The Dashboard
Users who are logged-in to the ECMWF website have a personal "dashboard space" into which they can save and arrange regularly-used types of charts and diagrams to allow easy recall for future viewing. Once configured the Dashboard can become an extremely powerful and flexible forecaster-oriented tool!
To access the Dashboard:
- Ensure the user’s personal name in the top right corner of the ECMWF web page,
- Select “Chart Dashboard” from the drop-down menu.
To add items to the Dashboard:
from Open Access charts:
Charts:
- Select the desired chart from the Open Charts display.
- Click on "Select dimensions" and then choose the Base time, Valid Time, and/or Area.
- Click on the Link Icon (middle icon). Click on "Add to dashboard" from the dropdown menu.
Meteograms, EFI/CDFs, Vertical Profiles:
- Select "Point Based Products" from the "Product Type" section of the menu on the Open Charts display.
- Click on "Select dimensions" and then choose the Base time, Valid Time, and/or Location.
- Click on the Link Icon (middle icon). Click on "Add to dashboard" from the dropdown menu.
The chart will appear on subsequent Dashboard presentations.
Alternative methods:
Charts:
- Open the dashboard.
- Select “Add Widget” (top left of frame).
- Select “New chart widget” (from drop down list).
- A recently used ecChart appears.
- Select “Edit” tool (small pencil in tool box kit at top right of frame).
- Insert a title.
- Select “product”.
- Select from a pictorial list of:
- Your products saved in ecCharts
- A limited selection of pre-selected ECMWF charts (extreme forecast index, ENS probabilities & percentiles).
- Select from a pictorial list of:
- Select “projection”.
- Select from a pictorial list of:
- Your projections saved in ecCharts
- A wide selection of pre-defined ECMWF projections.
- Select from a pictorial list of:
Meteograms, EFI/CDFs, Vertical Profiles:
- Open the dashboard.
- Select “Add Widget” (top left of frame).
- Select from drop–down list
- "New 10day, 15day, or extended range meteogram widget". A meteogram for 0°N, 0°W appears.
- "New EFI/CDF meteogram widget". An EFI/CDF for 0°N, 0°W appears.
- "Vertical Profiles meteogram widget". A vertical Profile for 0°N, 0°W appears.
- Select “Edit” tool (small pencil in tool box kit at top right of frame).
- Insert a title.
- Insert Latitude and Longitude or enter a city name.
- Select “more”.
- Select from a pictorial list of:
- A selection of pre-selected meteograms, plumes and time series.
The chart will appear on subsequent Dashboard presentations.
from ecCharts charts:
Composite charts (user–selected ECMWF charts, extreme forecast index, ENS probabilities & percentiles) with user–defined thresholds, contour settings etc.
- Create the desired chart on ecCharts.
- Click on "Save", select "Save Product as..." from drop down menu.
- Name the chart (optional).
- Open the dashboard.
- Select “Add Widget” (top left of frame).
- Select “New chart widget” (from drop down list).
- A recently saved ecChart appears.
- Select “Edit” tool (small pencil in tool box kit at top right of frame).
- Insert a title.
- Select “product”.
- Select from a pictorial list of:
- Your products previously saved in ecCharts (Your Products).
- A selection of pre-selected ECMWF charts (extreme forecast index, ENS probabilities & percentiles).
- Select from a pictorial list of:
- Select “projection”.
- Select from a pictorial list of:
- Your projections saved in ecCharts (Your Projections).
- A wide selection of pre-defined ECMWF projections (global, continental, or national).
- Select from a pictorial list of:
The chart will appear on subsequent Dashboard presentations.
from Tropical Cyclone charts:
Tropical Cyclones:
- Select "Tropical Cyclones" from the "Product Type" section of the menu on the Open Charts display.
- Click on "Tropical Cyclone Activity" then choose the Base time, Valid Time, Area, and Intensity.
- Click on the Link Icon (middle icon). Click on "Add to dashboard" from the dropdown menu.
Tropical Storm Probabilities:
- Select "Tropical Cyclones" from the "Product Type" section of the menu on the Open Charts display.
- Click on "Tropical Storm Probabilities" then choose the Base time, Valid Time, Forecast, Area, and Intensity.
- Click on the Link Icon (middle icon). Click on "Add to dashboard" from the dropdown menu.
Alternative method:
- On ECMWF entry page, Select “Forecasts”, Select “Charts”.
- Select “Latest tropical cyclones”.
- From the list on the left:
- Select "Latest Cyclones"
- Select from “Cyclone products” (plumes, strike probability, track etc.)
- Select from “Cyclone results” (to choose another tropical cyclone).
- Click on the + icon to add to the Dashboard.
Controls on the Dashboard:
- Open the dashboard.
- Select “Add Widget” (top left of frame).
- Select "Controls (from drop down list).
- A control panel appears.
- Selection of any icon adjusts all the various dashboard items together.
The control panel will appear on subsequent Dashboard presentations.
To delete items from the Dashboard:
- Open the dashboard.
- Select the small cross at the top right of the frame to be deleted.
More information can be found on the main dashboard help page.