Weather Model Alaro

Weather Model 'Alaro'



A numerical forecast model is a computer program that simulates the evolution of the atmosphere.



Available parameters : Temperature, Max. temperature, Min. temperature, Dewpoint temperature, Wet-bulb potential temperature, Cloud cover (low, medium, high, tot.), U and V wind component, U, V and vertical velocity, Stationary boundary layer (SBL) Gust, Total precipitation, Large scale rain, Convective rain, Large scale snow, Convective snow, Relative Humidity, Specific humidity, Geopotential, Mean sea level pressure, Orography, freezing level / 0°C isotherm, Convective available potential energy (CAPE)

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Date (Creation)
2010-01-01
Citation identifier
RMI-be / alaro
Status
On going
Point of contact
Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role

Royal Meteorological Institute of Belgium

info@meteo.be

Point of contact

Royal Meteorological Institute of Belgium

info@meteo.be

Owner
Maintenance and update frequency
Continual
User defined maintenance frequency
P0Y0M0DT6H0M0S

GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0

  • Atmospheric conditions
Keywords

  • Reporting INSPIRE

  • federal government

  • forecast

  • temperature

  • wind

  • precipitation

  • rain

  • snow

  • dewpoint temperature

  • cloud cover

  • relative humidity

  • specific humidity

  • geopotential

  • pressure

Spatial scope
Access constraints
Other restrictions
Other constraints
No limitations on public access
Use constraints
Other restrictions
Other constraints
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Classification
Unclassified
Spatial representation type
Grid
Distance
4000  m
Language
English
Topic category
  • Climatology, meteorology, atmosphere
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Begin date
2010-01-01T12:00:00
Unique resource identifier
EPSG:4258
Distribution format
Name Version

Text/plain

1.0

Tiff

1.0

GeoTiff

1.0

Digital transfer options

OnLine resource
Protocol Linkage Name

WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link

 		https://opendata.meteo.be

Digital transfer options

OnLine resource
Protocol Linkage Name
OGC:WCS-1.1.0-http-get-capabilities https://opendata.meteo.be/service/alaro/wcs?service=WCS&version=1.1.0&request=GetCapabilities

WCS 1.1.0 getCapabilities document

Digital transfer options

OnLine resource
Protocol Linkage Name
OGC:WMS-1.3.0-http-get-capabilities https://opendata.meteo.be/service/alaro/wms?service=WMS&version=1.3.0&request=getCapabilities

WMS 1.3.0 getCapabilities document

Digital transfer options

OnLine resource
Protocol Linkage Name

WWW:DOWNLOAD-1.0-ftp--download

 		ftp://opendata24-me.oma.be/forecasts/alaro_40l/

Digital transfer options

OnLine resource
Protocol Linkage Name

WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link

 		https://opendata.meteo.be/documentation/?dataset=alaro

Documentation
Hierarchy level
Dataset
Other

dataset

Domain consistency

Name of measure

INSPIRE Conformity

Conformance result

Title

Commission Regulation (EU) No 1089/2010 of 23 November 2010 implementing Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards interoperability of spatial data sets and services

Date (Publication)
2010-12-08
Explanation

See the referenced specification
Pass
No
Statement

Most weather forecasts are made by combinating the information from these models with the expertise of the forecaster.



The scientists of the RMI attempt constantly to improve these models on the basis of these newest numerical techniques, the parameterisation of physical processes and the use of meteorological observations.



The results of this research are processed in the operational weather model ALARO. It is used by the weather forecasters of the weather office, and for creating products and services for the general public.



These charts are generated automatically from ALARO every six hours. They aren't corrected or interpreted by the forecasters of the RMI. A correct interpretation of these charts requires some expertise.

Metadata

File identifier
RMI_DATASET_ALARO XML
Metadata language
English
Hierarchy level
Dataset
Date stamp
2025-09-25
Metadata author
Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role

Royal Meteorological Institute of Belgium

info@meteo.be

Point of contact
Other language
Language Character encoding
French UTF8
Dutch; Flemish UTF8
German UTF8
 
 

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