diff --git a/xradar/io/backends/furuno.py b/xradar/io/backends/furuno.py
index 518afd42..a3efcf8f 100644
--- a/xradar/io/backends/furuno.py
+++ b/xradar/io/backends/furuno.py
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@
 import lat_lon_parser
 import numpy as np
 import xarray as xr
+from xarray import Dataset, DataTree
 from xarray.backends.common import AbstractDataStore, BackendArray, BackendEntrypoint
 from xarray.backends.file_manager import CachingFileManager
 from xarray.backends.store import StoreBackendEntrypoint
@@ -56,6 +57,7 @@
 
 from ... import util
 from ...model import (
+    georeferencing_correction_subgroup,
     get_altitude_attrs,
     get_azimuth_attrs,
     get_elevation_attrs,
@@ -64,6 +66,10 @@
     get_range_attrs,
     get_time_attrs,
     moment_attrs,
+    optional_root_vars,
+    radar_calibration_subgroup,
+    radar_parameters_subgroup,
+    required_root_vars,
     sweep_vars_mapping,
 )
 from .common import (
@@ -686,8 +692,13 @@ def get_variables(self):
         )
 
     def get_attrs(self):
-        # attributes = {"fixed_angle": float(self.ds.fixed_angle)}
-        return FrozenDict()
+        attributes = {"source": "Furuno", "version": self.root.header["format_version"]}
+        return FrozenDict(attributes)
+
+    def get_calibration_parameters(self):
+        vars = [var for var in self.root.header if var in radar_calibration_subgroup]
+        calibration = {var: self.root.header[var] for var in vars}
+        return FrozenDict(calibration)
 
 
 class FurunoBackendEntrypoint(BackendEntrypoint):
@@ -767,10 +778,78 @@ def open_dataset(
                     "altitude": ds.altitude,
                 }
             )
-
+        ds.attrs = store.get_calibration_parameters()
         return ds
 
 
+def _get_required_root_dataset(ls_ds, optional=True):
+    """Extract Root Dataset."""
+    # keep only defined mandatory and defined optional variables per default
+    # by checking in all nodes
+    data_var = {x for xs in [sweep.variables.keys() for sweep in ls_ds] for x in xs}
+    remove_root = set(data_var) ^ set(required_root_vars)
+    if optional:
+        remove_root ^= set(optional_root_vars)
+    remove_root ^= {"sweep_number", "fixed_angle"}
+    remove_root &= data_var
+    root = [sweep.drop_vars(remove_root) for sweep in ls_ds]
+    root_vars = {x for xs in [sweep.variables.keys() for sweep in root] for x in xs}
+    # rename variables
+    # todo: find a more easy method not iterating over all variables
+    for k in root_vars:
+        rename = optional_root_vars.get(k, None)
+        if rename:
+            root = [sweep.rename_vars({k: rename}) for sweep in root]
+
+    root_vars = {x for xs in [sweep.variables.keys() for sweep in root] for x in xs}
+    ds_vars = [sweep[root_vars] for sweep in ls_ds]
+    vars = xr.concat(ds_vars, dim="sweep").reset_coords()
+
+    # Creating the root group using _assign_root function
+    ls = ls_ds.copy()
+    ls.insert(0, xr.Dataset())
+    root = _assign_root(ls)
+
+    # merging both the created and the variables within each dataset
+    root = xr.merge([root, vars])
+
+    # Renaming variable
+    root = root.rename_vars({"sweep_number": "sweep_group_name"})
+    root["sweep_group_name"].values = np.array(
+        [f"sweep_{i}" for i in root["sweep_group_name"].values]
+    )
+    return root
+
+
+def _get_subgroup(ls_ds: list[xr.Dataset], subdict):
+    """Get iris-sigmet root metadata group.
+    Variables are fetched from the provided Dataset according to the subdict dictionary.
+    """
+    meta_vars = subdict
+    data_vars = {x for xs in [ds.variables.keys() for ds in ls_ds] for x in xs}
+    extract_vars = set(data_vars) & set(meta_vars)
+    subgroup = xr.concat([ds[extract_vars] for ds in ls_ds], "sweep")
+    for k in subgroup.data_vars:
+        rename = meta_vars[k]
+        if rename:
+            subgroup = subgroup.rename_vars({k: rename})
+    subgroup.attrs = {}
+    return subgroup
+
+
+def _get_radar_calibration(ls_ds: list[xr.Dataset], subdict: dict) -> xr.Dataset:
+    """Get radar calibration root metadata group."""
+
+    meta_vars = subdict
+    data_vars = {x for xs in [ds.attrs for ds in ls_ds] for x in xs}
+    extract_vars = set(data_vars) & set(meta_vars)
+    if extract_vars:
+        var_dict = {var: ls_ds[0].attrs[var] for var in extract_vars}
+        return xr.Dataset({key: xr.DataArray(value) for key, value in var_dict.items()})
+    else:
+        return Dataset()
+
+
 def open_furuno_datatree(filename_or_obj, **kwargs):
     """Open FURUNO dataset as :py:class:`xarray.DataTree`.
 
@@ -806,14 +885,18 @@ def open_furuno_datatree(filename_or_obj, **kwargs):
     """
     # handle kwargs, extract first_dim
     backend_kwargs = kwargs.pop("backend_kwargs", {})
-    # first_dim = backend_kwargs.pop("first_dim", None)
+    optional = backend_kwargs.pop("Optional", True)
     kwargs["backend_kwargs"] = backend_kwargs
 
-    ds = [xr.open_dataset(filename_or_obj, engine="furuno", **kwargs)]
-
-    ds.insert(0, xr.Dataset())
-
-    # create datatree root node with required data
-    dtree = xr.DataTree(dataset=_assign_root(ds), name="root")
-    # return datatree with attached sweep child nodes
-    return _attach_sweep_groups(dtree, ds[1:])
+    ls_ds = [xr.open_dataset(filename_or_obj, engine="furuno", **kwargs)]
+
+    dtree: dict = {
+        "/": _get_required_root_dataset(ls_ds, optional=optional),
+        "/radar_parameters": _get_subgroup(ls_ds, radar_parameters_subgroup),
+        "/georeferencing_correction": _get_subgroup(
+            ls_ds, georeferencing_correction_subgroup
+        ),
+        "/radar_calibration": _get_radar_calibration(ls_ds, radar_calibration_subgroup),
+    }
+    dtree = _attach_sweep_groups(dtree, ls_ds)
+    return DataTree.from_dict(dtree)