[Nederlands]

Observations from the land- and sea-surface

Research topics:

• Optimizing the European synops observer network for the EUMETNET programs EUCOS, E-AMDAR and E-ASAP
• Investigation of ways to automize the visual observations of present weather and sight
• Development of new Radar products for the detection of severe weather phenomena, like summer hail, windgusts, and heavy precipitation.
• Investigation of the posibility of a national network of windprofilers and/or Sodars, and the study of the impact of assimilating the data in a Numerical Weather Predict model.
• Modifying the way observations at sea are gathered and processed; improving the availability of these data voor third-parties by, for instance, participating in the "Nationale Oceanografische Data" Committee (NODC)
• Handbook of Observing (Handboek Waarnemingen)

Iwan Holleman