- To maintain an inventory on European weather radars,
their characteristics, their data, and products derived from
them.
- To elaborate previous work devoted to understanding and
describing radar data quality, in support of their increased
quantitative use.
- To actively provide a forum wherein data providers and users
together will define how best to optimize data management procedures.
- To stimulate the increased exchange and harmonization of
weather radar data and products throughout Europe.
- To support European applications of weather radar data through
the establishment of a Data Hub function where harmonized products
from the European Weather Radar Network are generated and managed.
- To investigate and evaluate new radar technology and its
relevance to operational requirements for present and future radar
systems and products.
- To provide a forum for information exchange to assist the
national protection of radar sites and frequency bands.
- To maintain support for operational encoding and decoding of
radar data and products.
- To liaise with international organizations (WMO, COST, EUCOS
and other EUMETNET Programmes, EUMETSAT, ESA).
- To inform the meteorological, hydrological, and other
operational user communities of its activities.
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OPERA 3 (Operational
Programme for the Exchange of weather RAdar information)
