Country

Model

Mesh size (km)

# of gridpoints

# of levels

Computer

Denmark

HIRLAM

17

  6

610 x 568

496 x 372

40

40

NEC SX 6

Finland

HIRLAM

22

  9

438 x 336

438 x 336

40

40

IBM p690

 

Ireland

 

HIRLAM

16

13

438 x 248

222 x 210

31

40

IBM SP

Netherlands

HIRLAM

22

11

406 x 324

306 x 290

40

40

SUN Fire

 

Norway

HIRLAM

22

11

  5

486 x 378

284 x 341

150 x 152

40

40

40

SGI Origin

Spain

HIRLAM

56

22

194 x 100

194 x 100

31

31

Cray S1

Sweden

HIRLAM

22

11

306 x 306

246 x 268

40

60

Linux Cluster

(Home-made)

Austria

ALADIN

     9.6

300 x 270

45

SGI Origin

Belgium

ALADIN

  7

229 x 229

41

SGI Origin

Bulgaria

ALADIN

 12

  90 x   72

41

SUN, Linux PC

Croatia

Croa.-LACE

ALADIN

  8

12

161 x 149

229 x 205

37

SGI Origin

Czech Rep.

ALADIN

  9

309 x 277

43

NEC SX6/4B-32

France

ARPEGE

ALADIN

variable

     9.5

global

277 x 277

41

Fujitsu VPP5000

Hungary

ALADIN

     6.5

421 x 373

37

IBM p690

Poland

ALADIN

   13.5

169 x 169

31

SGI Origin 2800

Portugal

ALADIN

13

  79 x   89

31

DEC Alpha

Romania

ALADIN

10

  89 x   89

31

SUN E4500

Slovakia

ALADIN

  9

309 x 277

37

IBM SP

Slovenia

ALADIN

     9.6

258 x 244

37

Linux Cluster

14nodes x 2IntelXeon

Bulgaria

HRM

14

  97 x   73

20

SUN, Linux PC

Germany

GME

LM

40

  7

global

325 x 325

40

35

IBM SP

Greece

LM

14

 95 x 113

35

Convex SPP16

Italy-Bologna

Italy-Rome

LM

HRM

  7

56

28

234 x 272

181 x 121

151 x 101

35

31

31

IBM SP

Compaq Alpha

Poland

LM

14

  7

193 x 161

385 x 321

35

35

SGI Origin

Romania

HRM

28

  41 x   37

20

Bull DPX

Switzerland

LM

  7

385 x 325

45

NEC SX 5

Yugoslavia

ETA

16

245 x 305

32

Pentium III Cluster

United Kingdom

UM

60

20

12

global

548 x 320

146 x 182

38

38

38

NEC SX 6

Poland

UM

17

144 x 116

31

Cray SV1

ECMWF

IFS

40

global

60

IBM SP

EWGLAM/SRNWP Annual Meeting 2004: Operational NWP models in Europe

(Compiled by D. Majewski, DWD, Germany)