The Data Assimilation Core Program and DAsKIT

Monday 5 October 2020, by Patricia

DA coordinator position.

The 22nd ALADIN General Assembly approved the creation of a 20% DA coordinator position in ALADIN to assist the ALADIN PM and the CSSI :

with the coordination of the ALADIN DA starter countries with their DA activities;
with the coordination of the basic kit DA core program (meetings, inquiries, reporting,
follow up of the actions, link with HIRLAM, ...);
with the elaboration of the ALADIN-HIRLAM common work plan for the DA basic kit core
program.

After being selected, Maria Monteiro (from IPMA) started her job as the new ALADIN DA coordinator on January 1st, 2018.

Extensive inquiry among the 8 DAsKIT ALADIN Partners of the DA core program (see the outcome, as presented at the 28th ALADIN Wk) :
- all countries have available data to be assimilated in their local DA systems;
- the know-how to process conventional data using the ALADIN system already exists in all countries;
- some countries already setup a DA cycling and there is a trend/common wish to invest on surface DA in this moment; data Monitoring and validation tools know-how are missing;
Regular video-conferences with DAsKIT countries are established
2018 DAsKIT Working Days, Romania, 19-21 September 2018
2019 Joint LACE Data Assimilation & DAsKIT Working Days, Prague, 18-20 September 2019
DA coordinator presentation at the 27th LTM meeting, Sofia, October 1, 2019
2020 Joint LACE Data Assimilation & DAsKIT Working Days, video-conference, 14-16 September 2020,
DA coordinator presentation at the 29th LTM meeting, video-conference, October 5, 2020