Abstract: A new operational radar-based rainfall product has been developed at Météo-France and is currently being deployed within the French operational network. The new quantitative precipitation estimation (QPE) product is based ...

Abstract: A cloud ceilometer using a solid-state laser was developed by the French meteorological office in association with Sfim ODS. The transmitter is an eye-safe erbium-glass laser operating at 1.54 ?m. Cloud-base heights are ...