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E-PROFILE is an EUMETNET observation program.
E-PROFILE continues the operational service of E-WINPROF (former programme) providing vertical profiles on wind measurements from radar wind profilers (vertically pointing radars) and
weather radars from a network of locations across Europe. The main goal is to improve the overall usability of wind profiler data for operational meteorology and to provide support and
expertise to both profiler operators and end users.
The E-PROFILE Hub is an operationally service. There is currently 43 wind profilers and 114 weather radars measuring wind profiles.
Due to technical advances of the last years ceilometers (lidar principle) provide nowadays not only cloud base height but also information on the vertical distribution of aerosols
derived from the backscatter profile. To make available this new observation capacity, E-PROFILE is developing a framework to exchange lidar backscatter data. Automatic lidars and
ceilometers of stations across Europe will be added to the operational network. Since 2013, E-PROFILE is working on developing an homogeneous dataset that can be easily used by the
scientific community. In 2017, E-PROFILE will be able to process data from all instruments in Europe (around 700 instruments). Recent instruments will be calibrated using algorithm
developed in the frame of TO-PROF.
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E-PROFILE meeting
