Meteorology & Weather Radar Links

National Meteorological Services

• WMO - World Meteorological Organization

• Austria - Zentralanstalt fur Meteorologie und Geodynamik (ZAMG)
• Belarus - Belarusskij Gidrometcentr
• Belgium - Royal Meteorological Institute (RMI)
• Bosnia and Herzegovina - Federal Meteorological Institute (METEOBIH)
• Bulgaria - National Institute of Meteorology and Hydrology (NIMH)
• Croatia - Hydrological and Meteorological Service of Croatia (DHMZ)
• Cyprus - Meteorological Service of Cyprus
• Czech Republic - Czech Hydrometeorological Institute (CHMI)
• Denmark - Danish Meteorological Institute (DMI)
• Estonia - Estonian Meteorological and Hydrological Institute (EMHI)
• Finland - Finnish Meteorological Institute (FMI)
• France - Meteo France
• FYROM (Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia) - Hydrometeorological Institute
• Germany - Deutscher Wetterdienst (DWD)
• Greece - Hellenic National Meteorological Service (HNMS)
• Hungary - Hungarian Meteorological Service (OMSZ)
• Iceland - The Icelandic Meteorological Office
• Ireland - The Irish Meteorological Service (Met Éireann)
• Italy - Aeronautica Militare Italiana, Servizio Meteorologico
• Jersey (Channel Islands) - Jersey Meteorological Department (Jersey Met)
• Latvia - Latvian Hydrometeorological Agency (LHMA)
• Lithuania - Lithuanian Hydrometeorological Service (LHMT)
• Malta - Malta International Airport
• Moldova - State Hydrometeorological Service
• Montenegro - Hydrometeorological Institute of the Republic Montenegro
• Netherlands, The - Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute (KNMI)
• Norway - Norwegian Meteorological Institute (DNMI)
• Poland - Institute of Meteorology and Water Management (IMGW)
• Portugal - Instituto de Meteorologia Portugal (IM)
• Romania - National Institute of Meteorology and Hydrology (INMH)
• Russia - Russian Federal Service for Hydrometeorology and Environment Monitoring
• Serbia - Republic Hydrometeorological Service of Serbia (RHMS)
• Slovakia - Slovak Hydrometeorological Institute (SHMU)
• Slovenia - Slovenian Hydrometeorological Institute
• Spain - Instituto Nacional de Meteorología (INM)
• Sweden - Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute (SMHI)
• Switzerland - Swiss Meteorological Institute (MeteoSwiss)
• Turkey - Turkish State Meteorological Service (TSMS)
• Ukraine - Ukrainian Hydrometeorological Center (UHMC)
• United Kingdom - UK Meteorological Office (Met Office)

• Algeria - Office National de Météorologie
• Benin - Service Meteorologique National du Benin
• Cameroon - Météorologie Nationale du Cameroun
• Congo - Météorologie Nationale du Congo
• Dem. Rep. of Congo - National Weather Authority
• Egypt - Egyptian Meteorological Authority (EMA)
• Gabon - Météo Gabon
• Ghana - Ghana Meteorological Service Department (GMSD)
• Guinea - Service Météorologique National (Météo-Guinee)
• Guinea-Bissau - Direcção Nacional de Meteorologia de Guine-Bissau
• Kenya - Kenya Meteorological Department
• Lesotho - Lesotho Meteorological Services
• Malawi - Malawi Meteorological Services
• Mali - Direction Nationale de la Météorologie du Mali (Météo-Mali)
• Marocco - Direction de La Météorologie Nationale
• Mauritius - Mauritius Meteorological Services
• Mozambique - Instituto Nacional de Meteorologia
• Namibia - Namibia Meteorological Service
• Niger - African Centre of Meteorological Applications for Development (ACMAD)
• Senegal - Météorologie Nationale de Sénégal
• South Africa - South African Weather Service
• Swaziland - Swaziland Meteorological Service
• Tanzania - Tanzania Meteorological Agency
• Togo - Météorologie Nationale du Togo
• Tunisia - National Institute of Meteorology (INM)
• Uganda - Uganda Department of Meteorology
• Zambia - Zambia Department of Meteorology
• Zimbabwe - Zimbabwe Meteorological Services Department

