Ocean Science www.ocean-sci.net 1812-0784 1812-0792 2 2 2006 10.5194/os-2-113-2006 http://www.ocean-sci.net/2/113/2006/ http://www.ocean-sci.net/2/113/2006/os-2-113-2006.html http://www.ocean-sci.net/2/113/2006/os-2-113-2006.pdf 113 121 2006-09-01 Atmospheric forcing by ALADIN/MFSTEP and MFSTEP oriented tunings R. Brožková radmila.brozkova@chmi.cz M. Derková M. Belluš A. Farda Czech Hydrometeorological Institute, Prague, Czech Republic Slovak Hydrometeorological Institute, Bratislava, Slovakia ALADIN/MFSTEP is a configuration of the numerical weather prediction (NWP) model ALADIN run in a dedicated real-time mode for the purposes of the MFSTEP Project. A special attention was paid to the quality of atmospheric fluxes used for the forcing of fine-scale oceanographic models. This paper describes the novelties applied in ALADIN/MFSTEP initiated by the MFSTEP demands, leading also to improvements in general weather forecasting. 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