ALADIN

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• Cooperation agreement between Météo-France and ECMWF

  16 December 1998, by Patricia
  An agreement between ECMWF and MÉTÉO-FRANCE for the access and use of the jointly developed and maintened NWP software "IFS/ARPEGE" was signed in 1998. The reference to this software agreement between ECMWF and Météo-France grants to ALADIN Partners access to the necessary parts of the IFS code for their limited area NWP work. In September 2016, this agreement was amended to take into account the HIRLAM Partners, the convergence process of the ALADIN and HIRLAM consortia, and to (…)

• Birth of the ALADIN project

  16 November 1996, by Patricia
  On 16/11/1990, A. Lebeau, Director of Météo-France, made an offer of collaboration in the field of NWP to his five Central and Eastern European Colleagues at the occasion of their visit in Paris and Toulouse. On 27/11/1990, the formal letter of invitation (French version , informal English translation) was sent. Within January 1991, a positive response was given by all five Central and Eastern European Meteorological Services

• The PECO action

  27 August 1996, by Patricia
  In January 1993, the Commission of the European Communities selected the pre-operational work on ALADIN as one of the subjects financed under the so-called PECO action, in a competitive context (1 to 35). This application form was submitted. In May 1994, the work of the seven members of the PECO-financed pre-operational team (with the additional contributions of the Ph.D. students and an established team of Météo-France scientists) leads to a successful conclusion. ALADIN becomes (…)