Question 14: What are the biggest existing or expected issues, problems and difficulties in the current or future operation of your radar network? Answer Options Not significant A little significant Significant Very significant Rating Average Response Count Obtaining finance required to buy and install 8 9 26 30 2.07 73 Obtaining finance required to maintain 11 13 26 24 1.85 74 Inadequate quality of radar network products 30 20 14 6 0.94 70 Lack of experienced or trained technical staff to operate and/or maintain 16 22 18 19 1.53 75 Lack of experience or training of radar users 17 25 21 12 1.37 75 Lack of data processing applications and 18 24 23 8 1.29 73 Inadequate coverage 24 20 14 14 1.25 72 Inadequate system performance or capability 29 22 15 5 0.94 71 Poor radar siting 31 17 15 6 0.94 69 Poor, unknown or no calibration 24 23 12 12 1.17 71 Lack of international exchange of radar data 24 19 17 11 1.21 71 Interference to operation by wind farms 38 21 10 3 0.69 72 Interference to radar operation by mobile communications 29 24 11 7 0.94 71 Interference to radar operation by other signals 20 22 17 11 1.27 70 answered question 80 skipped question 6 Question 15: Please list any other issues, problems and difficulties in the current or future operation of your radar network that are or you expect might be significant: a lack of experience in use data frequency
Transmission of high volumes of data to the control point Two radars (installed at DI Khan and Rahim Yar Khan) are outdated (20 years old) and their spares are not available with radar companies due to old technology. Therefore, the replacement of these radars is required on urgent basis. Vendor support for older radars We are seeking for skilled manpower for operation of the Weak support of vendors Question 16: What are the most common uses of weather radar data by your organisation? Answer Options Not used for this Used a little for this Used for this Used extensively for this Rating Average Response Weather system monitoring 1 2 20 53 2.64 76 Weather system evolution and prediction 3 8 22 42 2.37 75 Severe weather monitoring 2 6 15 52 2.56 75 Severe weather prediction 3 11 16 44 2.36 74 Numerical Weather Prediction model assimilation 22 23 23 7 1.20 75 Precipitation estimation for climate applications 24 19 24 8 1.21 75 Precipitation estimation for hydrology applications 23 20 22 12 1.30 77 answered question 80 skipped question 6 Question 17: Other uses of weather radar data by your organisation: AVIATION Bird detection for miltary aviation and ornithologists
Question 18: What do you believe are the issues and aspects of weather radar operation that WMO can assist your or other organisations with? Answer Options Not important Quite important Important Very important Rating Average Response Count Guidance on weather radar purchasing 17 21 21 12 1.39 71 Guidance on weather radar application 4 19 31 19 1.89 73 Guidance on weather siting and installation 17 16 26 13 1.49 72 Guidance on weather radar calibration 7 12 25 28 2.03 72 Guidance on weather radar network and system maintenance 10 15 26 22 1.82 73 Guidance on weather radar network design 12 18 22 19 1.68 71 Guidance on weather data quality 4 11 28 30 2.15 73 Guidance on weather radar data processing 8 13 25 27 1.97 73 Guidance on weather radar data use 4 18 23 28 2.03 73 Guidance on weather radar data exchange formats and mechanisms. 6 9 28 30 2.12 73 Guidance on dual-polarization operation 8 14 31 18 1.83 71 Guidance on dual-polarization radar data use 7 15 32 19 1.86 73 Provision or software to support data quality processing 7 11 22 33 2.11 73 Provision of software or applications to support radar network monitoring 7 15 20 28 1.99 70 Provision of software or applications to support radar data quality monitoring 4 9 27 31 2.20 71 Provision of software or tools to support radar calibration 5 12 21 32 2.14 70 Provision of training on radar purchasing 15 21 14 21 1.58 71 Provision of training on operation 9 18 14 29 1.90 70 Provision of training on radar maintenance 8 16 12 35 2.04 71 Provision of training on radar data processing 6 16 17 30 2.03 69 Provision of training on data use and application 5 19 18 29 2.00 71 Technical support for radar operation 14 11 24 21 1.74 70 Technical support for radar maintenance 14 11 21 23 1.77 69