MeteoSwiss - Projects

MeteoSwiss, in collaboration with other National Weather Services and universities and based on recent research results, is permanently working on improving its methods and procedures for the benefit of the Swiss society and economy.

Amodel for research: Radar and data time series

Radar at Mt. Lema combined with a time series (Photo Alo Zanetta, modified by Katrin Schmid)

Here we present important projects from the general areas Forecast, Observations and Climatology.

Forecast

Numerical Weather Prediction:
COSMO Model

Fog Forecast:
COST 722

Mountain Meteorology:
Mesoscale Alpine Programme MAP

Quantitative Precipitation Forecast:
SSP-QNV

Radar Storm Tracking:
TRT

Observations

Meteorology for Risk Assessment at Nuclear Power Plants:
CN-MET

Atmospheric Profiling:
COST 720

New Radar Installation:
Interreg Franche-Comte

New Water Vapour Profiling System:
LIDAR

Administration of measurements:

MCH-DWH

European Coordination Radar:
OPERA

Observation of Rain:
RAIN

The New Swiss Surface Observation Network:
SwissMetNet

Radar Composits in Southern Switzerland:
VERBANO

Accuracy of Radar Obervations:
VOLTAIRE

Climate

Satellite based surface radiation climatology

SatClim

Radiation Budget and Greenhouse Effect:
ASRB

European Phenology Platform:
COST 725

UV Radiation:
COST 726

Universal Heat Index:
COST 730

Weather type classification and precipitation gridding:
COST 733

NCCR Climate, Contribution by MeteoSwiss Part III:
NCCR Climate III

NCCR Climate, Contribution by MeteoSwiss Part II:
NCCR Climate II

NCCR Climate, Contribution by MeteoSwiss Part I:
NCCR Climate I