# OPERA the Radar Project
## 4 Discussion
[PERSON] developed software for Figures 2-5. [PERSON] created Figure 1. [PERSON] wrote about NWP in Section 3.3. All authors participated in the writing, review, and editing of the paper. This research was partially funded by EUMETNET. The authors wish to thank the past and present members of OPERA Expert team for their support and discussions during the development of achievements described in this article. The authors declare no conflict of interest. The following abbreviations are used in this manuscript: \begin{tabular}{l l} AROME & Application of Research to Operations at Mesoscale \\ BUFR & Binary Universal Form for the Representation of meteorological data \\ CAPPI & Constant Altitude Plan Position Indicator \\ COSMO & Consortium for Small-scale Modeling \\ dBZ & logaritmic unit of radar reflectivity \\ ECMWF & European Centre of Medium-Range Weather forecasting \\ ECOMET & Economic interest grouping of the National Meteorological Services of the European Economic Area \\ EFAS & European Flood Awareness System \\ EUMETNET & European Meteorological Services' Network \\ EUMETSAT & European Organisation for Meteorological Satellites \\ GTOPO30 & Global 30 Arc-Second Elevation-digital elevation model from United States Geological Survey \\ HARMONIE & Hirlam-Aladin Research-(towards) Mesoscale Operational NWP In Europe \\ HDF & Hierarchial Data Format \\ LACE & Regional Centre for Limited Area modelling in Central Europe \\ MAX & Maximum Reflectivity \\ MESAN & Mesoscale analysis system \\ NCEP & National Centers for Environmental Prediction \\ NWP & Numerical Weather Prediction \\ ODC & Opera Data Centre (Odyssey) \\ ODIM & Opera Data Information Model \\ OPERA & Operational Program for Exchange of Weather Radar Information \\ PPI & Plan Position Indicator \\ QI & Quality Index \\ RLAN & Radio Limited Area Network \\ SAF & Satellite Application Facility \\ TH & Total (unfiltered) reflectivity in horizontal polarization \\ TV & Total (unfiltered) reflectivity in vertical polarization \\ WMO & World Meteorological Organization \\ \end{tabular}   
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