ODYSSEY, the Opera Data Centre

Odyssey, the Opera Data Centre

This section contains information and tools to be used for development of volume data output towards Odyssey. In adddition to this information have a look at the deliverables section of this website.

Disclaimer: The use of this software and documentation is for your own risk.
Only files disclosed here named OPERA_something are part of the official OPERA documentation.
All other files disclosed here should NOT be considered to belong to the official OPERA documentation. including files named WD_something, as they are OPERA internal Working Documents.

Communications:

ODIM_support_to_Europe Letter to Industry dated Februari 10, 2010.
ODIM_support_to_Europe_contd Letter to Industry dated March 22, 2010.
Final report of project W2.1b to promote the use of the Opera Data Model.(OPERA_2011_07)

Documentation on the Opera Data Information Model:

Conversion Software and Tools:

bufr-opera-mf-1.17.tar.gz Tooling developed by Meteo France to write ODIM volume data using HDF or BUFR and a validator/converter for these data representations written in C.
bufr-opera-mf-1.18.tar.gz Tooling developed by Meteo France to write ODIM volume data using HDF or BUFR now supports HDF library version 1.8.x
proj-4.4.9polar.tar.gz This projection package is needed to use to use the tools mentioned above.
OdimH5 ver 2.11 The version 2.11 of the JAVA based tutorial tools written by IMGW now include an api and documentation. New sinc 2.11 is the possibility to convert Rainbow volumes natively.
OdimH5 ver 2.14 The version 2.14 of the JAVA based tutorial tools written by IMGW now can handle several other products, SO Librarys are not longer included in the package, so fectch them separately below Read more on OdimH5 tutorial software
Lib_SO_java_hdf SO Librarys needed for HDF support in a Java environment on a LINUX platform.
HdfViewer 2.5 The version 2.5 of the JAVA based free hdf-viewer. Requires an installed JAVA Virtual Machine, available too at www.hdfgroup.org.

Example Files:

Output from Odyssey Composites in rainrate, accumulation and Z in bufr and HDF and images(png).

KNMI example files Netherlands, De Bilt, polar volume 14 elevations in 4 moments (uZ, Z, V, W) in hdf5.
SHMU example files Slovak, Maly Javornik, polar volume 13 elevations in Z, variable number of rays and Kojsovska Hola, 11 elevations in Z (in hdf5 and bufr).
SMHI example files Sweden single scans as will be used in BALTRAD in hdf5, BALTRAD uses a different (WMO based) naming convention.
IMGW example files Poland polar volumes as will be used in BALTRAD in hdf5, BALTRAD uses a different (WMO based) naming convention.
UKMO example files United Kingdom polar volumes in hdf5.
Meteo Swiss example files Swiss polar volumes in bufr and hdf.
AEMET example files Spanish polar volumes in hdf.
DHMZ example files Croatian polar volumes in hdf.
EMHI example files Estonian polar volumes in hdf.
DWD example files German sweeps in ninjo and bufr.
FMI example files Finish polar volumes in hdf.
Austrian example files Austrian polar volumes in bufr.