Last updated: 19 May 2025
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Here you find issues of the COSMO Technical Reports series, which will appear at non-regular intervals. The Technical Reports are intended mainly for internal use within the COSMO group, but also to inform other groups on model changes and research activities. The purpose of the Technical Reports is
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| No | Title | Author(s) | Date | Download | Pages |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 52 | The COSMO priority Project ICON-COMFORT: (COMpetence in FORecasTing) | D. Boucouvala, J. Linkowska, J. Gehring, V. Garbero, A. Vocino E. Brainin, R. Dumitrache, A. Canessa | May 2025 | pdf (0.5 MB) | 42 |
| 51 | CLM Community WG EVAL, COordinated PArameter Testing project 2 (COPAT2): COSMO-CLM 6.0 clm1 recommended model configuration | E. Russo, B. Geyer, R. Petrik, K. Keuler, M. Adinol, H. Feldmann, K. Goergen, A. Kerkweg, P. Khain, P. Ludwig, M. Mertens, P. Pothapakula, M. Raffa, B. Rockel, J.-P. Schulz, M. Sulis, H. Thi Minh Ho-Hagemann, H. Truhetz, L. Uzan, U. Voggenberger, C. Steger | March 2024 | pdf (17 MB) | 57 |
| 50 | The COSMO Priority Project AWARE: Appraisal of "Challenging WeAther" FoREcasts Final Report | F. Gofa, A. Bundel, M. S. Tesini, C. Marsigli, M. Hoff, D. Boucouvala, A. Mazur, J. Linkowska, G. Duniec, D. Cattani, B. Pasquier, A. Muraviev, E. Tatarinovich, Y. Khlestova, D. Zakharchenko | November 2023 | pdf (45.9 MB) | 181 |
| 49 | The COSMO Priority Task VAINT: Vegetation Atmosphere INTeractions Report |
E. Churiulin, M. Toelle, V. Kopeikin, M. Uebel, J. Helmert and J.-M. Bettems | December 2022 | pdf (3.5 MB) | 51 |
| 48 | The Priority Project C2I, Transition of COSMO to ICON - Final Report | D. Rieger et al. | December 2022 | pdf (66 MB) | 111 |
| 47 | Calibration of COSMO Model, Priority Project CALMO-MAX: Final Report | A. Voudouri, E. Avgoustoglou, Y. Levy, I. Carmona, E. Bucchignani, J.-M. Bettems | November 2022 | pdf (2 MB) | 28 |
| 46 | The COSMO Priority Project CARMA: Common Area with Rfdbk/MEC Application Final Report | A. Iriza-Burca, F. Gofa, D. Boucouvala, T. Andreadis, J. Linkowska, P. Khain, A. Shtivelman, F. Batignani, A. Pauling, A. Kirsanov, T. Gastaldo, B. Maco, M. Bogdan, F. Fundel | May 2022 | pdf (2 MB) | 28 |
| 45 | The COSMO Priority Project APSU: Final Report | C. Marsigli, E. Astakhova, G. Duniec, L. Fuezer, D. Gayfulin, C. Gebhardt, R. Golino, T. Heppelmann, W. Interewicz, F. Marcucci, A. Mazur, M. Sprengel, M. Tsyrulnikov, A. Walser | February 2022 | pdf (13 MB) | 60 |
| 44 | The COSMO Priority Project CDIC: Comparison of the dynamical cores of ICON and COSMO, Final Report | M. Baldauf, D. Wojcik, F. Prill, D. Reinert, R. Dumitrache, A. Iriza, G. deMorsier, M. Shatunova, G. Zaengl, U. Schaettler | October 2021 | pdf (18 MB) | 38 |
| 43 | The COSMO Priority Project T2(RC)2: Testing and Tuning of Revised Cloud Radiation Coupling, Final Report | H. Muskatel, U. Blahak, P. Khain, A. Shtivelman, M. Raschendorfer, M. Kohler, D. Rieger, O. Fuhrer, X. Lapillonne, G. Rivin, N. Chubarova, M. Shatunova, A. Poliukhov, A. Kirsanov, T. Andreadis, S. Gruber | April 2021 | pdf (18.9 MB) | 104 |
| 42 | A methodology towards the hierarchy of COSMO parameter calibration tests via the domain sensitivity over the Mediterranean area |
E. Avgoustoglou, A. Voudouri, I Carmona, E. Bucchignani, Y. Levy, J.-M. Bettems | April 2020 | pdf (2.3 MB) | 29 |
| 41 | Performance On Massively Parallel Architectures (POMPA): Final report | X. Lapillonne, O. Fuhrer | February 2020 | pdf (0.7 MB) | 16 |
| 40 | Analysis and Evaluation of TERRA_URB Scheme: PT AEVUS Final Report | E. Bucchignani, P. Mercogliano, V. Garbero, M. Milelli, M. Varentsov, I. Rozinkina, G. Rivin, D. Blinov, A. Kirsanov, H. Wouters, J.-P. Schulz, U. Schaettler | December 2019 | pdf (12 MB) | 60 |
