Main characteristics of ALADIN/HIRLAM operational Models

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indPartnerModelCouplingModelCouplingProdRunCouplingFrequencyCouplingFinalTermCouplingFetchCouplingAssimCouplingFreqAssimCouplingFinalTermAssimProdTypeInitAssimTypeInitAssimTypeProducPerDayPostProcFreqCycleComputerMisDetailsLastChange
109 Algeria ALGE ARPEGE 00 / 12 (time lagged) Every 3 hours 72 hours ftp (internet)    DFI+72 H forecast   2 every 1 hour 43T2 IBM-HPC ALGERIE  2020-08-18
148 Algeria AROME-NORD-ALGE ALADIN-ALGE 00 / 12 (time lagged) every 1 hour 48 hours     DFI+48 H forecast   2 every 1 hour 43T2 IBM-HPC ALGERIE  2020-08-18
149 Algeria ALADIN-DUST ARPEGE 00 / 12 (time lagged) every 3 hours 72 hours     DFI+72 H forecast   2 every 3 hours 43T2 IBM-HPC ALGERIE  2020-08-18
121 Austria ALARO-Aut IFS 00 / 06 / 12 / 18 (time lagged) 3h 78 (for 72h forecast) FTP + RMDCN 00 / 06 / 12 / 18 3h 6h DFI DFI CANARI 00 / 06 / 12 / 18 every 1h CY36T1 SGI ICE-X operational since 03/2011 2017-01-11
128 Austria AROME-Aut IFS 00 / 06 / 12 / 18 (time lagged) 1h 66 (for 60h forecast) FTP + RMDCN 00 / 06 / 12 / 18 1h 3h 3DVAR / OI  3DVAR / OI (3h cycle) 8 1h cy40t1 SGI ICE-X Operational from 2014/01, from 201408 with 90 level 2017-01-11
3 Belgium AO40 ARPEGE 0/6/12/18 every 3h 60h Internet (primary) + RMDCN (backup)    DFI + 60 h forecasts   4 post-processing every 1 h 38T1.bf03 SGI Rackable ALARO-0 + TOUCANS + non-saturated downdraughts 2018-09-06
132 Belgium AO13 AO40 0/6/12/18 1h 36h Internet (primary) + RMDCN (backup)    DFI --- --- 0/6/12/18 1h 40t1 SGI Altix 4700 Alaro-1 2018-09-06
4 Bulgaria ALADIN BG ARPEGE  every 3 hours 78 mainly Internet, RMDCN backup only    72 h forecasts   2 post-processing every 1 h cy41t1 Linux cluster  2017-11-03
151 Bulgaria AROME BG ALADIN BG  1 hour 36 hours        twice daily 1 hour cy41t1 linux cluster  2017-11-03
indPartnerModelCouplingModelCouplingProdRunCouplingFrequencyCouplingFinalTermCouplingFetchCouplingAssimCouplingFreqAssimCouplingFinalTermAssimProdTypeInitAssimTypeInitAssimTypeProducPerDayPostProcFreqCycleComputerMisDetailsLastChange
7 Croatia HRDA HR44 4 km 72 hours forecast 00, 06, 12 and 18 UTC not applicable 72 hours produced locally    HRDA for wind   4 hourly AL29T2mxl SGI 2000  2020-08-18
126 Croatia HR22 HR44 4 km 54 hours +06 hrs forecast started at 00 UTC  1 hour +06 - +54 produced locally    SSDFI   one 00 UTC 1 hour 36T1bf08 SGI 2000 ALARO3MT 2 km full 48 hrs run 2020-08-18
150 Croatia HR44 IFS  IFS 6 hours old run  3 hrs 72 ECMWF take care about LBC-s Internet IFS 3 hrs 6 hrs   Surface Canari OI + Upper-air 3D-Var;3 hrs cycling 4 post-processing every 3 or 1 hrs depending on user 38T1.bf03 SGI UV 2000 ALARO0 2017-10-31
8 Czech Rep CE ARPEGE 00/06/12/18 3h 72 RMDCN 00/06/12/18 3h 6h DFI spectral blending + 3DVAR +IDFI DFI spectral blending + 3DVAR, no filter CANARI surface analysis, BlendVAR 4 1h CY43T2 + local modifications NEC LX ALARO-1 version B 2018-09-10
108 Czech Rep AFGHANISTAN ARPEGE 00/12 3h 48h RMDCN 00/06/12/18 3h 6h DFI spectral and surface blending+IDFI DFI spectral and surface blending, no filter  2 3h 38T1 + local modifications NEC LX ALARO-1 version B 2018-09-10