• Antigua & Barbuda - Antigua & Barbuda Meteorological Services
• Antilles & Aruba - Meteorological Service of the Netherlands Antilles and Aruba (MDNA&A)
• Argentina - Servicio Meteorológico Nacional
• Bahamas - The Bahamas Department of Meteorology
• Belize - National Weather Service (NMS)
• Bermuda - Bermuda Weather Service
• Bolivia - Servicio Nacional de Meteorología e Hidrología (SENAMHI)
• Brasil - Instituto Nacional de Meteorologia (INMET)
• Canada - Meteorological Service of Canada (MSC)
• Caribbean - The Caribbean Institute for Meteorology and Hydrology (CIMH)
• Cayman Islands - National Meteorological Service
• Chile - Dirección Meteorológica de Chile
• Colombia - Instituto de Hidrología Meteorología y Estudios Ambientales (IDEAM)
• Costa Rica - Instituto Meteorológico Nacional (IMN)
• Cuba - Instituto de Meteorología (INSMET)
• Dominican Republic - Oficina Nacional de Meteorologia (ONAMET)
• Ecuador - Instituto Nacional de Meteorología e Hidrología (INAMHI)
• El Salvador - Servicio Nacional de Estudios Territoriales (SNET)
• Guyana - Guyana Hydrometeorological Service
• Honduras - Servicio Meteorológico Nacional de Honduras
• Jamaica - Meteorological Service, Jamaica
• Mexico - Servicio Meteorológico Nacional (SMN)
• Nicaragua - Instituto Nicaragüense de Estudios Territoriales (INETER)
• Panama - Hidrología, República de Panamá
• Paraguay - Dirección de Meteorología e Hidrología (DMH-DINAC)
• Peru - Servicio Nacional de Meteorología e Hidrología (SENAMHI)
• St. Lucia - St. Lucia Meteorological Service
• Suriname - Meteorologische Dienst Suriname
• United States - National Weather Service (NWS)
• Uruguay - Dirección Nacional de Meteorología
• Venezuela - Servicio de Meteorología de La Aviación

• Azerbaijan - National Hydrometeorological Department
• Bahrein - Bahrain Weather (Meteorological Directorate)
• Bangladesh - Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD)
• Brunei - Brunei Meteorological Service (BMS)
• China - China Meteorological Administration (CMA)
• Georgia - Department of Hydrometeorology of Georgia (GHM)
• Hong Kong - Hong Kong Observatory
• India - India Meteorological Department
• Indonesia - Badan Meteorologi & Geofisika (BMG)
• Iran, Islamic Rep. of - I.R. of Iran Meteorological Organisation
• Israel - Israel Meteorological Service (IMS)
• Japan - Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA)
• Jordan - Jordan Meteorological Department
• Kazakhstan - Kazhydromet
• Korea, Republic of - Korea Meteorological Administration (KMA)
• Kyrgyzstan - Main Hydrometeorological Administration (Kyrgyzhydromet)
• Macao - Direcção dos Serviços Meteorológicos e Geofiscos (SMG)
• Malaysia - Malaysian Meteorological Service
• Maldives - Department of Meteorology
• Mongolia - National Agency of Meteorology, Hydrology & Environment Monitoring (NAMHEM)
• Oman - Directorate General of Civil Aviation & Meteorology
• Pakistan - Pakistan Meteorological Department
• Philippines - Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical & Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA)
• Saudi Arabia - Presidency of Meteorology and Environment (PME)
• Singapore - Meteorological Service Division, NEA
• Sri Lanka - Department of Meteorology - Sri Lanka
• Taiwan - Central Weather Bureau Taiwan
• Thailand - Thai Meteorological Department
• United Arab Emirates - Ministry of Communications, Meteorological Department
• Vietnam - KTVN

• Australia - Bureau of Meteorology, Australia
• Fiji - Fiji Meteorological Service
• New Zealand - Meteorological Service of New Zealand Ltd.
• Samoa - Samoa Meteorology Division
• Tonga - Tonga Meteorological Service
• Vanuatu - Vanuatu Meteorological Service

