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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
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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
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