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)

Date (Creation): 2010-01-01

Identifier: RMI-be / alaro

Status: On going

Point of contact

Royal Meteorological Institute of Belgium

Owner

Royal Meteorological Institute of Belgium

Maintenance and update frequency: Continual

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

National

Access constraints: Other restrictions

Other constraints: No limitations on public access

Use constraints: Other restrictions

Other constraints: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)

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Classification: Unclassified

Spatial representation type: Grid

Distance: 4000 http://standards.iso.org/ittf/PubliclyAvailableStandards/ISO_19139_Schemas/resources /uom/ML_gmxUom.xml#m

Metadata language: English

Topic category

Climatology, meteorology, atmosphere

Begin date: 2010-01-01T12:00:00

Unique resource identifier: EPSG:4258

Distribution format

Text/plain ( 1.0 )
Tiff ( 1.0 )
GeoTiff ( 1.0 )

OnLine resource: RMI opendata portal ( WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link )
RMI opendata portal

OnLine resource: WCS 1.1.0 getCapabilities document ( OGC:WCS-1.1.0-http-get-capabilities )
WCS 1.1.0 getCapabilities document

OnLine resource: FTP directory to download Alaro GRIB files. The latest 4 runs are available ( WWW:DOWNLOAD-1.0-ftp--download )
FTP directory to download Alaro GRIB files. The latest 4 runs are available

Hierarchy level: Dataset

Other: dataset

Domain consistency

Name of measure: INSPIRE Conformity

Conformance result

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.