European Cooperation in Meteorology

• EUMETNET - The Network of European Meteorological Services
• ECMWF - European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecast
• Eumetcal - The European Virtual Organisation for Meteorological Training
• MAP - The Mesoscale Alpine Programme
• OPERA - Operational Programme for the Exchange of Weather Radar Information
• ECSN - European Climate Support Network
  • ECA&D - European Climate Assessment & Dataset Project

• WMO - World Meteorological Organization
• IPCC - Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
• ECOMET - Economic Interest Grouping of the National Meteorological Services of the European Economic Area
• EUMETSAT - European Organization For the Exploration of Meteorological Satellites
• CGMS - Coordination Group for Meteorological Satellites
• GOMS - Geostationary Operational Meteorological Satellite (Russia)
• COST - European Cooperation in the Field of Scientific and Technical Research:
  • COST717 Project - Use of Radar Data in Meteorological and Hydrological Models

Other Meteorological Sites, Research Institutes & Universities

• TopKarten - Wetterzentrale (meteorological maps)
• Westwind - Westwind (6000 meteo links)
• InfoMet - InfoMet, University of Barcelona (meteorological maps)
• Uni Köln - Instutit für Geophysik und Meteorologie (meteorological maps & links)
• Met. Dpt., Reading - Department of Meteorology, University of Reading, United Kingdom
• FU-Berlin - Institute for Meteorology of the Free University of Berlin, Germany
• IGF Warsaw - Institute of Physics, Warsaw University, Poland
• UFA - Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Academy of Science of the Czech Republic
• DMC Bratislava - Division of Meteorology & Climatology, Comenius University, Bratislava, Slovak Republic

• NOAA - National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, USA
• NSSL - National Severe Storms Laboratory, USA
• SPC - Storm Prediction Center, USA
• NCAR - The National Center for Atmospheric Research, USA
• PAOC - Program in Atmospheres, Oceans, and Climate, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA
• OU - School of Meteorology, The University of Oklahoma, USA
• TAMU - The Meteorology Department, Texas A&M University, USA
• UU - Department of Meteorology, University of Utah, USA
• UM Weather - University of Michigan, USA
• AMS - American Meteorological Society, USA
• CMC - Canadian Meteorological Centre

Recent Radar Data

• Westwind.ch
• Wetterzentrale.de

• Belarus (Minsk)
• Belgium (Wideumont)
• Croatia:
  • Bilogora
• Czech Republic (national composite)
• Denmark (national composite)
• Estonia (Tallinn)
• Finland (national composite)
• France (national composite)
• Germany:
  • WetterSpiegel (national composite)
  • T-Online (national composite)
  • Wetter.com (national composite)
  • Berlin
  • Bonn (index)
  • Karlsruhe
  • DLR Oberpfaffenhofen POLDIRAD
• Hungary (national composite)
• Ireland (national composite)
• Italy:
  • Fossalon di Grado (index)
  • San Pietro Capofiume (index)
  • Seravezza (index)
  • Teolo (index)
  • Monte Macaion (index)
• Malta (International Airport)
• Netherlands, The
• Norway (index)
• Poland (national composite)
• Portugal (index)
• Romania (national composite)
• Serbia (index)
• Slovakia (Malý Javorník)
• Slovenia (Lisca pri Sevnici)
• Spain:
  • National Composite
  • 14 Regional Radars
  • Catalonia (Servei Catala de Metereologia)
• Sweden (Nordic composite)
• Switzerland:
  • MeteoSwiss (national composite)
  • ETH Zürich (index)
• Turkey (index)
• United Kingdom (national composite)

• South Africa (index)
• Zimbabwe

• Antilles & Aruba (index)
• Argentina (index)
• Bahamas
• Bermuda
• Canada:
  • Meteorological Service of Canada (national composite)
  • UQAM - Montreal Weather Center (index)
• Cuba (index)
• Jamaica (index)
• Mexico (index)
• Panama
• United States:
  • NEXRAD @ Intellicast (national & local images)
  • NEXRAD @ AccuWeather (national, regional & local images)
  • NOAA (national, regional & local images)
  • UM Weather - University of Michigan (national & local images)

