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Weather Radar Networking - COST 73 Project / Final Report (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1992)
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Weather Radar Networking - COST 73 Project / Final Report (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1992)
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This five-year project started on 25th September 1986. Eventually,
sixteen countries and the European Commission itself signed the
Memorandum of Understanding. The principal objectives of the
Project were to further the establishment of national operational
weather radar networks, harmonise operations, data handling and
processing to minimise the difficulties of, and maximise the
benefits of international weather radar data exchange. To transmit
the data efficiently, standardised formats and protocols were
essential. These were formulated by a working group whose efforts
were rewarded when WMO accepted their proposal for worldwide use. A
multi-national pilot project area was established and streams of
data from each of the countries involved were merged and integrated
with data from the satellite METEOSAT. The composite image, known
as the COST image' was regularly distributed via the global
telecommunication system of WMO, the public telephone switched
network and the Olympus satellite. The utility of the COST image
was assessed for, inter alia, short-period forecasting, aviation
flight assistance, maritime forecasting and the initialisation of
numerical weather prediction models. In all cases, the COST image
was found to be beneficial. A report containing proposed curricula
for the training of meteorologists, hydrologists and other major
users of weather radar data was sent to WMO for possible adoption
as one of their standard training manuals. As a report of
international scientific cooperation, this is a success story. All
the principal objectives of the Memorandum of Understanding were
achieved both within time and budget. It is a tale of international
cooperation at its best.
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