Main characteristics of ALADIN operational Models

The above table describes the operational models. Click here for details on table column names. To update your data, please go on Partners pages.

indPartnerModelCouplingModelCouplingProdRunCouplingFrequencyCouplingFinalTermCouplingFetchCouplingAssimCouplingFreqAssimCouplingFinalTermAssimProdTypeInitAssimTypeInitAssimTypeProducPerDayPostProcFreqCycleComputerMisDetailsLastChange
109 Algeria ALGE ARPEGE  Every 3 hours 48 hours        2 every 3 hours 30T1  Use of Meteo France computing capacities 2007-05-29
2 Austria AUSTRIA ARPEGE 00/06/12/18 every 3h 72/60/72/60 internet, backup: ECMWF    DFI   4 post-processing every 1 h CY32T1 NEC SX-8R ALARO-0 (without 3MT), SK subinversion scheme 2008-04-30
3 Belgium BE70 France+ARP 0/6/12/18 every 3h 60h (00 and 12) 48h (06 and 18) RMDCN    DFI + 60 h forecasts   4 post-processing every 1 h 29t2 SGI Altix 3700 BX2  2008-09-12
4 Bulgaria BG ARPEGE  every 3 hours  mainly Internet, RMDCN backup only    DFI + 72 h forecasts   2 post-processing every 1 h 31T1op1 Linux cluster  2008-07-01
5 Croatia HR88 ARPEGE ARPEGE short cut-off 00 and 12 UTC every 3 hours 72 hours Internet, backup ECMWF(Internet+backup RMDCN)    DFI   2 post-processing every 3 or 1 hrs depending on user AL32T3 - ALARO SGI Altix  2008-02-27
7 Croatia dyn. adapt. dom. HR88 8 km 72 hours forecast 00 and 12 UTC every 3 hours 72 hours produced locally    hrda for wind   2 3 hrs AL29T2mxl SGI Altix  2008-02-27
8 Czech Rep CE ARPEGE 00/06/12/18 3h 54 RMDCN 00/06/12/18 3h 6h DFI spectral blending DFI spectral blending CANARI surface analysis 4 1h 32T1 NEC SX-6 ALARO-0 minus 3MT 2008-02-29
9 Czech Rep MFSTEP ARPEGE ARPEGE-MFSTEP 3h 120 RMDCN 00/06/12/18 3h 6h spectral+surface blending; DFI + 120 h forecast spectral+surface blending; DFI  4 - 1/week post-processing every 1 h 32T1 NEC SX-6 for ocean circulation models 2007-11-02
108 Czech Rep AFGHANISTAN ARPEGE 00/12 3h 48h RMDCN 00/06/12/18 3h 6h spectral+surface blending; DFI spectral+surface blending; DFI  2 3h 32T1 NEC SX-6  2007-11-02
indPartnerModelCouplingModelCouplingProdRunCouplingFrequencyCouplingFinalTermCouplingFetchCouplingAssimCouplingFreqAssimCouplingFinalTermAssimProdTypeInitAssimTypeInitAssimTypeProducPerDayPostProcFreqCycleComputerMisDetailsLastChange
73 France France ARPEGE 00/06/12/18 every 3 hours 54 (r0) 48 (r6) 42 (r12) 36 (r18) pointless 00/06/12/18 every 3 hours 6 (r0-r6-r12-r18) incremental DFI incremental DFI 3D-VAR with 6 hour assimilation window 4 post-processing every 1 h 32T0 NEC Physics: Advanced Prognostic Cloud Scheme 2008-09-12
11 Hungary HU ARPEGE ARPEGE short cut-off every 3 hours 54h (0UTC), 48h (6, 12 UTC), 36h (18 UTC) ftp (internet) ARPEGE long cut-off 3h 6h DFI DFI 3d-var assimilation (surface: ARPEGE CANARI) 4 post-processing every 1 h 30t1 SGI Altix  2008-02-11
13 Morocco NORAF ARPEGE  every 6h      DFI + 72h forecast   2 post-processing every 6 h 29T2 IBM RS6000  2007-02-16
14 Morocco Maroc NORAF  every 3h      DFI + 72h forecast   2 post-processing every 3 h (29T2) IBM RS6000  2007-02-16
15 Poland Poland ARPEGE 00/12 every 3 hours 54h Internet    DFI + 54 h forecasts   2 post-processing every 3 h 29T2 SGI ALTIX 3700  2007-09-28
16 Poland 1 domain Poland        hrda for wind     ? ?  0000-00-00
17 Portugal Portugal ARPEGE  every 6 hours      DFI + 48 h forecasts   2 post-processing every 1 h 12 DEC  0000-00-00
18 Romania SELAM ARPEGE ARPEGE short cut-off every 6 hours 78/66 internet    DFI + 60 h forecasts   2 post-processing every 6 h 28T3 SUN  2008-04-16
19 Romania Romania ARPEGE ARPEGE short cut-off every 6 hours 78/54/66/54 internet    DFI + 78 h forecast   4 post-processing every 1h =>54 h, every 3 h after 28T3 SUN  2008-04-16
21 Slovakia SHMU ARPEGE 00/06/12/18 every 3h 72/72/72/60 internet, bckp via ECMWF and ZAMG - - - DFI + 72h forecasts - - 4 post-processing every 1h cy32t1ALARO-0(minus 3MT) IBM  2008-04-16
indPartnerModelCouplingModelCouplingProdRunCouplingFrequencyCouplingFinalTermCouplingFetchCouplingAssimCouplingFreqAssimCouplingFinalTermAssimProdTypeInitAssimTypeInitAssimTypeProducPerDayPostProcFreqCycleComputerMisDetailsLastChange
22 Slovakia SK25 SHMU 00/12 constant coupling 72/72 produced locally - - - hrda for wind - - 2 3h outputs cy32t1ALARO-0(minus 3MT) IBM  2008-04-16
23 Slovenia SI ARPEGE 00/06/12/18 every 3 hours 72/60/72/48 internet, bckp via ECMWF    DFI + 72 h forecasts   4 post-processing every 1 h 32T3 (with 3MT supplement) SGI ALTIX ICE 8200 ALARO0 with 3MT 2008-07-24
81 Slovenia 1 domain SI 00/06/12/18 constant coupling 72/60/72/48 produced locally    hrda for wind and precip.   4 3h outputs 32T3 SGI ALTIX ICE 8200  2008-07-24
25 Tunisia Tunisia ARPEGE  every 6 hours      DFI + 48 h forecasts   2 post-processing every 3 h 26T1 IBM  0000-00-00