Utilisation of VHF/UHF radar wind profiler networks for improving weather forecasting in Europe

Información del proyecto

Identificador del acuerdo de subvención: 2106

Proyecto cerrado

Fecha de inicio 17 Septiembre 1987

Fecha de finalización 16 Septiembre 1990

Financiado con arreglo a

• European cooperation in the field of scientific and technical research (COST), 1971-

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Coordinado por

Direction de la Météorologie Nationale
France

Objetivo

COST 74's main objective was to co-ordinate research activities in the field of strato-tropospheric wind radars in order to prepare the technico-scientific basis for a future European windprofilers network. National and European meteorological forecasting centres like ECMWF, organisations operating long range (post-Chernobyl) transport models or air-traffic planners would be the main users.
The project COST 73 was concerned with weather radar networking and its achievements are as follows:
specification of methods and procedures for the efficient and appropriate exchange of weather radar data on an operational basis throughout Western Europe, using procedures approved by the World Meteorological Organisation;
exchange of such data using land or satellite communications;
development of the competitiveness of European industry in this and associated fields, by the preparation of guideline specifications for radar and display hardware and software;
investigation of ways of using satellite data as a possible complement for radar data in areas with sparse or no radar coverage;
examination of the requirements of short period forecasting techniques and numerical weather prediction systems for European radar network data;
training in the use of radar network systems.
CURRENT STATUS

The COST 74 Project "Utilisation of VHF/UHF wind profiler networks for improving weather forecasting in Europe" started in November 1987. The main questions to be studied were set out during the first Management Committee meetings and subgroups were created to work on these specific problems. They are: - The allocation of radio-frequencies for the radars. There are three categories of wind profilers which, because of the maximum altitude to be reached, work in the 50, 400 or 1000 MHz frequency ranges. Requests for allocation of frequencies in these ranges, from the COST 74 delegations to the national licensing authorities, have been transferred to the European Post Administration (CEPT) in a bid to harmonise allocations on a European level. This is a key demand from wind radar manufacturers.
Emission spectra and antenna radiation pattern measurements were carried out on experimental radars in the Federal Republic of Germany, Finland, France, Switzerland and the United Kingdom in order to obtain the necessary technical information for the licensing authorities.

- The selection of a convenient data format for the description of the measured atmospheric parameters following the request of the data users. The subgroup proposed a complement to the BUFR data code which is being used in meteorology for data exchange to the World Meteorological Organisation to be included in the World Manual of Codes.

- Collaboration with modellers and other potential users of data from regional or European networks. The models subgroup is in constant contact with meteorologists working on weather forecasting models as well as on long range transport of pollutants. Application of data from wind profilers in other fields, such as aeronautics or high altitude research (the German SAENGER project) is currently being discussed.

In Europe, about 10 experimental windprofilers are working in all three frequency ranges. Studies on the development of the instruments as well as on their application in meteorological research are ongoing.
A 4-radar research network is under construction in France. There are currently plans for a new network of about 60 radars of different altitude ranges in France, 10 in Italy, 8 in the UK, 7 in Switzerland and 3 in Finland.
Preliminary steps to join the future European network are being taken in other COST 74 member states.

Programa(s)

• IC-COST - European cooperation in the field of scientific and technical research (COST), 1971-

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Coordinador

Direction de la Météorologie Nationale

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• Dirección: 77 rue de Sevres ; 92100 Boulogne-Billancourt ; Francia
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Participantes (20)

CRPE

Francia

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• Dirección: 4 avenue de Neptune ; 94107 Saint-Maur-des-Fossés
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DEUTSCHER WETTERDIENST

Alemania

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• Dirección: FRANKFURTER STRASSE 135 ; OFFENBACH AM MAIN
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Degreane SA

Francia

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• Dirección: 28 avenue de Font Pre ; 83050 Toulon
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ETH

Suiza

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• Dirección: Hoenggerberg ; 8093 Zuerich
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Ericsson Radar Electronics AB

Suecia

• Aportación de la UE: Sin datos
• Dirección: 43184 Moelndal
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Finnish Meteorological Institute

Finlandia

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• Dirección: PL 503 ; 00101 Helsinki
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Flygstaben

Suecia

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• Dirección: Lidingoevaegen 28 ; 10784 Stockholm
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GDPT

Suiza

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• Dirección: 3000 Bern
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Gematronik GMBH

Alemania

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• Dirección: Raiffeisenstraße 10 ; 4040 Neuss
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Hungarian Meteorological Service

Hungría

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• Dirección: Kitaibel Pal u 1 ; 1024 Budapest
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Institut Meteorologique Belge

Bélgica

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• Dirección: Avenue Circulaire 3 ; 1180 Bruxelles
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Italian Meteorological Office

Italia

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• Dirección: Piazzale degli Archivi 34 ; 00144 Roma
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Max-Planck-Institut fuer Aeronomie

Alemania

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• Dirección: 37191 Katlenburg-Lindau
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Meteorological Office

Reino Unido

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• Dirección: Beaufort Park Easthampstead ; RG11 3DN Wokingham
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Royal Netherlands Meteo. Institute

Países Bajos

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• Dirección: Posbus 201 ; 3730 AE De Bilt
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Technische Universitaet Graz

Austria

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• Dirección: Inffeldgasse 12 ; 8010 Graz
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Thomson CSF

Francia

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• Dirección: Route du Conquet ; 29283 Brest
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Universität Hamburg

Alemania

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• Dirección: Bundesstraße 55 ; 20146 Hamburg
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Vaisala OY

Finlandia

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• Dirección: P. Box 26 ; 00421 Helsinki
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Zentralanstalt fuer Meteorlogie & Geodynamik

Austria

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• Dirección: Hohe Warte 38, Postfach 342 ; 1191 Wien
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