1. 00/XXXX1 EUMETNET Tim Oakley Met Office, Exeter, UK CIMO ET on Upgrading the Global Radiosonde Network – Geneva 3-7 November 2003

2. 00/XXXX2 What is EUMETNET? EUMETNET is a network grouping 18 National Met. Serivces. Provides a framework to organise co- operative programmes. Members aim to develop their collective capabilities to serve environment management & climate monitoring. Bring to all European users the best available quality of meteorological information. Make more efficient the management of their collective resources

3. 00/XXXX3 EUMETNET Programmes Observations(12 programmes) Data Communications(1) Forecasting(3) Environment & Climate(4) Research & Training.(2) Website:- http://www.eumetnet.eu.org/

4. 00/XXXX4 Observations Programmes EUCOS E-ASAP AWS SWS OBS-INFO Protection of Radio Frequency E-AMDAR SURFMAR PWS OPERA RADIOSONDE WINPROF

5. 00/XXXX5 Radiosonde. Responsible member – UK (John Nash’s team) ‘Low key’ programme to provide/exchange information and test reports. Website - http://www.metoffice.com/research/interproj/radiosonde/index.html

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8. 8 Network Information

9. 00/XXXX9 Latest ECMWF Statistics

10. 00/XXXX10 WINPROF main objectives 2 year EUMETNET Project - started 1/7/2002 (follow CWINDE network) Harmonise and improve the existing exchange of all wind profiler (from National Met Services and Universities) and Weather radar profiler data in Europe. Run and further develop a network hub for data processing and quality evaluation. Integrate new wind profiler systems.

11. 00/XXXX11 WINPROF main objectives Establish appropriate quality control procedures. Define general quality standards and user requirement for operational use. Work on improved processing algorithms to improve data quality/availability. Provide expert support to members for wind profiler installations.

12. 00/XXXX12 Countries involved in the WINDPROF project Germany: DWD responsible member France: Meteo France Austria: Austrocontrol Swistzerland : Meteo Swiss Finland : Finnish Met Institute UK: Met Office Portugal Belgium Ireland

13. 00/XXXX13 CURRENT WIND PROFILER EUROPEAN NETWORK 23 wp

14. 00/XXXX14 CURRENT WEATHER RADAR PROFILER NETWORK 27 WRP

15. 00/XXXX15 DATA FREQUENCY VIA GTS - 1700 MESSAGES/DAY (11 SITES) VIA FTP-OUT(ASCII) - 144 MESSAGES/DAY (3 SITES) VIA FTP-IN (BALTRAD) - 1750 MESSAGES/DAY (19 SITES) VIA FTP-IN (ASCII) - 350 MESSAGES/DAY (4 SITES) VIA FTP-IN (BUFR) - 240 MESSAGES/DAY (3 SITES) VIA NETLINK (BUFR) - 48 MESSAGES/DAY (2 SITES) VIA E-MAIL (ASCII) - 200 MESSAGES/DAY (5 SITES) VIA E-MAIL (BUFR) - AVAILABLE - BUT NOT CURRENTLY USED –TOTAL OF 4,250 MESSAGES/DAY (47 SITES)

16. 00/XXXX16 UK MONTHLY MODEL STATISTICS

17. 00/XXXX17 CWINDE WEB SITE http://www.metoffice.com/research/interproj/cwinde/index.html http://www.metoffice.com/research/interproj/cwinde/index.html

18. 00/XXXX18 Example of web page on C.W.I.N.D.E web site