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Conclusions of the working group Verification

(13th ALADIN Workshop, Prague, November 2003)

  • ALADIN common verification software : 
  • to intercompare the different ALADIN models 
  • not to replace the local verifications
  • to produce a yearly report (Assembly)
  • everybody is free to use it to compare what he wants
  • " schema"
  • FILTER software
  •  FILTER works in Slovenia
  • Available for installation in other centers
  • Based in public tools
  • Nearest land grid-point
  • Altitude correction
  • List of stations : 
  • something manageable  => subset of 250 synop stations
  • Maria Monteiro will prepare an updated list of stations uniformally distributed over Europe (GTS, black lists from ECMWF, Météo-France)
  • DATA (for the first step) : 
  • 2 runs per day (00, 12)
  • 1 suite per country
  • range : 48 hours
  • forecasts : every 3 hours
  • no daily minimum neither maximum temperature
  • ??? ARPEGE forecasts, Observations with ARPEGE flags (not on real-time)
  • Metadata, Scores, Web Interface : 
  • no change in the strategy
  • prototype : Miha presentation
  • Schedule : 
  • List of stations available by March 2004
  • FILTER installed in volunteer centers by March 2004 : Croatia, Hungary, Romania, Slovakia
  • First results of the prototype to be presented in June 2004, Innbruck, 14th ALADIN Workshop
  • Presentation to Directors in October 2004, Assembly in Split