73 France AROME-IFS IFS 00/12 every 1 hour 48 from ECMWF      no assimilation 2 post-processing every 1 h CY43 BULLx B710 DLC SURFEX 2019-08-08
114 France Arome-France ARPEGE 00/03/06/09/12/15/18/21 every 1 hour 48h for 00/12, 45h for 03, 42h for 06/18, 7h for 09/15/21 pointless every 1 hour every 1 hour 1h none none 3D-VAR with 1 hour assimilation window 8 post-processing every 1 h CY43 BULLx B710 DLC SURFEX V8.0 in operations 2019-08-08
147 France AROME-OM (overseas) IFS 00/06/12/18 1 hour 48 hours from ECMWF NA NA NA none none none 4 1 hour CY43 BULL B710 DLC 2.5km, L90, 5 domains, 1D ocean model, IAU to avoid spin-up 2019-09-19
133 Hirlam AROME-MetCoOp IFS        none none 3DVAR + surface analysis 848h (0,6,12,18) for members  harmonie-40h1.1.1   2020-08-31
134 Hirlam H-AROME-IRELAND25 IFS        None None 3DVAR + surface analysis 36h at 00,12 for members  40h1 Cray XC40  2020-08-31
indPartnerModelCouplingModelCouplingProdRunCouplingFrequencyCouplingFinalTermCouplingFetchCouplingAssimCouplingFreqAssimCouplingFinalTermAssimProdTypeInitAssimTypeInitAssimTypeProducPerDayPostProcFreqCycleComputerMisDetailsLastChange
136 Hirlam H-AROME-VI-Iceland IFS        None None blending + surface analysis 66h/ 4 times  harmonie-38h1.2   2020-08-31
137 Hirlam H-AROME-AEMET-IB IFS        None None 3DVAR + surface analysis 48h/8 times  40h1.1 BullX  2020-08-31
138 Hirlam H-AROME-CANARIAS IFS        None None 3DVAR + surface analysis 48h/8 times NA 40h1.1 BullX  2020-08-31
139 Hirlam H-AROME-DMI-NEA IFS        none none 3DVAR + surface analysis 60h/8 times  40h1.1 Cray XC50  2020-08-31
140 Hirlam H-AROME-DMI/VI-IGB IFS    N/A N/A N/A N/A none none 3DVAR + surface analysis 66h (00,06,12,18) 36h(03,09,15 NA 40h1.1 Cray XC50  2020-08-31
141 Hirlam H-AROME-KNMI HIRLAM 00/03/06/09/12/15/18/21 1h 48h NA NA NA NA None None 3DVAR + surface analysis 48h/8 times 1h 36h1.4.bf1 BullX B720  2020-08-31
142 Hirlam H-AROME-LHMS IFS        None None 3DVAR + surface analysis 54h/ 8 times  40h1.2 SGI ICE X  2020-08-31
143 Hirlam H-AROME-Arctic IFS        none none 3DVAR + surface analysis 66h(0,6,12,18), 3h(3,9,15,21)  40h1.1   2020-08-31
154 Hirlam H-AROME-DMI/TAS IFS          surface analysis 54h: 03,09,15,21  40h1.1 Cray XC50  2020-08-31
155 Hirlam H-AROME-DMI/SGL           surface analysis 54h: 00,06,12,18  40h1.1 Cray XC50  2020-08-31
indPartnerModelCouplingModelCouplingProdRunCouplingFrequencyCouplingFinalTermCouplingFetchCouplingAssimCouplingFreqAssimCouplingFinalTermAssimProdTypeInitAssimTypeInitAssimTypeProducPerDayPostProcFreqCycleComputerMisDetailsLastChange
11 Hungary ALADIN/HU IFS IFS long cut-off (+6h) every 3 hours 60h (0UTC), 48h (6 UTC), 60h (12 UTC), 36h (18 UTC) ftp (internet) IFS long cut-off (+6h) 3h 6h DFI DFI 3d-var + CANARI 4 post-processing every 1 h 40t1 HPE Apollo 6000 ALARO + 3MT 2020-08-18
119 Hungary AROME/HU IFS  IFS long cut-off (+6h) every 1h 48h (00, 06, 12, 18 UTC), 36h (03, 09, 15, 21 UTC)  IFS long cut-off (+6h) 1h 3h none none upper-air 3DVAR (3 hourly), surface OI_MAIN 8 1h (15 min for wind) 40t1 HPE Apollo 6000 SURFEX V7 is used 2020-08-18
13 Morocco NORAF ARPEGE  every 6h 72h Via RMDCN    DFI + 72h forecast   2 post-processing every 3 h Cy41t1 IBM HPC 18 Km, 70 levels 2017-01-17
14 Morocco ALADIN-Maroc ARPEGE  every 3h 72h Via RMDCN    72h forecast   2 post-processing every 1 h cy41t1 IBM HPC 10Km, 70 levels 2019-08-09