• Bahrein
• Hong Kong
• Israel
• Japan:
  • National Composite
  • SW Japan
  • Nagoya
• Korea (national composite)
• Malaysia (index)
• Pakistan (index)
• Saudi Arabia (composite)
  • Jeddah
  • Abha
  • Taif
  • Jazan
• Taiwan
• Thailand (Donmuang)

• Australia (index)
• Guam
• New Zealand

• Czech Republic - Czech Hydrometeorological Institute, Radar Department (CMHI-ORM)
• Finland - Finnish Meteorological Institute (FMI)
• Germany - Deutsche Wetterdienst (DWD)
• Poland - Institute of Meteorology and Water Management, Katowice (IMGW)
• Slovenia - Environmental Agency of the Republic of Slovenia
• United Kingdom - UK MetOffice Radar Network

• EEC - Enterprise Electronic Corporation, USA
• GAMIC - GAMIC mbH, Germany
• AMS-Gematronik - AMS-Gematronic GmbH, Germany
• SIGMET - SIGMET Inc., USA
• Radtec Engineering - Radtec Engineering Inc., USA
• Baron Weather Solutions - Baron Services, Inc., USA
• ADC - Advanced Designs Corporation, USA
• EWR - EWR Weather Radar Systems
• Thomson - Thomson CSF Airsys, France

Radar Research Institutes & Universities

• ARPA Emilia-Romagna - Regional Agency for Health Prevention and Environmental Protection in the Emilia-Romagna Region, Italy
• ARPA Friuli - Venezia Giulia - Regional Agency for Health Prevention and Environmental Protection in the Friuli - Venezia Giulia Region, Italy
• ARPAV Veneto - Regional Agency for Environmental Prevention and Protection of the Veneto, Italy
• MeteoTrentino - Meteorological Service of Trentino, Italy
• MeteoVerona - Meteorological Service of Verona, Italy
• MAP-radar - Mesoscale Alpine Programme, Radar Working Group
• BALTEX - Baltic Sea Experiment
• NORDRAD - Nordic Weather Radar Network
• Miracle, GKSS - Institute of Atmospheric Physics, GKSS Research Center, Germany
• POLDIRAD, DLR - Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt, Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany
• Niederschlagsradar Bonn - University of Bonn, Germany
• Radar-Info - Südwest-Wetter, Karlsruhe, Germany
• IMK, Karlsruhe - Institut Für Meteorologie und Klimaforschung, Karlsruhe, Germany
• INW Radargroup - Technical University, Graz, Austria
  • WIIS - Weather Image Information System
• Division of Atmospheric Sciences - University of Helsinki, Finland
• Radar Meteorology at Reading - Department of Meteorology, University of Reading, United Kingdom
• RCRU - Radio Communications Research Unit, Chilton, United Kingdom
  • Chilbolton Advanced Meteorological Radar
  • Scottish Radar

• NOAA ETL Radar System Development - NOAA Environmental Technology Laboratory, Boulder, CO, USA
  • NOAA ETL Observing Systems
• NCDC Radar Resources - NOAA National Data Center, Asheville, NC, USA
• NOAA NEXRAD Radar Operations Center, WSR-88D - Radar Operations Center, National Weather Service, Norman, OK, USA
• MIT Lincoln Laboratory - Lincoln Laboratory, MIT, Lexington, MA, USA
  • Millstone Hill Observatory
• The Radar Meteorology Group - Department of Atmospheric Science, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, USA
  • CSU-CHILL National Radar Facility
• UND Doppler Radar - Department of Atmospheric Sciences, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND, USA
• CSWR - Center for Severe Weather Research, Boulder, C, USA
• Radar Meteorology at McGill University - J.S. Marshall Radar Observatory, McGill University, Montreal, Canada

