The Deutscher Wetterdienst (German pronunciation:[ˌdɔʏ̯ʧɐˈvɛtɐdiːnst]) or DWD for short, is the German Meteorological Service, based in Offenbach am Main, Germany, which monitors weather and meteorological conditions over Germany and provides weather services for the general public and for nautical, aviational, hydrometeorological or agricultural purposes. It is attached to the Federal Ministry for Digital and Transport. The DWDs principal tasks include warning against weather-related dangers and monitoring and rating climate changes affecting Germany. The organisation runs atmospheric models on their supercomputer for precise weather forecasting. The DWD also manages the national climate archive[2] and one of the largest specialised libraries on weather and climate worldwide.
German Weather Service
Deutscher Wetterdienst
Translation: German Weather Service "Weather and climate from a single source"
Since the 1990s, the DWD has continuously reduced the number of staffed weather stations, which entailed substantial staff cutbacks. The DWD does not expect a reduction in forecast quality, given techniques like weather radar or satellites, which have significantly improved weather data collection.
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The German Meteorological Service runs a global hydrostatic model of its own, the GME (superseded by ICON in 2015), using a hexagonalicosahedral grid since 2002.[4] They developed the High Resolution Regional Model (HRM) in 1999, which is widely run within the operational and research meteorological communities and run with hydrostatic assumptions.[5] The German non-hydrostatic Lokal-Modell for Europe (LME) has been run since 2002, and an increase in areal domain became operational on 28 September 2005.[6] Since March 2009, the DWD operates a NEC SX-9 with a peak performance of 109 teraFLOPS to help in the weather forecasting process.[7]
The DWD also operates two other NWP services, COSMO-EU (Europe region) and COSMO-DE (Germany and surrounding region), with higher resolution than the ICON. The COSMO algorithm is maintained by the COSMO consortium, a cooperation of many European countries. It uses ICON data as input in DWD's setup.[8]
Public servicesedit
Since 2005, the DWD has been publishing regional warnings against heat with the aim to reduce heat related fatalities. This decision was made because of the hot summer in 2003, when estimated 7000 people died from direct or indirect effects of the heat. Additionally, it sends out sea weather reports as radioteletype and faxes. Since 2006, the pollen warnings can be subscribed to for free on the DWD web site. Within its duty of primary meteorological information, the DWD offers a free daily weather report for Germany, which can be subscribed to by email on their official website. DWD offers free access to its climate data.[9][10]
Structureedit
The Deutscher Wetterdienst is attached to the Federal Ministry for Digital and Transport and thus closely linked to the German federal, regional and local governments, to the business community, and to the industrial world in terms of cooperation and consulting. Its work is based on the German Meteorological Office Act (Gesetz über den Deutschen Wetterdienst). As of 2022[update], the DWD has roughly 2360 staff.[1] Besides the DWD central in Offenbach, there are regional centres in Hamburg, Potsdam, Leipzig, Essen, Stuttgart, Freiburg and Munich. Additionally, it runs Germany's densest network of meteorological measurement points with 183 full-time meteorological stations (60 of them staffed), as well as about 1784 extraordinal weather stations run by volunteering amateurs (2014).
DWD hosts several international climate data centres,[11] among them for example:
The Global Precipitation Climatology Centre
The Satellite Application Facility on Climate Monitoring
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^. Brazilian Navy Hydrographic Center. 2009-09-29. Archived from the original on 2012-04-03. Retrieved 2011-03-15.
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^Deutscher Wetterdienst: Climate Data Center OpenData-Server
^Kaspar, Frank; Kratzenstein, Frank; Kaiser-Weiss, Andrea K. (2019). "Interactive open access to climate observations from Germany". Advances in Science and Research. 16: 75–83. Bibcode:2019AdSR...16...75K. doi:10.5194/asr-16-75-2019. S2CID 192651368.
