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CIMO ET on Upgrading the Global Radiosonde Network – Geneva 3-7 November 2003. EUMETNET. Tim Oakley Met Office, Exeter, UK. What is EUMETNET?. EUMETNET is a network grouping 18 National Met. Serivces. Provides a framework to organise co-operative programmes.
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CIMO ET on Upgrading the Global Radiosonde Network – Geneva 3-7 November 2003 EUMETNET Tim Oakley Met Office, Exeter, UK
What is EUMETNET? EUMETNET is a network grouping 18 National Met. Serivces. Provides a framework to organise co-operative programmes. Members aim to develop their collective capabilities to serve environment management & climate monitoring. Bring to all European users the best available quality of meteorological information. Make more efficient the management of their collective resources
EUMETNET Programmes • Observations (12 programmes) • Data Communications (1) • Forecasting (3) • Environment & Climate (4) • Research & Training. (2) Website:- http://www.eumetnet.eu.org/
EUCOS E-ASAP AWS SWS OBS-INFO Protection of Radio Frequency E-AMDAR SURFMAR PWS OPERA RADIOSONDE WINPROF Observations Programmes
Radiosonde. • Responsible member – UK (John Nash’s team) • ‘Low key’ programme to provide/exchange information and test reports. • Website - http://www.metoffice.com/research/interproj/radiosonde/index.html
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WINPROF main objectives • 2 year EUMETNET Project - started 1/7/2002 (follow CWINDE network) • Harmonise and improve the existing exchange of all wind profiler (from National Met Services and Universities) and Weather radar profiler data in Europe. • Run and further develop a network hub for data processing and quality evaluation. • Integrate new wind profiler systems.
WINPROF main objectives • Establish appropriate quality control procedures. • Define general quality standards and user requirement for operational use. • Work on improved processing algorithms to improve data quality/availability. • Provide expert support to members for wind profiler installations.
Countries involved in the WINDPROF project • Germany: DWD responsible member • France: Meteo France • Austria: Austrocontrol • Swistzerland : Meteo Swiss • Finland : Finnish Met Institute • UK: Met Office • Portugal • Belgium • Ireland
DATA FREQUENCY • VIA GTS - 1700 MESSAGES/DAY (11 SITES) • VIA FTP-OUT(ASCII) - 144 MESSAGES/DAY (3 SITES) • VIA FTP-IN (BALTRAD) - 1750 MESSAGES/DAY (19 SITES) • VIA FTP-IN (ASCII) - 350 MESSAGES/DAY (4 SITES) • VIA FTP-IN (BUFR) - 240 MESSAGES/DAY (3 SITES) • VIA NETLINK (BUFR) - 48 MESSAGES/DAY (2 SITES) • VIA E-MAIL (ASCII) - 200 MESSAGES/DAY (5 SITES) • VIA E-MAIL (BUFR) - AVAILABLE - BUT NOT CURRENTLY USED • TOTAL OF 4,250 MESSAGES/DAY (47 SITES)
CWINDE WEB SITEhttp://www.metoffice.com/research/interproj/cwinde/index.html