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• ALADIN Program Manager (PM)

  2 September 2010, by Patricia
  During the 10th Assembly (Bratislava, October 2005), the third Memorandum of Understanding (MoU3) was signed by the Partners. It defines, among others, the ALADIN governance and management : the ALADIN Program Manager is the main executive officer of the ALADIN Consortium. The 10th Assembly appointed Jean-François Geleyn (Météo-France) as the first ALADIN PM. According to the procedure decided during the 14th General Assembly (Istanbul, November 2009), for the choice of the new PM, on (…)

• Export version of Cycle 36T1, February 11, 2010

  29 August 2010, by Patricia
  Bugfix of the export version based on cy36T1, August 2010 the bugfix of the export version based on cy36t1 is released. It corresponds to version cy36t1.bf8 of the code. It is to be found on cougar marp001/pub/export/cy36t1 where you will find the associated documentation. Please note that the various cy36t1_bf.xx.tgz files have to be untared in the right order. Cycle 36T1, export version number 1, updated on February 11, 2010 Archives (contains source code, input files, some namelists (…)

• Under the governance of the 3rd MoU

  27 August 2010, by Patricia
  Since the 3rd MoU (2005) and the new governance, workplans are be for 4 years, updated each year (transitional situation in 2006-2007) and a document explains the 10 years ALADIN strategy (2008-2017). 4-year plan (2009-2012) and its links with various NWP internal collaborations, especially HARMONIE : updated version, prepared after the 2009 ALADIN General Assembly by the ALADIN CSSI and PM 10 years ALADIN strategy : "A strategy for the ALADIN consortium from 2008 to 2017" defines ambitious (…)

• PhD Thesis completed in the framework of the ALATNET project

  10 August 2010, by Patricia
  PhD Thesis completed in the framework of the ALATNET project Name Title of the thesis University Date of defense Steluta ALEXANDRU (Romania) Scientific strategy for the implementation of a 3d-var assimilation scheme for a double-nested limited area model Romanian thesis : University of Bucarest to be defended Gianpaolo BALSAMO (Italy) Mesoscale variational assimilation for land surface variables joint thesis: University of Torino & Université Paul Sabatier Defended on Friday 4 (…)

• Contacts between Aladin partners and MF for oper-type of problems

  15 June 2010, by Patricia
  The following 3 email lists [1] are at disposal of the ALADIN Partners to get in touch with people on shift at Météo-France when they face : problems of access to MF’s network via MF’s firewall (Parme), problems with the transmission of data originating from Soprano/IAA or Transmet dissemination: reso++at++meteo.fr any problem with the non-disposal of Aladin coupling files or for accessing the BDPE database (this list is targeting MF staff working on shift H24): (…)

• Useful definitions

  3 May 2010, by Patricia
  – Supranational European Bodies – about ECOMET – WMO resolution 40

• Joint 20th ALADIN Workshop & HIRLAM ASM 2010, 13-16 April, 2010, Cracow, Poland

  26 April 2010, by Patricia
  The IMGW of Poland hosted the 20th ALADIN workshop / HIRLAM All-Staff Meeting April 13-16 [1], 2010 in Novotel Kraków Centrum in Cracow (for local details, please consult the local organisers website). The meeting course was slightly modified due to the one week national mourning declared in Poland. On Friday, the plenary closing session and the HMG/CSSI wrap-up meeting were shortened to give the participants time to find a solution to reach their home : due to the eruptions from (…)

• Practical details for the teleconference meetings of the MoU4 redaction committee

  20 April 2010, by Patricia
  Claude FISCHER : +33 5 61 07 98 04 Dijana KLARIC : +385 1 4565 665 Cornel SOCI : +40 21316 2139 Piet TERMONIA : +322 3 730 638 Jean-François GELEYN (if not in Toulouse) : +420244032280 (not declared for 4 May conference) At 10:00 on Tuesday 4 of May, please call (from the above phone numbers) the +33 5 67 04 01 14. You will get a message to enter a code : please dial *1405# (it’s the same code for everybody). At 12:00, without alert, the communication will be switch off. 2nd meeting (…)

• 1st Meeting of the MoU4 redaction committee, Krakow, Friday 16 April

  20 April 2010, by Patricia
  1st Meeting of the MoU4 redaction committee, Krakow, Friday 16 April, 12:00 - 13:30 Presents for the redaction committee : Dijana Klaric, Jean-François Geleyn, Claude Fischer, Piet Termonia General guidelines for the redaction of the MoU4 : simplify the MoU and make it shorter, governance oriented, and not dealing with scientific choices and strategy. action: Jean-François will send us a "colored" version of the MoU, underlining what could/should be suppressed/modified/... (mail sent (…)

• Direct link to useful documents within aladin webpages

  20 April 2010, by Patricia
  The best of the ALADIN governance under MoU3 On the ALADIN web, you may find information about : Current governance History of the governance : 1991-2005 1991 - 1995 : gestation 1996 - 2001 : decentralization and formalization through the 1st MoU 2001 - 2005 : 2nd MoU with enlarged definition of the ALADIN partnership, guidelines for the commercial use, creation of a Technical Cooperation Standing Committee End of 2005 : the 3rd MoU defines the current organisation First MoU : 1996 & (…)