The INCA-BE system: ten years of operational nowcasting and its applications at the national meteorological service of Belgium

Operational nowcasting systems are often key elements in meteorological services worldwide, e.g., in issuing severe weather warnings. Unfortunately, the documentation on these systems is not always available, which - on its turn - slows down the development and the international collaboration in this field. This technical publication is an endeavour to fill this gap between research and operations by describing the recent improvements in INCA-BE, the operational nowcasting system of the Royal Meteorological Institute of Belgium (RMIB). Several of the recently developed system extensions are di... Mehr ...