Nordic
 Weather Radar Workshop

  3-4 October 2002, Finnish Meteological Institute, Helsinki


Thursday

[09:15] Welcome

Introduction Asko Huuskonen, FMI
[09:30] National radar networks: situation, problems and future plans
Asko Huuskonen

Finland Keijo Leminen, FMI
Estonia Tarmo Kaldma, EMHI
Organisation of radar network in Poland Ryszard Klejnowski, IMGW
Denmark Rashpal S. Gill, DMI
Russia ROSHYDROMET
Norway MET.NO
Sweden Åsa Granström, SMHI Ingemar Carlsson, SwAF
Discussion
[12:30] Lunch

[13:30] Hardware, Maintenance and Calibration
Keijo Leminen

[13:30] Scheme of advanced processing radar data in POLRAD Zdzislaw Dziewit, IMGW
[13:50] Sigmet RVP8 signal processor Elena Saltikoff, Sigmet Abstract
[14:10] Advanced Doppler techniques Juha Pirttilä, INVERS
[14:30] NordRad2 software Jakob Lindvall, Secret Labs Abstract Åsa Granström, SMHI
[14:50] Coffee (Nordrad2 demo)

[15:20] Hardware,Maintenance and Calibration (continued)
Keijo Leminen

[15:20] Nordrad QA-project Asko Huuskonen, FMI
[15:40] Enterprise Electronics Corporation J. Larry Alford, EEC
[16:00] Precipitation Measurement Techniques Christel Niewöhner, GEMATRONIK Abstract
[16:20] Test with extended doppler range Mats Lundqvist, AEROTECHTELUB
[16:40] Discussion
[17:00] Pause

[18:00] Dinner provided by FMI

Botanical Garden, Kaisaniemi

Friday

[09:00] Precipitation and Hydrology (DM)
Keijo Leminen

Introduction Jarmo Koistinen, FMI
Anomaly detection and removal Markus Peura, FMI Abstract Daniel Michelson, SMHI
Beam blocking and radar beam refraction modelling Uta Gjertsen, MET.NO
Attenuation correction Jarmo Koistinen, FMI
Profile correction Heikki Pohjola, Jarmo Koistinen, FMI Daniel Michelson, SMHI
Z/R relations, phase, precipitation type (phenomena) Daniel Michelson, SMHI
Compositing Harri Hohti, FMI
Gauge adjustment Daniel Michelson, SMHI
Nowcasting Harri Hohti, FMI
Models Kirsti Salonen, Carl Fortelius, FMI Günter Haase, SMHI Abstract
[12.15] Closing of the Workshop
Jarmo Koistinen

[12:30] Lunch

[13:30] Nordrad meeting (members)

General discussion