Changes were numerous along the last year, with the end of the common LACE operations, deep changes in Morocco and Tunisia, and a general upgrade of computers and libraries. The tables hereafter try to describe the situation at the end of September 2003, according to the informations provided to the Toulouse support team.
MODEL CHARACTERISTICS
|
Partner / Model |
Mesh (km) |
Gridpoints (C+I / C+I+E) |
Grid type |
SW corner (lat , lon) |
NE corner (lat , lon) |
Vertical levels |
Coupling model |
|
AUSTRIA-LACE |
12.2 |
229´205 / 240´ 216 |
quadratic |
33.99N 2.17E |
55.62N 39.07E |
37 |
ARPEGE |
|
AUSTRIA-Vienna |
9.6 |
133´117 / 144´ 128 |
quadratic |
41.36N 5.88E |
51.81N 21.84E |
37 |
ALADIN-LACE Au |
|
BELGIUM |
7.0 |
229´229 / 240´ 240 |
linear |
43.17N 5.84W |
57.25N 17.08E |
41 |
ALADIN- FRANCE |
|
BULGARIA |
12.0 |
79´63 / 90´ 72 |
quadratic |
39.79N 20.01E |
46.41N 31.64E |
31 |
ARPEGE |
|
CROATIA-LACE |
12.2 |
229´205 / 240´ 216 |
quadratic |
33.99N 2.18E |
55.62N 39.08E |
37 |
ARPEGE |
|
CROATIA-HRn8 |
8.0 |
169´149 / 180´ 160 |
quadratic |
39.00N 5.25E |
49.57N 22.30E |
37 |
ALADIN-LACE Hr |
|
CROATIA-Dyn Adap |
2.0 |
72´72 / 80´ 80 (´5) |
Senj, Karlovac, Maslenica,Split, Dubrovnik |
15 |
ALADIN-HRn8 | ||
|
CZECH REP. |
12.2 |
229´205 / 240´ 216 |
quadratic |
33.99N 2.18E |
55.62N 39.08E |
37 |
ARPEGE |
|
FRANCE |
9.5 |
277´277 / 288´ 288 |
linear |
33.14N 11.84W |
56.96N 25.07E |
41 |
ARPEGE |
|
HUNGARY |
6.5 |
421´373 / 432´ 384 |
quadratic |
34.15N 2.35E |
55.3N 38.7E |
37 |
ARPEGE |
|
HUNGARY-Dyn Adap |
2.4 |
239´169 / 250´ 180 |
15 |
ALADIN-HU | |||
|
MOROCCO-NORAF |
31 |
189´289 / 200´ 300 |
quadratic |
1.93S 35.35W |
44.86N 57.22E |
37 |
ARPEGE |
|
MOROCCO-Morocco |
9 |
309´349 / 320´ 360 |
quadratic |
17.24N 24.84W |
42.46N 9.40E |
37 |
ALADIN-NORAF |
|
POLAND |
13.5 |
169´169 / 180´ 180 |
quadratic |
41.42N 5.56E |
61.16N 40.19E |
31 |
ARPEGE |
|
PORTUGAL |
12.7 |
79´89 / 90´ 100 |
quadratic |
34.94N 12.42W |
44.97N 0.71W |
31 |
ARPEGE |
|
ROMANIA |
10.0 |
89´89 / 100´ 100 |
quadratic |
41.91N 20.68E |
49.80N 32.12E |
31 |
ARPEGE |
|
SLOVAKIA |
7.2 |
109´79 / 120´ 90 |
quadratic |
46.05N 14.69E |
51.07N 25.26E |
31 |
ALADIN-LACE Au |
|
SLOVENIA |
9.5 |
258´244 / 270´ 256 |
quadratic |
34.00N 2.18E |
54.82N 33.37E |
37 |
ARPEGE |
|
SLOVENIA-Dyn Adap |
2.5 |
148´108 / 160´ 120 |
44.57 N, 12.18 E - 46.98N 16.92E |
17 |
ALADIN-SI | ||
|
TUNISIA |
12.5 |
117´151 / 120´ 162 |
quadratic |
27.42N 2.09E |
44.16N 18.37E |
41 |
ARPEGE |
PRACTICAL IMPLEMENTATION
|
Partner / Model |
Computer |
Library / Physics |
Operational applications | |
|
AUSTRIA / LACE |
SGI Origin 3400 20 processors |
AL15 ® CYCORA-ter+... |
· 48h forecast twice a day · synchronous 3h-coupling |
· post-processing every 1h |
|
AUSTRIA/ Vienna |