127 Morocco AROME Maroc ALADIN Maroc  1h 48h     DFI , 48h forecast   2 1h Cy41t1 IBM HPC 2.5 Km, 90 levels 2017-01-17
145 Morocco ALADIN-Maroc-3Dvar ARPEGE 3h 3h 72h via RMDCN 6h 3h 6h DFI DFI 3DVAR 2 1h Cy36t1 IBM HPC 10km, 60l 2017-01-17
152 Morocco ALADIN-7.5 ARPEGE  every 3h 72h Via RMDCN    72h forecast   2 post-processing every 1 h cy41t1 IBM HPC 7.5Km, 70 levels with SURFEX 2019-08-09
15 Poland ALARO / E040 ARPEGE 00 / 06 / 12 / 18 every 3h 72h / 72h / 72h / 60h Internet    DFI   4 every 3h CY43T2 Linux cluster  2020-08-18
131 Poland AROME / P020 ALARO / E040 00 / 06 / 12 / 18 every 1h 30h local production       4 every 1h CY43T2 Linux cluster  2020-08-18
17 Portugal ALADIN-Portugal(ATP) ARPEGE 00/12 every 3 h 72 h RMDCN    DFI + 72 h forecasts   2 every 1 h CY38T1 IBM POWER7+ 9 km horizontal resolution 2015-09-15
indPartnerModelCouplingModelCouplingProdRunCouplingFrequencyCouplingFinalTermCouplingFetchCouplingAssimCouplingFreqAssimCouplingFinalTermAssimProdTypeInitAssimTypeInitAssimTypeProducPerDayPostProcFreqCycleComputerMisDetailsLastChange
117 Portugal AROME-Portugal(PT2) ARPEGE 00/12  every 3 h 48 h RMDCN    Dynamical Adaptation/No DFI   2 every 1 h CY38T1 IBM POWER7+ 2,5 km horizontal resolution 2015-09-15
118 Portugal AROME-Madeira(MAD) ARPEGE 00/12 every 3 h 48 h RMDCN    Dynamical Adaptation/No DFI   2 every 1 h CY38T1 IBM POWER7+ 2,5 km horizontal resolution 2015-09-15
125 Portugal AROME-Azores(AZO) ARPEGE 00/12 every 3h 48h RMDCN    Dynamical Adaptation/No DFI   2 every 1h CY38T1 IBM POWER7+ 2,5 km horizontal resolution 2015-09-15
19 Romania Alaro-Romania ARPEGE 00/06/12/18 every 3 hours 78/54/66/54 internet    DFI + 78 h forecast   4 post-processing every 1h 43t2 cluster IBM ALARO-0, 6.5 km 2020-08-19
21 Slovakia SHMU ARPEGE 00/06/12/18 every 3h 78/72/72/60 internet, bckp via ECMWF and ZAMG 00/06/12/18 3 h 6 h -  - CANARIsurf + upper-air blending by DFI 4 1 h cy40t1_bf7 IBM Power7+ ALARO-1vB 2017-11-03
120 Slovenia SIruc04ec IFS/ECMWF 00/06//12/18; time lagged every 3 hours 72/36/72/36/72/36/72 from ECMWF via internet 00/06//12/18 1h 3h none, space-consistant coupling at T0 none, space-consistant coupling at T0 3D-Var + CANARI 8  post-processing every 1 h  cy43t2bf10 SGI ALTIX ICE 8200 ALARO-1vB since 2017-07-04; cy43 since 2019-06-04 2019-09-26
122 Slovenia SI04ar ARPEGE  00/06/12/18 every 3 hours 72/72/72/60 internet, bckp via ECMWF    analysis from SIruc04ec (3D-Var + CANARI)   4 every 1 hour cy43t2bf10 SGI ALTIX ICE 8200 ALARO-1vB since 2017-07-04; cy43 since 2019-06-04 2019-09-26
25 Tunisia ALADIN-Tunisie ARPEGE 00 / 12 every 1 hours 54 Internet / RMDCN    DFI + 54 h forecasts   2 post-processing every 1h and 3 h 38T1 DELL EMC  2020-09-01
156 Tunisia AROME-Tunisie  ARPEGE 00 / 12 every 1 hours 48 Internet / RMDCN    48H forecast   2 every 1h  cycle42 DELL EMC Preoperational  2020-09-01
113 Turkey ALARO-Tk ARPEGE 00/06/12/18 every 3 hours 72/72/72/60 internet, backup ECMWF    DFI+72 H forecast   4 every 1 hour cy40T1_bf07 SGI ICE XA Alaro v1B 2018-09-07
144 Turkey AROME-Tk ALARO 00/06/12/18 every 1 hour 48h internet, backup ECMWF    48H forecast   4 every 1 hour cy43t2-bf10 SGI ICE XA 1.7 km horizontal resolution 2020-08-26