- HIRLAM
HIRLAM, the High Resolution Limited Area Model, is a Numerical Weather Prediction (NWP) forecast system developed by the international HIRLAM programme.
Consortium
HIRLAM programme is a cooperation between following European meteorological institutes:
*Danish Meteorological Institute (DMI)(Denmark)
*Estonian Meteorological and Hydrological Institute (EMHI) (Estonia)
*Finnish Meteorological Institute (FMI) (Finland)
*Icelandic Meteorological Office (IMO) (Iceland)
*Met Éireann (ME) (Ireland)
* Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute (KNMI) (The Netherlands)
*Spanish Meteorological Agency (AEMET), formerly INM (Spain)
*Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute (SMHI) (Sweden) In addition,Météo-France (France) is a research partner in the international HIRLAM cooperation.The Project
The aim of the HIRLAM programme is to develop and maintain a numerical short-range weather forecasting system for operational use by the participating institutes. The programme has started in 1985. Since 1 January 2006 the programme is in its new phase, HIRLAM-A. The HIRLAM forecast system is now used in routine weather forecasting by DMI,
FMI , IMS, KNMI, NMI, INM, andSMHI . The HIRLAM programme is controlled by the HIRLAM council, which consists of the directors of the participating institutes. The programme is managed by the management group consisting of:
* Jeanette Onvlee, KNMI, Programme Manager
* Xiaohua Yang, DMI, Project Leader for System and Applications
* Nils Gustafsson, SMHI, Deputy Programme Manager and Project Leader for Data Assimilation and Use of Observations
* Mariano Hortal, AEMET, Project Leader for Model Dynamics
* Trond Iversen, NMI, Project Leader for Predictability
* Sander Tijm, KNMI, Project Leader for Model PhysicsThe management group is advised by a Scientific and Technical Advisory Committee.
External links
* [http://hirlam.org HIRLAM homepage]
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