Second BALTRAD newsletter is now available
Project's first weather radar data exchange between two BALTRAD partners has now been realized. Please read more about current stage of BALTRAD and related events in the newsletter.

BALTRAD End-user workshop will take place on 26th of October in Aalborg, Denmark.

Towards the next generation radar network

Weather forecasts that warn of hazardous conditions, e.g. snow storms or floods, help save lives and property. Accurate and timely forecasts also help optimize activities for several sectors of the economy.
Weather radar systems are capable of monitoring rain, snow, hail, and wind over large geographical areas with high resolution in both time and space. Several weather radar systems can be networked to cover countries, regions, and even continents.

BALTRAD

The BALTRAD project’s overall objective is to create a sustainable weather radar network for the Baltic Sea Region, operating in real-time, with high-quality data, and with demonstrated value to forecasters and decision-makers. Achieving this goal requires harmonization of practices such as creating common communications protocols, shared database technologies, and a common production framework.

The technology developed by and for BALTRAD will be proposed as the standard for exchanging weather radar data in the World Meteorological Organization Information System (WIS).

The EU programme for the Baltic Sea Region (INTERREG IV B) is investing EUR 2.1 million in BALTRAD, which will run for three years.