A pilot of a European datahub for weather radar data was established at the UK Met Office during this programme. Its main goal was to increase the exchange and use of the weather radar data in Europe, and to produce a set of recommendations and algorithms for the production of high quality weather radar data, including both wind and precipitation products. The second OPERA programme (2004-2006) built on these achievements.
The first OPERA programme (1999-2003) put emphasis on the specification of the meteorological products to exchange, to their exchange format, as well as on the software to enable the data exchange. OPERA-3 is designed to firmly establish the Programme as the host of the European Weather Radar Network. The third phase of the OPERA programme is a joint effort of 28 European countries, runs from 2007 till 2011, and is managed by KNMI. The objective of OPERA is to harmonize and improve the operational exchange of weather radar information between national meteorological services. The OPERA programme (Operational Programme for the Exchange of weather Radar information, is the Weather Radar programme of EUMETNET, the Network of the European Meteorological Services (NMSs).
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