Producing and Sharing Regional Weather Forecast Data for e-Science Applications

This paper describes the production and publication of regional weather forecast data processes based on both different users´ needs and applications applied on the Brazilian Northeast region, highlighting the benefits brought for end-users. The process of producing weather forecasts is made up of five main phases: (i) download input data; (ii) preprocessing input data; (iii) regional atmospheric model execution; (iv) post-processing output data; and (v) publication of results. This process is completely automatic and is executed on a daily basis. In order to produce weather forecasts, we use the Brazilian regional atmospheric model (BRAMS), which is a version of the RAMS model, especially tailored to the tropics.