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<!DOCTYPE html> <html> <head> <title>AirWare: meteorological modeling</title> <link rel="STYLESHEET" href="/main.css"> <meta name="keywords" content="3-D, 3D, air quality, dynamic, Eulerian, Lagrangian, management, modeling, integrated model system, monitoring, real-time, nowcasting, data assimilation, forecasting, operational, MM5, non-hydrostatic, prognostic, meteorological, prediction, meteorology,"> </head> <body bgcolor="white" text="black" link="blue" vlink="gray" alink="blue"> <center> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="980" border="0" valign="top"> <tr> <td valign="top" width="980"> <center> <map name="header" id="header"> <area shape="rect" coords="5,70,40,115" href="/" onmouseover="window.status='ESS - Return to Homepage'; return true" onmouseout="window.status='ESS - Enviromental Software & Services'; return true"> <area shape="rect" coords="40,70,76,115" href="mailto:info@ess.co.at" onmouseover="window.status='Send your mail to info@ess.co.at'; return true" onmouseout="window.status='ESS - Enviromental Software & Services'; 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} //--> </script> <font size="6">Meteorological modeling:</font> <font size="5">forecasts, nowcasts, scenario analysis</font></font> <center> <font class="main"></font> <p><font class="main"></font></p> <table width="960" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" valign="top"> <tr> <td valign="top" width="420"> <p><b>Meteorological data</b>, i.e., 3D dynamic fields of meteorological parameters are driving most environmental models, with wind, solar radiation, temperatures, and precipitation being the most important driving forces.</p> <p><b>Prognostic meteorological models</b> such as MM5 and WRF, but also diagnostic models such as CALMET used as post-processors, generate distributed, dynamic, high-resolution input data for</p> <ul> <li> <a href="/AIRWARE">Air quality models;</a> </li> <li> <a href="/WATERWARE">Water resources models</a>; </li> <li> <a href="/ICZM">Ocean circulation models;</a> </li> <li> <a href="/RISK">Risk analysis and emergency management.</a> </li> </ul><font size="3">MM5 model setup descriptions:</font> <ul> <li> <a href="/WEBAIR/TEHRAN/mm5.html">GTA (Greater Tehran Area</a> </li> <li> <a href="/WEBAIR/KOREA/mm5.html">South Korea, Gyeonggi-do</a> </li> <li> <a href="/WEBAIR/SISAK/mm5.html">Sisak, CR, Northern Adriatic</a> </li> </ul> <p><a href="metenv.html"><font size="4">Climate, Weather and the Environment</font></a></p> <p><a href="seasonal.html"><font size="4">Seasonal Weather Forecasts</font></a><br> <a href="ensembles.html"><font size="4">Stochastic Forecasts: Ensemble Predictions</font></a><br> <font size="4"><a href="CCS.html">IPCC Climate Change Scenarios:</a><br> <a href="regional.html">Regional scenarios,</a> <a href="models.html">IPCC climate models,</a> <a href="downscaling.html">Local downscaling</a></font></p> <p><font size="4">Operational Weather Forecast Models</font></p> <table width="300"> <tr> <td width="150"> <ul> <li> <a href="/MANUALS/AIRWARE/MM5.html"><font size="3">MM5</font></a> </li> </ul> </td> <td width="150"> <ul> <li> <a href="WRF.html"><font size="3">WRF</font></a> </li> </ul> </td> </tr> </table> </td> <td width="20"></td> <td valign="top" width="520"> <table cellpadding="4"> <tr> <td valign="top"> These models can run within a real-time expert system framework, that coordinates data acquisition from a range of information resources, hourly now-cast model runs with data assimilation, regular e.g., daily forecast runs for 24 to 120 hours. <p>The meteorological data (forecasts or re-analysis of historical data) are used to provide input to arange of other models with:</p> <ul> <li>operational forecasts (3-7 days);</li> <li>stochastic forecats based on ensembles of meteorologival forecasts</li> <li>re-analyzed historical data</li> <li>seasonal forecasts including stochastic forecasts</li> <li>forecasts based on cliamte change scenarios and corresponding GCM results for climate change impact assessment and the optimization of adaptive strategies.</li> </ul><b>Operational forecast runs:</b> <ul> <li> <a href="javascript:winpopcenter(1200,980,'http://80.120.147.40/RBO/rbo.php?CLASSID=77&ID=555&PROJECTID=500');"><font size="3">China, PRC</font></a> </li> <li> <a href="javascript:winpopcenter(1200,980,'http://80.120.147.40/RBO/rbo.php?CLASSID=77&ID=19538&PROJECTID=730');"><font size="3">Turkey, CEE</font></a> </li> <li> <a href="javascript:winpopcenter(1200,980,'http://80.120.147.34/RBO/rbo.php?CLASSID=77&ID=130694&PROJECTID=53');"><font size="3">Republic of Cyprus</font></a> </li> <li> <a href="javascript:winpopcenter(1200,980,'http://80.120.147.40/RBO/rbo.php?CLASSID=77&ID=19537&PROJECTID=730');"><font size="3">CEE, MENA</font></a> </li> <li> <a href="javascript:winpopcenter(1200,980,'http://80.120.147.34/RBO/rbo.php?CLASSID=77&ID=25838&PROJECTID=600');"><font size="3">I.R. of Iran</font></a> </li> <li> <a href="javascript:winpopcenter(1200,980,'http://80.120.147.40/RBO/rbo.php?CLASSID=77&ID=7444&PROJECTID=400');"><font size="3">Gulf, United Arab Emirates</font></a> </li> <li> <a href="javascript:winpopcenter(1200,980,'http://80.120.147.38/RBO/rbo.php?CLASSID=77&ID=21456&PROJECTID=650');"><font size="3">Western Mediterranean</font></a> </li> </ul> </td> <td valign="top"><img src="movie.63407.0.gif" border="1" align="right" vspace="5"><br clear="right"> <img src="movie.63406.0.gif" border="1" align="right" vspace="5"></td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table> </center> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align='center' colspan="99"><img src="/GIF/780_divider.gif" width="920" border="0" alt=""><br> <font class="footer">© Copyright 1995-2018 by: ESS Environmental Software and Services GmbH AUSTRIA</font> | <b><a style='font-size:8pt;color:gray;' href="javascript:window.print();">print page</a></b></td> </tr> </table> </center> </center> </body> </html>