| 39 | Studying perturbations for the representation of modeling uncertainties in Ensemble development (SPRED Priority Project): Final Report | C. Marsigli, D. Alferov, E. Astakhova, G. Duniec, D. Gayfulin, C. Gebhardt, W. Interewicz, N. Loglisci, F. Marcucci, A. Mazur, A. Montani, M. Tsyrulnikov, A. Walser | May 2019 | pdf (15.3 MB) | 55 |
| 38 | The COSMO Priority Project CORSO-A Final Report | G. Rivin, I. Rozinkina, E. Astakhova, A. Montani, J-M. Bettems, D. Alferov, D. Blinov, P. Eckert, A. Euripides, J. Helmert, M.Shatunova | April 2019 | pdf (11.7 MB) | 55 |
| 37 | The COSMO Priority Project INSPECT Final Report | A. Bundel, F. Gofa, D. Alferov, E. Astakhova, P. Baumann, D. Boucouvala, U. Damrath, P. Eckert, A. Kirsanov, X. Lapillonne, J. Linkowska, C. Marsigli, A. Montani, A. Muraviev, E. Oberto, M.S. Tesini, N. Vela, A. Wyszogrodzki, M. Zaichenko, A. Walser | January 2019 | pdf (8 MB) | 67 |
| 36 | The COSMO Priority Project VERSUS2 Final Report | A. Raspanti, A. Celozzi, A. Troisi, A. Vocino, R. Bove, F. Batignani | November 2018 | pdf (0.3 MB) | 16 |
| 35 | The COSMO Priority Project CORSO Final Report | G. Rivin, I. Rozinkina, E. Astakhova, A. Montani, D. Alferov, M. Arpagaus, D. Blinov, A. Bundel, M. Chumakov, P. Eckert, A. Euripides, J. Foerstner, J. Helmert, E. Kazakova, A. Kirsanov, V. Kopeikin, E. Kukanova, D. Majewski, C. Marsigli, G. de Morsier, A. Muravev, T. Paccagnella, U. Schaettler, C. Schraff, M. Shatunova, A. Shcherbakov, P. Steiner, M. Zaichenko | July 2018 | pdf (28.3 MB) | 70 |
| 34 | COsmo Towards Ensembles at the Km-scale IN Our countries” (COTEKINO), Priority Project final report. | C. Marsigli, D. Alferov, M. Arpagaus, E. Astakhova, R. Bonanno, G. Duniec, C. Gebhardt, W. Interewicz, N. Loglisci, A. Mazur, V. Maurer, A. Montani, A. Walser | May 2018 | pdf (35.3 MB) | 57 |
| 33 | V.A.S.T. (Versus Additional Statistical Techniques) User Manual (v2.0) | N. Vela | September 2017 | pdf (0.8 MB) | 36 |
| 32 | Calibration of COSMO Model, Priority Project CALMO Final report | A. Voudouri, P. Khain, I. Carmona, E. Avgoustoglou, J.M. Bettems, F. Grazzini, O. Bellprat, P. Kaufmann, E. Bucchignani | September 2017 | pdf (5 MB) | 51 |
| 31 | CALMO - Progress Report | P. Khain, I. Carmona, A. Voudouri, E. Avgoustoglou, J.-M. Bettems, F. Grazzini, P. Kaufmann | May 2017 | pdf (2.2 MB) | 50 |
| 30 | A Turbulence Kinetic Energy - Scalar Variance Turbulence Parameterization Scheme | D. Mironov, E. Machulskaya | April 2017 | pdf (2.3 MB) | 60 |
| 29 | A Stochastic Pattern Generator for ensemble applications | M. Tsyrulnikov, D. Gayfulin | July 2016 | pdf (1.2 MB) | 51 |
| 28 | RADAR_MIE_LM and RADAR_MIELIB - Calculation of Radar Reflectivity from Model Output | U. Blahak | January 2016 | pdf (23.3 MB) | 182 |
| 27 |
The COSMO Priority Project 'COLOBOC' Final Report
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J.-M. Bettems | July 2015 | pdf (5.8 MB) | 76 |
| 26 | The COSMO Priority Project 'UTCS' Final Report | D. Mironov, E. Machulskaya, B. Szintai, M. Raschendorfer, V. Perov, M. Chumakov, E. Avgoustoglou | June 2015 | pdf (0.3 MB) | 17 |
| 25 | The Proof of the Parameters Calibration Method: CALMO Progress Report | P. Khain, I. Carmona, A. Voudouri, E. Avgoustoglou, J.-M. Bettems, F. Grazzini | May 2015 | pdf (6 MB) | 48 |
| 24 | Online Trajectory Module in COSMO: A short user guide | A. K. Miltenberger, A. Roches, S. Pfahl, H. Wernli | September 2014 | pdf (0.3 MB) | 18 |
| 23 | The COSMO Priority Project 'Conservative Dynamical Core' Final Report | M. Baldauf, O. Fuhrer, M. J. Kurowski, G. de Morsier, M. Muellner, Z. P. Piotrowski, B. Rosa, P. L. Vitagliano, D. Wojcik, M. Ziemianski | October 2013 | pdf (21.4 MB) | 118 |
