In the framework of COST, there has been an international action, COST 710, aimed at Harmonisation in the pre-processing of meteorological data for dispersion models. These two sets of pages are maintained by the Department of Atmospheric Environment, NERI which is one of the participating institutions in both actions. It is a framework for international research and development cooperation, allowing to coordinate national research at European level. COST does not fund research as such, but coordination of research. COST includes as member states countries from the European Union, and a number of other European countries.
More information is available at the official COST site .
See also the section later on this page on COST links. These parameters include surface heat flux, friction velocity and boundary-layer height. In 1994, the COST Technical Committee on Meteorology started an action on meteorological preprocessors used to provide such parameters. Even after the end of the action, the present set of Web pages is being maintained in order to inform on the results of the action. A popular description of the activities in COST 710 is available.