Synoptic Data has been awarded a contract by the Met Office to redevelop and provide operational support for three EUMETNET weather observation data hubs.
The agreement covers the EUMETNET Aircraft Based Observations Programme (E-ABO), the EUMETNET GNSS Water Vapour Programme (E-GVap) and the EUMETNET Operational Vertical Profiling Programme (E-Profile). The project is intended to modernize infrastructure that enables weather observation sharing across national meteorological and hydrological services (NMHS) in Europe.
The E-ABO data hub processes AMDAR observations from European airlines. The E-Profile hub processes data from instruments including radar wind profilers, weather radars, Doppler wind lidar, microwave radiometers, automatic lidars and ceilometers. The E-GVap hub receives observations from geodetic centers and converts them into a format usable by NMHS.
Under the contract, Synoptic will work on reliability, quality control, data consistency and secure delivery across the three services. The initial agreement between EUMETNET and Synoptic runs 2.5 years, with options for five years of further operational support and maintenance subject to annual funding approvals.
Dr Jacqueline Sugier, EUMETNET observations capability area manager at the Met Office, said, “Observations are the foundation of weather forecasting. The redevelopment of these three data hubs will strengthen the resilience and long-term sustainability of the infrastructure that underpins the exchange of aircraft, GNSS water vapor and vertical profile observations. This investment will ensure that meteorological services around the world continue to benefit from reliable access to the trusted observations shared by our European partners, supporting services for the communities they serve.”
Ashish Raval, president and CEO of Synoptic Data, said, “Meteorological agencies rely on low-latency, high-quality, highly reliable and trusted observations for their operations every day, and this partnership reflects Synoptic’s commitment to advancing how weather data is collected, managed and delivered. By modernizing EUMETNET’s observation data hubs, we’re helping ensure meteorological services across Europe have consistent, real-time access to the data they depend on every day, backed by long-term support to keep everything running reliably 24/7/365.”
Synoptic Data is a public benefit corporation based in Fairfax, Virginia, and operates a real-time environmental data platform.
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