SGI Origin 3400 20 processors |
AL15 ® CYCORA-ter+... |
· 48h forecast twice a day · synchronous 6h-coupling |
· post-processing every 1h · hourly diagnostic analyses |
|
BELGIUM/ Belgique |
SGI Origin 3400 24 processors |
AL15_02 ® CYCORA-ter++ |
· 60h forecast twice a day · synchronous 3h-coupling |
· post-processing every 1h |
|
BULGARIA/ BG |
SUN Ultra Sparc 60 |
AL12 ® CYCORA-bis |
· 48h forecast twice a day · synchronous 6h-coupling |
· post-processing every 3h |
|
CROATIA/ LACE |
SGI Origin 3400 16 processors |
AL25T1_op2 |
· 48h forecast twice a day · synchronous 3h-coupling |
· post-processing every 3h |
|
CROATIA/ HRn8 |
SGI Origin 3400 16 processors |
AL25T1_op2 |
· 48h forecast twice a day · synchronous 3h-coupling |
· post-processing every 3h · dynamical adaptation of wind (every 3h , 5 domains) |
|
CZECH REP./ CE |
NEC SX6B 4 processors |
AL25T1_op4 ® COCONUT+++ |
· 48h forecast twice a day · synchronous 3h-coupling |
· post-processing every 1h · hourly diagnostic analyses · blending cycle (6h) |
|
FRANCE/ France |
FUJITSU VPP 5000 2 processors ( /64) |
AL26T1 ® COCONUT |
· 4 forecasts a day, up to 54h, 48h, 42h, 36h · synchronous 3h-coupling |
· post-processing every 1h · coupling files every 3 hours · hourly diagnostic analyses |
|
HUNGARY/ HU |
IBM Regatta 32 processors |
AL15_03 |
· 48h forecast once a day · synchronous 3h-coupling |
· post-processing every 1h · hourly diagnostic analyses · dynamical adaptation of wind (every 6h , 1 domain) |
|
MOROCCO/ NORAF |
IBM RS6000 SP |
AL25T1 AL13 for assim. |
· 72h forecast twice a day · lagged 6h-coupling |
· post-processing every 3h · data assimilation based on O.I. |
|
MOROCCO/ Maroc |
IBM RS6000 SP |
AL25T1 |
· 72h forecast twice a day · synchronous 3h-coupling |
· post-processing every 3h |
|
POLAND/ Poland |
SGI Origin 2000 8 processors ( /128) |
AL09 (soon AL15) |
· 48h forecast twice a day · synchronous 6h-coupling |
· post-processing every 3h |
|
PORTUGAL/ Portugal |
DEC Alpha XP1000 |
AL12 _bf02 ® CYCORA-bis |
· 48h forecast twice a day · synchronous 6h-coupling |
· post-processing every 1h |
|
ROMANIA/ Romania |
SUN Ent. 4500 |
AL15 _04 ® CYCORA-bis |
· 48h forecast twice a day · synchronous 6h-coupling |
· post-processsing every 3h |
|
SLOVAKIA/ Slovakia |
DEC Alpha XP1000 |
AL12_op6 ® CYCORA-bis |
· 48h forecast twice a day · synchronous 6h-coupling |
· post-processing every 1h |
|
SLOVENIA/ SI |
Cluster with 14 nodes, 22 among 26 processors used |
AL25T1 |
· 48h forecast twice a day · synchronous 3h-coupling |
· post-processing every 1h · dynamical adaptation of wind and precipitations (every 3 or 6 h) |
|
TUNISIA/ Tunisie |
IBM Regatta 690 |
AL25T1 ® COCONUT |
· 48h forecast once a day · synchronous 6h-coupling |
· post-processing every 3h |