This page provides background information about AMV usage in NWP. For general background on AMVs see the International Winds Working Group website. Use of AMVs at different centres At the 8th International Winds Workshop in 2006 it was agreed that the NWP SAF would host information on how AMVs are used at different NWP centres. More centres will be added as details become available. &nbsp; AMV usage Centre Last checked\/updated DWD April 2026 ECMWF April 2023 Environment Canada June 2023 JMA April 2023 Meteo-France April 2023 Met Office (UK) April 2023 NCEP April 2023 To contribute details on AMV usage [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":1303,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1312","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nwp-saf.eumetsat.int\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1312","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nwp-saf.eumetsat.int\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nwp-saf.eumetsat.int\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nwp-saf.eumetsat.int\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nwp-saf.eumetsat.int\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1312"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/nwp-saf.eumetsat.int\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1312\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":51895,"href":"https:\/\/nwp-saf.eumetsat.int\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1312\/revisions\/51895"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nwp-saf.eumetsat.int\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1303"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nwp-saf.eumetsat.int\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1312"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}