ODB : Observational DataBase
An internal (IFS/ARPEGE/LAM) documentation of ODB has been written by the ECMWF (contact at ECMWF : Anne Fouilloux) and is available on the "partners part" of the aladin website (http://www.cnrm.meteo.fr/aladin/spip.php?article172).
Recent tests showed that without any modifications in the code the only way to run 3DVAR screening in ALADIN 15 is to provide an input ODB containing only reports inside the C+I zone. At present the creation of this input ODB is done in two steps. In the first step the whole ODB is scanned (…)