The Consortium for Small-scale Modeling (COSMO) was formed in October 1998. Its general goal is to develop, improve and maintain a non-hydrostatic limited-area atmospheric model, that has been used both for operational and for research applications by the members of the consortium. Moreover, within a licence , the COSMO model has been used for operational and research applications by other national (hydro-)meteorological services, universities and research institutes.
The COSMO science plan called for a harmonization of development of the COSMO and
ICON (ICOsahedral Nonhydrostatic) models in the time horizon of 2020-21. Further development of the COSMO model was reduced since 2019 and the final version (v3.0) was released in 15 Dec. 2021. Development and testing of new features are now restricted to ICON.
Today, the consortium, has as members these national meteorological services (presented in date-of-join order) :
Note: Roshydromet is suspended temporarily from COSMO activities.
Germany
DWD Deutscher Wetterdienst
Switzerland
MCH MeteoSchweiz
Italy
ITAF Met Italian Air Force Meteorological Service
Greece
HNMS Hellenic National Meteorological Service
Poland
IMGW Institute of Meteorology and Water Management
Romania
NMA National Meteorological Administration
Russia
RHM Federal Service for Hydrometeorology and Environmental Monitoring
Israel
IMS Meteorological Service of Israel
These regional and military services within the member states are also participating:
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ZGeoBw |
Zentrum für GeoInformationswesen der Bundeswehr |
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CIRA |
Centro Italiano Ricerche Aerospaziali |
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ARPAE |
Agenzia Regionale per la Prevenzione, l´ Ambiente e l´Energia Emilia Romagna |
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ARPA Piemonte |
Agenzia Regionale per la Protezione Ambientale Piemonte |
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CMCC |
Centro euro-Mediterraneo sui Cambiamenti Climatici |
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CIMA |
Centro Internazionale in Monitoraggio Ambientale |
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CETEMPS |
Center of Excellence Telesensing of Environment and Model Prediction of Severe events |
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ItaliaMeteo |
Italian national Meteorology and Climatology Agency |
