METEO/NOA operationally produces and provides a wealth of data and information, by operating:
- the largest network of automatic weather stations in the country (420, December 2019),
- operational high-resolution weather forecasting systems (waves, UV radiation, dust transport, storms, etc.) for Europe and Greece,
- a system for producing weather-related satellite products (probability of rainfall, cloud height and thickness, storm monitoring, etc.)
- crowdsourcing systems for reporting severe weather phenomena,
- early and accurate warning systems for severe weather phenomena, including pyro-meteorological conditions affecting the occurrence and spread of forest fires,
- databases for systematic recording of weather-related natural disasters, impact analyses, and vulnerability assessment.
Additional European-level actions
DISARM/IRIS
Early and accurate warning service to support authorities and citizens regarding forest fires, which includes: Forest fire risk assessment,
Satellite detection and monitoring platform for fire outbreaks, Specialized forest fire spread forecasting system – IRIS
DUST
African dust transport forecasting service. METEO/NOA is currently the only Greek entity providing relevant forecasts to the World Meteorological Organization (WMO).
TALOS
European-wide lightning activity monitoring and forecasting service. Since 2005, NOA has been operating the ZEUS lightning detection system, which, combined with the TALOS lightning activity forecasting system, makes NOA one of the few European Centers providing comprehensive coverage for lightning activity observation and forecasting.
More information can be found at: https://www.meteo.gr, https://www.meteo.gr/talos and http://map.disarmfire.eu
Computing infrastructure
A computing center with infrastructure for operational weather forecasting that includes:
3 Windows servers to support the www.meteo.gr website
1 Linux server for processing and archiving data from the ZEUS network
508 CPU-core (2.4TB RAM) Linux cluster to support computational forecasting models
1 Linux server for archiving data from the METEO station network
28 CPU-core (256GB RAM) Linux server to cover operational, developmental, and experimental needs.
2x 16 CPU-core (24GB RAM) Linux servers for the development and provision of interactive maps and services.
8 CPU-core (16GB RAM) Linux server to support the METEO meteorological station database
1 Windows server for receiving and archiving METEOSAT satellite data
Research Team
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