Models, data and forecasting chains
The table below lists the configurations of the different forecast chains running on PHARES. A forecast chain (or pipeline) consists of a hydrological model forced by meteorological data for the historic initialisation period (termed "analysis" below), meteorological data for the forecast period, and (in some cases) assimilation using local hydrometric gauges.
| ID | Name | System | Hydrological model | Meteorological analysis data | Meteorological forecast data | Data assimilation | Forecast chain and API zone |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | West Africa HYPE 1.2 | FANFAR | West Africa HYPE v1.2 | HydroGFD v3.2 | ECMWF IFS deterministic | No | wa-hype1.2_hydrogfd3.2_ecoper_noINSITU |
| 2 | Niger-HYPE 2.30 | FANFAR | Niger-HYPE v2.30 | HydroGFD v3.2 | ECMWF IFS | No | niger-hype2.30_hydrogfd3.2_ecoper_noINSITU |
| 3 | Burkina Faso HYPE 1.1 CHIRPS-GEFS | FANFAR | Burkina Faso HYPE v1.1 | CHIRPS v2.0 for precipitation and HydroGFD3.2 for temperature | CHIRPS-GEFS v2.0 for precipitation and ECMWF IFS deterministic for temperature | No | bf-hype1.1_chirps2.0_gefs_noINSITU |
| 4 | Burkina Faso HYPE 1.1 WRF-ANAM | FANFAR | Burkina Faso HYPE v1.1 | CHIRPS v2.0 for precipitation and HydroGFD3.2 for temperature | WRF-ANAM | No | bf-hype1.1_chirps2.0_wrf_noINSITU |
Column explanation
- ID: a numeric indentifier of the foreast chain. Part of the name shown in the visualisation platform.
- Name: short name of the forecast chain, as shown in the visualisation platform.
- System: which forecasting system that the foreast chain is part of.
- Hydrological model: the hydrological model used in the simulations.
- Meteorological analysis data: the meteorological forcing data used to initialize the hydrological model (i.e. for past dates up to now).
- Meteorological forecast data: the meteorological forcing data used to forecast a future period.
- Data assimilation: indicates if data assimilation is included in the forecast pipeline or not, and if so by which method.
- Forecast chain and API zone: technical name for the forecast chain, also used as zone name in the APIs.
