Weather Radar Networking

1.0 Introduction.- 2.0 Summary and Recommendations.- A. Summary.- B. Recommendations.- 3.0 Organisation of Work in the Project.- The form and role of the Management Committee.- Financing of the Project.- Support of the CEC.- Project Co-ordinator.- Report structure and working groups.- Total estimated cost of the COST 73 Project.- Seminars.- 4.0 Study Results from the Project.- Radar networking in Europe.- Current distribution and types of radar.- Operational radar characteristics.- Conventional radars.- Doppler radars.- System outputs and usefulness.- Radar data generation and analyses used in different countries - obtained from the results of a questionnaire.- A proposal for a radar meteorology training curriculum.- Training curriculum.- Radar site processing.- Format for COST purposes.- Results of weather radar measurements.- Doppler radar products.- Clutter characteristics.- Calibration of radar equipment and adjustment of radar data.- Software structure.- Low-cost display systems.- The use of PCs.- End user requirements and applications of weather radar data.- Data transmission.- The Co-operative Olympus data experiment.- Results of trials and other experiences in radar data transmission.- Software for coding and decoding radar images in FM 94 BUFR.- Radar network centres.- Products.- A proposal for weather radars to be located in the North Sea.- The way ahead.- Electronically scanning radar antenna.- International exchange of radar data.- International co-ordination and funding.- Development of applications for the benefit of the economy of Europe.- 5.0 Recommendations.- Operational networking continuity.- Guidelines for the exchange of radar products.- Data transmission.- Network structure.- North Sea radar coverage.- Electronically scanning radar project.- Follow-on COST project.- Multi-national hydrological applications.- Training.- Wet deposition of pollution.- Radar systems database.- Acknowledgements.- 6.0 References.- 7.0 Annexes.- 1: Memorandum of Understanding.- 2: Meetings and Membership of the Management Committee.- 3: List of COST papers and Working Documents.- 4: Glossary of terms related to radar and satellite data.- 5: Specification of FM-94 BUFR.- 6: Proposals for additional multi-national radar based products.- 7: Proposed new COST Project on advanced radar systems.- 8: Severe weather definitions and useful algorithms.- 9: Advanced radars: current measurement capability.