The METRo-CZ model for nowcasting of road surface temperature

       The 6th ENGII Conference——The METRo-CZ model has been developed from the Model of the Environment and Temperature of Roads (METRo), which was originally developed at Environment Canada. We adapted the METRo-CZ to the conditions of the Czech Republic. In our version, the model uses online measurements from road weather stations in the Czech Republic and weather forecasts from ALADIN, the operational numerical weather prediction model of the Czech Hydrometeorological Institute. In our contribution we will present evaluation of the METRo model application in semi-operational mode. Beside that we will present a new version of the METRo-CZ model that utilizes data from the Meteosat Second Generation for nowcasting of radiation fluxes. The impact of the satellite data will be evaluated.