Zentralanstalt für Meteorologie und Geodynamik

ZAMG - Central Institute for Meteorology and Geodynamics

Barbora Stuhl (barbora.stuhl@zamg.ac.at)Josef Haslhofer (josef.haslhofer@zamg.ac.at)

Homepage: http://www.zamg.ac.at/

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ZAMG – general information

Austrian National Weather Service Head office in Vienna plus 4 regional centers

280 persons employed

Salzburg

KlagenfurtInnsbruck Graz

Vienna

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History of ZAMG

Established in 1851 - one of the oldest weather services worldwide

Continuos meteorological recordings in Vienna go back to 1775

First reports of regular non-instrumental weather records in Austria go back to the beginning of the 16th century

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Main Sections of ZAMG

Climate Enviromental Meteorology Geophysics Weather Service

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Radarlocations

Operating company: Austrocontrol

5 Radars: 4 C-Band Dopplerradar with single polarization

Valluga-Radar dual polarization

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Visualization with WIIS / BVIS

WIIS - Weather Image Information Systems

Operating companies:

2D and 3D display Resolution: 1x1 km, 5 min View: topview, vertical

section, profile, arbitrary cross sections

New visualization with BVIS – Best Exploration of Austrian Meteorological Radars Visualization

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Use of radardata in INCA and ANT

INCA - Integrated Nowcasting through Comprehensive Analysis

ANT – cell-tracking

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