COSMO-ME is the high-resolution operational implementation of COSMO Model at the National Meteorological Service of Italy.
The model domain covers most of continental Europe and the entire Mediterranean Basin. The horizontal resolution is 7km (0.0625deg) with 40 vertical levels.
The model is routinely run on the ECMWF super-computer once a day at 00Z with hourly output.
The initial conditions are interpolated from the Italian Met. Service 3DVAR-FGAT data assimilation system.
The boundary conditions (BC) are provided by IFS global model.
Grid description:
DDOM: xfirst: -5.875 yfirst: -14.312 xsize: 194.0 ysize: 112.0 xinc: 0.0625 yinc: 0.0625 xnpole: -170.0 ynpole: 32.5