BOLAM

• Development of a limited area model (BOLAM) and case studies.
• On-line weather forecast with BOLAM at the Centro Funzionale MeteoIdrologico di Protezione Civile della Regione Liguria (ARPAL CFMI-PC)
• On-line weather forecast with BOLAM at the Department of Physics, University of Genova
• On-line weather forecast with BOLAM at the National Observatory of Athens
• Weather forecast with BOLAM at Servizio Agrometeorologico Regionale - Sardegna
• Model intercomparison experiments (COMPARE I, II, III)

Data

• Topografy, soil and vegetation data

Documents

• The regional BOLAM model: some results from MAP and other projects (PDF file - 3.7Mb)
• Simulation of the 1966 flood of Florence and Venice AVI file (divx) - 1.5Mb)

BOLAM-related publications

• Buzzi, A., M. Fantini, P. Malguzzi and F. Nerozzi, 1994: Validation of a limited area model in cases of Mediterranean cyclogenesis: surface fields and precipitation scores. Meteorol. Atmos. Phys., 53, 137-153.
• Gyakum, J.R., M. Carrera, D.-L. Zhang, S. Miller, J. Caveen, R. Benoit, T. Black, A. Buzzi, C. Chouinard, M. Fantini, C. Folloni, J.J. Katzfei, Y.-H. Kuo, F. Lalaurette, S. Low-Nam, J. Mailhot, P. Malguzzi, J.M. McGregor, M. Nakamura, G. Tripoli and C. Wilson., 1996: A regional model intercomparison using a case of explosive oceanic cyclogenesis. Wea. Forecasting, 11, 521-543.
• Buzzi, A., N. Tartaglione and P. Malguzzi, 1998: Numerical simulations of the 1994 Piedmont flood: Role of orography and moist processes. Mon. Wea. Rev., 126, 2369-2383.
• Malguzzi, P., and N. Tartaglione, 1999: An economical second order advection scheme for explicit numerical weather prediction. Quart. J. Roy. Met. Soc., 125, 2291-2303.
• Buzzi, A., and L. Foschini, 2000: Mesoscale meteorological features associated with heavy precipitation in the southern Alpine region. Meteorol. Atmos. Phys., 72, 131-146.
• Nagata, M., L. Leslie, H. Kamahori, R. Nomura, H. Mino, Y. Kurihara, E. Rogers, R. L. Elsberry, B. K. Basu, A. Buzzi, J. Calvo, M. Desgagne, M. D'Isidoro, S.-Y. Hong, J. Katzfey, D. Majewski, P. Malguzzi, J. McGregor, A. Murata, J. Nachamkin, M. Roch, C. Wilson, 2001: A Mesoscale Model Intercomparison: A Case of Explosive Development of a Tropical Cyclone (COMPARE III). J. Meteorol. Soc. Japan, 79, 999-1033.
• Buzzi, A., M. D'Isidoro, S. Davolio, 2003: A case study of an orographic cyclone south of the Alps during the MAP SOP. Quart. J. Roy. Meteor. Soc. 129, 1795-1818.
• Lagouvardos, K., V. Kotroni, A. Koussis, C. Feidas, A. Buzzi, P. Malguzzi, 2003: The meteorological model BOLAM at the National Observatory of Athens: Assessment of two-year operational use. J. Appl. Meteor., 42, 1667-1678.
• Corazza, M., A. Buzzi, D. Sacchetti, E. Trovatore, C. F. Ratto, 2003: Simulating extreme precipitation with a mesoscale forecast model. Meteorol. Atmos. Phys., 83, 131-143.