| 22 | The CONSENS Priority Project | C. Marsigli, T. Diomede, A. Montani, T. Paccagnella, P. Louka, F. Gofa, A. Corigliano | July 2013 | pdf (5.6 MB) | 45 |
| 21 | A new fast-waves solver for the Runge-Kutta dynamical core | M. Baldauf | April 2013 | pdf (0.7 MB) | 46 |
| 20 | Tracer module in the COSMO model | A. Roches, O. Fuhrer | December 2012 | pdf (0.7 MB) | 43 |
| 19 | Seven years of activity in the field of mesoscale ensemble forecasting by the COSMO-LEPS system: main achievements and open challenges | A. Montani, D. Cesari, C. Marsigli, T. Paccagnella | June 2010 | pdf (1.1 MB) | 29 |
| 18 | Statistical Analysis of high-resolution COSMO Ensemble forecasts, in view of Data Assimilation | D. Leuenberger | April 2010 | pdf (3.8 MB) | 49 |
| 17 | Description of some convective indices, implemented in the COSMO model | D. Leuenberger, M. Stoll, A. Roches | April 2010 | pdf (0.3 MB) | 19 |
| 16 | COSMO Priority Project INTERP; Final Report | P. Eckert | December 2009 | pdf (1.1 MB) | 35 |
| 15 | COSMO Priority Project Tackle Deficiencies in Quantitative Precipitation Forecast (QPF): Final Report | S. Dierer, M. Arpagaus, U. Damrath, A. Seifert, E. Avgoustoglou, T. Andreadis, M. Baldauf, R. Dumitrache, V. Fragkouli, F. Grazzini, W. Interewicz, P. Louka, P. Mercogliano, P. Mezzasalma, M. Milelli, D. Mironov, A. Morgillo, E. Oberto, A. Parodi, I. V. Pescaru, U. Pflueger, F. Schubiger, K. Starosta, M. S. Tesini | October 2009 | pdf (16.8 MB) | 68 |
| 14 | COSMO Priority Project Further Developments of the Runge-Kutta Time Integration Scheme (RK); Final Report | M. Baldauf, G. Ceci, J. Foerstner, O. Fuhrer, A. Gassmann, H.-J. Herzog, G. de Morsier, T. Reinhardt, G. Rivin, L. Torrisi, P. L. Vitagliano, G. Zaengl | October 2009 Rev. Sep 2012 |
pdf (1.6 MB) | 49 |
| 13 | Final report on priority project SREPS (Short Range Ensemble Prediction System) | C. Marsigli | June 2009 | pdf (1.5 MB) | 33 |
| 12 | Final report on priority project VERSUS (VERification System Unified Survey) | A. Raspanti | June 2009 | pdf (0.1 MB) | 12 |
| 11 | Parameterization of Lakes in Numerical Weather Prediction. Description of a Lake Model | D. Mironov | August 2008 | pdf (0.5 MB) | 47 |
| 10 | Is the Particle Filtering Approach Appropriate for Meso-Scale Data Assimilation? | M. D. Tsyrulnikov | December 2007 | pdf (0.2 MB) | 19 |
| 9 | Operational Implementation of the Multilayer Soil Model | E. Heise, B. Ritter, R. Schrodin | July 2006 | pdf (1.7 MB) | 20 |
| 8 | Evaluation of the Performance of the COSMO-LEPS System | C. Marsigli, A. Montani, T. Paccagnella, D. Sacchetti, A. Walser, M. Arpagaus, T. Schumann | April 2005 | pdf (9.8 MB) | 41 |
| 7 | Lorenz- and Charney-Phillips vertical grid experimentation using a compressible nonhydrostatic toy-model relevant to the fast-mode part of the Lokal-Modell | H.-J. Herzog, A. Gassmann | February 2005 | pdf (3.6 MB) | 37 |
| 6 | Description of the Z-Coordinate Dynamical Core of the LM | H.-W. Bitzer, J. Steppeler | April 2004 | pdf (0.7 MB) | 36 |
| 5 | EUCOS Impact Study Using the Limited-Area Non-Hydrostatic NWP Model in Operational Use at MeteoSwiss | J.-M. Bettems | March 2002 | pdf (2.2 MB) | 21 |
| 4 | LLM - the High-Resolving Nonhydrostatic Simulation Model in the DWD - Project LITFASS (Part I: Modelling Technique and Simulation Method) | H.-J. Herzog, U. Schubert, G. Vogel, A. Fiedler | March 2002 | pdf (3.1 MB) | 70 |
| 3 | A Scheme for Monotonic Numerical Diffusion in the LM | G. Doms | November 2001 | pdf (2 MB) | 27 |
| 2 | The Multi-Layer Version of the DWD Soil Model TERRA_LM | R. Schrodin, E. Heise | September 2001 | pdf (0.7 MB) | 17 |
| 1 | Evaluation of Empirical Parameters of the New LM Surface-Layer Parameterization Scheme. | D. Mironov, M. Raschendorfer | March 2001 | pdf (2 MB) | 13 |