What is TLAPS and GASP?
TLAPS is the Tropical Limited Area Prediction System, part of the Bureau of Meteorology’s limited area numerical weather prediction (NWP) model family. GASP is the Global Assimilation Prognosis scheme, the Bureau’s spectral global model. TLAPS and GASP are the numerical weather prediction models used by Darwin RSMC to generate analyses and forecasts over the RSMC domain. These models are run twice daily at 00 and 12 UTC on the Bureau of Meteorology’s NEC SX5 supercomputer.