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Abstract
Operational radar systems must be monitored in real time. In general, this task is a hard work, but it is a lot worse if we are talking of remote sensing systems. The amount of data that it is generated by these systems, make necessary that technicians develop monitoring tools and indicators of quality to validate data. Visual inspections of data are essential but it is important to take into account, manual work reduces the number of verifications in real time. Furthermore it is an expensive solution and it is very easy to loose the global aspects of the situation, looking the details.
Our work is focused on keeping working, the polarimetric weather radar and the wind profiler that belong to the Basque Meteorology Agency, with a minimum level of quality. To achieve this objective, it was necessary to detect the weakness of the systems independently. Later, the procedures of the manufacture were analyzed and fixed to the site. Finally the integration, between them and with other observations was a challenge. The last task was more difficult to get because the integration is limited by non redundant observation systems.
This is not a finish work but it can offer a new perspective of the advantages of integration systems and involve groups of different disciplines to gather experiences that they could be potential operational solutions.