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Dwd redirects here For Wisconsin United States state agency see Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development For other uses see subarctic climate The Deutscher Wetterdienst German pronunciation ˌdɔʏ ʧɐ ˈvɛtɐdiːnst or DWD for short is the German Meteorological Service based in Offenbach am Main Germany which monitors weather and meteorological conditions over Germany and provides weather services for the general public and for nautical aviational hydrometeorological or agricultural purposes It is attached to the Federal Ministry for Digital and Transport The DWDs principal tasks include warning against weather related dangers and monitoring and rating climate changes affecting Germany The organisation runs atmospheric models on their supercomputer for precise weather forecasting The DWD also manages the national climate archive 2 and one of the largest specialised libraries on weather and climate worldwide German Weather ServiceDeutscher WetterdienstTranslation German Weather Service Weather and climate from a single source Office in OffenbachAgency overviewJurisdictionGermanyEmployees2360 as of 2022 update 1 Websitewww wbr dwd wbr deWetterpark Offenbach Germany Contents 1 History 2 Numerical weather prediction 3 Public services 4 Structure 5 References 6 See also 6 1 Related article 6 2 External linksHistory editThe DWD was formed on 11 November 1952 3 when the weather services of the western occupation zones were merged In 1954 the Federal Republic of Germany joined the World Meteorological Organization WMO In 1990 following the reunification the weather services of the German Democratic Republic were incorporated in the DWD Since the 1990s the DWD has continuously reduced the number of staffed weather stations which entailed substantial staff cutbacks The DWD does not expect a reduction in forecast quality given techniques like weather radar or satellites which have significantly improved weather data collection Numerical weather prediction editSee also History of numerical weather prediction and Numerical weather prediction This article needs to be updated Please help update this article to reflect recent events or newly available information August 2022 The German Meteorological Service runs a global hydrostatic model of its own the GME superseded by ICON in 2015 using a hexagonal icosahedral grid since 2002 4 They developed the High Resolution Regional Model HRM in 1999 which is widely run within the operational and research meteorological communities and run with hydrostatic assumptions 5 The German non hydrostatic Lokal Modell for Europe LME has been run since 2002 and an increase in areal domain became operational on 28 September 2005 6 Since March 2009 the DWD operates a NEC SX 9 with a peak performance of 109 teraFLOPS to help in the weather forecasting process 7 The DWD also operates two other NWP services COSMO EU Europe region and COSMO DE Germany and surrounding region with higher resolution than the ICON The COSMO algorithm is maintained by the COSMO consortium a cooperation of many European countries It uses ICON data as input in DWD s setup 8 Public services editSince 2005 the DWD has been publishing regional warnings against heat with the aim to reduce heat related fatalities This decision was made because of the hot summer in 2003 when estimated 7000 people died from direct or indirect effects of the heat Additionally it sends out sea weather reports as radioteletype and faxes Since 2006 the pollen warnings can be subscribed to for free on the DWD web site Within its duty of primary meteorological information the DWD offers a free daily weather report for Germany which can be subscribed to by email on their official website DWD offers free access to its climate data 9 10 Structure editThe Deutscher Wetterdienst is attached to the Federal Ministry for Digital and Transport and thus closely linked to the German federal regional and local governments to the business community and to the industrial world in terms of cooperation and consulting Its work is based on the German Meteorological Office Act Gesetz uber den Deutschen Wetterdienst As of 2022 update the DWD has roughly 2360 staff 1 Besides the DWD central in Offenbach there are regional centres in Hamburg Potsdam Leipzig Essen Stuttgart Freiburg and Munich Additionally it runs Germany s densest network of meteorological measurement points with 183 full time meteorological stations 60 of them staffed as well as about 1784 extraordinal weather stations run by volunteering amateurs 2014 DWD hosts several international climate data centres 11 among them for example The Global Precipitation Climatology Centre The Satellite Application Facility on Climate Monitoring The Monitoring Centre GSNMC of the GCOS Surface Network Global Climate Observing System References edit a b Deutscher Wetterdienst European Meteorological Society Retrieved 2022 07 23 Kaspar F Muller Westermeier G Penda E Machel H Zimmermann K Kaiser Weiss A Deutschlander T 2013 Monitoring of climate change in Germany data products and services of Germany s National Climate Data Centre PDF Adv Sci Res 10 1 99 106 Bibcode 2013AdSR 10 99K doi 10 5194 asr 10 99 2013 Retrieved 2017 03 23 Offenbach Am Main Germany 10th Nov 2022 A high performance computer is located at the headquarters of the German Weather Service DWD The DWD was founded on November 11 1952 Credit Sebastian Gollnow Dpa Alamy Live News Stock Photo Alamy Alamy Retrieved 27 December 2022 Eikenberg S K Frohlich A Seifert S Crewell amp M Mech 2011 02 25 Evaluation of ice and snow content in the global numerical weather prediction model GME with CloudSat PDF Geoscientific Model Development 4 3 422 Bibcode 2011GMD 4 579R doi 10 5194 gmdd 4 419 2011 Retrieved 2011 03 15 HRM Atmospheric Model Brazilian Navy Hydrographic Center 2009 09 29 Archived from the original on 2012 04 03 Retrieved 2011 03 15 Schultz J P 2006 The New Lokal Modell LME of the German Weather Service PDF Consortium for Small scale Modeling 6 Retrieved 2011 03 15 Neuer Computer sagt Wetter genauer voraus Berliner Morgenpost in German March 18 2009 Numerical weather prediction models COSMO DE Wetter und Klima Deutscher Wetterdienst Deutscher Wetterdienst Climate Data Center OpenData Server Kaspar Frank Kratzenstein Frank Kaiser Weiss Andrea K 2019 Interactive open access to climate observations from Germany Advances in Science and Research 16 75 83 Bibcode 2019AdSR 16 75K doi 10 5194 asr 16 75 2019 S2CID 192651368 Kaspar Frank Andersson Axel Ziese Markus Hollmann Rainer 2022 Contributions to the Improvement of Climate Data Availability and Quality for Sub Saharan Africa Frontiers in Climate 3 doi 10 3389 fclim 2021 815043 See also edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Deutscher Wetterdienst Related article edit NinJo workstation used by DWDExternal links edit Official website nbsp DWD on Top500 org50 06 11 N 8 44 52 E 50 103155 N 8 747735 E 50 103155 8 747735 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w 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