An ECMWF account enables you to:

• access open data more quickly
• register for events
• enrol on online courses
• access training resources
• create and track service requests

To check if you are eligible for more features you can read about access to forecast data and access to our computing facilities.

An ECMWF password should comply with the following requirements:

• Not contain the user’s account name or part of the user’s full name that exceed two consecutive characters
• The password is at least 12 characters long
• The password contains characters from at least three of the following four categories:
1. Uppercase characters (A – Z)
2. Lowercase characters (a – z)
3. Base 10 digits (0 – 9)
4. Non-alphanumeric (For example: $, #, or %)