Thanks for adding the BOM 12km Global model to your offering!
It may well be that ECMWF proves to be the better model, but here in Tasmania you get teased a lot for relying on a european model.
Out of interest, how easy was it to get buy in from BOM? I have been pushing for its more widespread integration into other delivery platforms for years.
Simon
@korina the license is CC Attribution 4.0 International
Please, Please, Please!
Can you access this link.
https://dapds00.nci.org.au/thredds/catalog/wr45/ops_aps3/access-g/catalog.html
And see if you can find a way to incorporate this (newly accessible) global model in your system?
Simon
Excellent addition.
Ignore all comments regards extra soaring specific layers as most can be derived very broadly from thermal height. How fast a thermal goes up is first driven by the height it attains, and secondarily by the temperature profile on the way. So unless you are going to deliver a profile tool for soaring........ :-)
There is one additional piece of information that would be useful, and that is the buoyancy to shear ratio (b/s ratio) or bullshit ratio, as we call it. That helps determine if the thermal will be too broken up to use, even if it goes up a long way. That said, simplistically if its windy the B/S ratio is low, if it is light winds it is high. Exceptions are the record breaking long distance days on the flatlands where the airflow is laminar but strong and the temperature gradient favourable. Individuals chasing those records will go a bit beyond windy anyway.
Thanks for continuing to improve a great product. If you want to incorporate the Australian BOM ACCESS model send me a message.
Simon
HI There any chance you could add a boundary layer thickness - soaring height potential for each model
For ICON this might be :
HTOP_DC Height of top of dry convection above MSL (maybe minus elevation)
in ECMWF this is
BLH boundary layer height.
in GFS this could be
MIXHT mixed layer height
None are perfect but from a soaring perspective each would give an indication of the area with the best soaring potential if other factors also line up.
Simon