1. 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/

2. Zentralanstalt für Meteorologie und Geodynamik ZAMG – general information  Austrian National Weather Service  Head office in Vienna plus 4 regional centers  280 persons employed Salzburg Klagenfurt Innsbruck Graz Vienna

3. Zentralanstalt für Meteorologie und Geodynamik 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

4. Zentralanstalt für Meteorologie und Geodynamik Main Sections of ZAMG  Climate  Enviromental Meteorology  Geophysics  Weather Service

5. Zentralanstalt für Meteorologie und Geodynamik Radarlocations  Operating company: Austrocontrol  5 Radars: 4 C-Band Dopplerradar with single polarization  Valluga-Radar dual polarization

6. Zentralanstalt für Meteorologie und Geodynamik 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

7. Zentralanstalt für Meteorologie und Geodynamik Use of radardata in INCA and ANT  INCA - Integrated Nowcasting through Comprehensive Analysis  ANT – cell-tracking

8. Zentralanstalt für Meteorologie und Geodynamik Thanks for your attention! Questions?