World Meteorological Organization

The Guide to Operational Weather Radar Best Practices (WMO-No.1257) has been developed by the INFCOM Joint Expert Team on Operational Weather Radars (JET-OWR) with the aim to become an important source of guidance material on various aspects of the operational weather radar. The guide provides complementary and supportive guidance on the weather radar-related matters already available in the Volume III of the Guide to Instruments and Methods of Observation (WMO-No.8) and in the Guide to the WMO Integrated Global Observing System (WMO-No.1165).

Volumes I, II, III and VII have already been approved by EC-76, and publication of these volumes is in progress.

The preliminary 2024 edition of the Guide to Operational Weather Radar Best Practices includes new Volumes IV, V, and VI and it is now available for the Members’ review.

You are invited to examine the volumes available from the table below and send your detailed comments or suggestions to the WMO Secretariat, to the attention of Mr Ercan Buyukbas at: ebuyukbas@wmo.int, preferably through the Permanent Representative of your country with WMO. Please submit your comments at your earliest convenience, but not later than 22 March 2024, by using the template accessible here. Your valuable feedback will be considered for the development of the Provisional 2024 Edition that will be submitted to the upcoming third session of the Commission for Observation, Infrastructure and Information Systems (INFCOM-3) for approval.

PRELIMINARY 2024 EDITION OF THE GUIDE TO OPERATIONAL WEATHER RADAR BEST PRACTICES