2.12. OPERA EUMETNET
- Description
Operational Program for Exchange of Weather Radar Information (OPERA) European National Meteorological Services (EUMETNET)
Project Website: https://www.eumetnet.eu/activities/observations-programme/current-activities/opera/
BAMS Paper: https://doi.org/10.1175/BAMS-D-12-00216.1
Sample image
- Recommended use
Weather radar related research
- File format
HDF5 and BUFR
- Location of data
Web: http://dcpcodpi.meteo.fr/openwis-user-portal/srv/en/main.home
- Access restrictions
Requires free research account/license: email info@eumetnet.eu
- Spatial resolution, grid, or coverage
2 km resolution
projection: Lambert Equal Area (not yet supported in MET) gridded mosaic over Europe
- Temporal resolution
15 mins
- Starting and/or ending dates
At least 2011 to present
- Data latency
Archived and near-real-time (approximate 15 min latency)
- Variables available
Composite instantaneous max radar reflectivity, 1-hour rainfall accumulation, instantaneous surface rain rate
- METplus Use Cases
Link to METplus Use Cases for this dataset.
- Keywords
Note
Current Dataset: VxDataOperaEumetnet
Note
Data Labels: DataTypeGridded, DataLevelSurface, DataProviderEUMETNET, DataApplicationPrecipitation, DataApplicationConvectionAllowingModels