Radar Meteorology Resources

• Radar ABC - Ein kleines ABC der Radar-Meteorologie (Radar-Info, Karlsruhe)
• RADAR and SAR Glossary - ESA - European Space Agency
• NEXRAD Terms & Acronyms - NCDC, NOAA
  • An Overview of NEXRAD Products
• Remote Sensing Glossary German - Italian - English - Ulrike Zachl, Universität Innsbruck, Austria

• Radar Meteorology - Online Remote Sensing Guide, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL, USA
• Radar Meteorology Tutorial (pdf) - Brian McNoldy, MESO (Multi-community Environmental Storm Observatory), USA
• Radar Principles - Steve Davis, WSFO Milwaukee/Sullivan, USA
• Radar Tutorial - Skywarn Central, USA
• Radar Tutorial - WeatherTap, USA
• Incoherent Scatter Radar Tutorial - Millstone Hill Observatory, USA

• NOWRAD - Operational Use of Radar for Precipitation Measurements in Switzerland
• MARC - Mid-Altitude Radial Convergence (MARC) Velocity Signature
• MARC Update - An Update on the Use of the Mid-Altitude Radial Convergence (MARC) - Signature in Forecasting Damaging Winds

• R.E.Rinehart : Radar for Meteorologists, 4th edition

• NCDC-Radar - NOAA National Data Center - Radar Resources
  • NEXRAD Radar Station List
  • NEXRAD Level II Data & Level III Products - NEXRAD Data Description
  
  
• NEXRAD - OSF - Operational Support Facility, USA
  • Clutter Suppression - WSR-88D Clutter Suppression and Its Impact On Meteorological Data Interpretation (also in .pdf )
  • Clutter Suppression (pdf) - An Introduction to WSR-88D Clutter Suppression, and Some Tips for Effective Suppression Utilization
  • Reflectivity Calibration - An Operational Guide to WSR-88D Reflectivity Data Quality Assurance (also in .pdf )
  • Review of WSR-88D Algorithms - A Review of Research and Development Activities Related to WSR-88D Algorithms (also in .pdf )
  • Probabilistic Quantitative Precipitation Estimation (pdf) - Toward Probabilistic Quantitative Precipitation WSR-88D Algorithms
  • Probabilistic Quantitative Precipitation Estimation (pdf) - 5-Year Science Infusion Plan for WSR-88D Quantitative Precipitation Estimation
  • 8-bit Product Information (pdf) - The New WSR-88 High Resolution Products
  
  
• NSSL - National Severe Storm Laboratory, USA
  • Supercell Case - Central OK tornadic supercells of 13 June 1998

Other Useful Documents

• LP DAAC - Land Processes Distributed Active Archive Center
  • GTOPO30 - Global Topographic Dataset, arc. 30" resol.
  • HYDRO1k - Elevation Derivative Database, 1km resol.
  • Land Cover - Global Land Cover Characterization
• Shorelines - Coastline Database

• GMT - Generic Mapping Tools, v.4.0 (programs, sources, geogr.overlays)

• Ghostscript - interpreters for the PostScript language & for PDF
• Image Magick - display, image manipulation in X Windows
• Numerical Recipes - The Art of Scientific Computing (incl. on-line books - for C, FORTRAN)

• BUFR Guide - A Guide to WMO Binary Code Forms (in HTML), WMO
• BUFR & CREX - WMO Code Forms FM 94 BUFR & FM 95 CREX

• BUFR User's Guide (pdf) - Milan Dragosavac (ECWMF Internal Report)
• BUFR Reference Manual (pdf) - Milan Dragosavac (ECWMF Internal Report)
• BUFR Format Documentation - DSS (Data Support Section), NCAR
• Description and Format of BUFR Tables - NOAA NCEP
• BUFR Tables - EUMETSAT

• BUFR Encoding/Decoding Software - ECMWF
• BUFRLIB Software - NOAA NCEP

• WMO Resolution 40 (Cg-XII) - WMO policy for the exchange of meteorological data
• SCD's Data - Scientific Data to the Atmospheric and Oceanographic Research Community
• Karlsruher Wolkenatlas - Cloud Atlas by Bernhard Mühr
• Educational/Research Resources in Meteorology - Atmospheric Sciences, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, USA

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