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INSPIRE Reference: D2.8.III.13-14_v3.0.0
TWG-AC-MF <strong>Data</strong> <strong>Specification</strong> on Atmospheric Conditions
Actors
and Meteorological Geographical Features
2012-07-05 Page 64
Emergency Responder – organisations heavily involved in managing incident; for example,
emergency services, local authorities, health service bodies, health and safety agencies,
transport and utility companies (although exactly which organisations will depend on the nature
of the incident)
6. Monitoring Site – site measuring a particular pollutant
7. Strategic Command – a general class of actor used to describe the range of groups which
may come together to carry out a strategic role in the management of an incident. This includes
a range of levels (depending of the severity of the event):
Operation command at incident site (police or fire officer)
Tactical command within site of incident (usually senior police office)
Strategic command and control centre remote from incident (chief police constable)
Central government crisis response committee
Scientific and technical advisory groups established to coordinate multi-agency specialist
advice to central government
8. Citizens
9. Forecast advisors
10. Meteorological Organisation Plume Prediction Expert – a general class of actor used to
describe the experts involved in providing plume prediction services:
11. Automated Application – used to quickly provide automated guidance
Specialist Forecaster – provide routine operational guidance
Atmospheric Dispersion Scientist – provide operational input in more specialist
situations
12. Weather Observations <strong>Data</strong>base – source of real-time weather observations
13. Numerical Weather Prediction (NWP) Capability – range of NWP models and postprocessing,
which provides automated weather forecasts at a range of scales, including:
NWP Post-Processing Systems – applications employing down-scaling and rapid
updates (nowcasts) to provide a high-resolution (kilometre-scale) weather forecasts
14. Atmospheric Dispersion Model – Lagrangian model used to determine the location of a
plume
15. Map <strong>Data</strong>base – <strong>Data</strong>base of map overlays at wide range of scales.
Detailed Structured Description of Plume Prediction Use Cases
The plume prediction use cases are presented in more detail using a standard template in the
following sections, with primary example (and other examples) indicated in brackets in the title.
Use Case 1.1: Identify Safe Approach to Incident