Deprecation

This dataset has been deprecated since July 8, 2024 and will no longer receive updates per July 8, 2024.
Please read the deprecation notice of this dataset for how to proceed.

The newest version of this dataset can be found at: https://dataplatform.knmi.nl/dataset/rad-opera-hourly-rainfall-accumulation-euradclim-2-0

Abstract

The European climatological gauge-adjusted radar precipitation dataset, EURADCLIM, addresses the need for an accurate (sub-)daily precipitation product covering 8000000 square kilometers of Europe at high spatial resolution. It consists of 1-h and 24-h precipitation accumulations (every clock-hour) at a 2-km grid for the period 2013 through 2020. It is based on the European Meteorological Network (EUMETNET) Operational Program on the Exchange of weather RAdar Information (OPERA) gridded radar dataset of 15-min instantaneous surface rain rates. For EURADCLIM, first methods have been applied to further remove non-meteorological echoes from these images by applying two statistical methods and a satellite-based cloud type mask. Second, the radar composites are merged with the rain gauge data from the European Climate Assessment & Dataset (ECA&D) in order to substantially improve its quality. We expect to rerun EURADCLIM once a year over the entire period, using all available ECA&D rain gauge data, and extend it with one year of data. This will result in a new version of this dataset.

Reason of deprecation: The next version has improved removal of non-meteorological echoes, better rain gauge coverage from 2013 to 2020, and the years 2021 and 2022 have been added

Alternative dataset version can be found here: https://dataplatform.knmi.nl/dataset/rad-opera-hourly-rainfall-accumulation-euradclim-2-0

Supplemental information

Project EURADCLIM was financed by KNMI’s multi-annual strategic research programme (project number 2017.02). The EURADCLIM dataset is based on the OPERA surface radar rain rate and daily precipitation sums of the rain gauge networks provided by the European national weather services and other data holding institutes, through ECA&D. https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-15-1441-2023


Metadata

Dataset name RAD_OPERA_HOURLY_RAINFALL_ACCUMULATION_EURADCLIM
Dataset version 1.0
Status completed
Last metadata update October 24, 2024, 06:53 (UTC)
Update frequency annually
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) https://doi.org/10.21944/7ypj-wn68
License https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
North bound latitude 68
East bound longitude 58
South bound latitude 32
West bound longitude -40
Dataset edition 1.0
Dataset manager Radar team KNMI (Aart Overeem)
Maintainer KNMI Data Services
Publication timestamp 2022-10-06T09:48:14Z
Reference system identifier EPSG4326
Dataset start time 2013-01-01
Dataset end time 2020-12-31
Identifier urn:xkdc:ds:nl.knmi::RAD_OPERA_HOURLY_RAINFALL_ACCUMULATION_EURADCLIM/1.0/
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) https://doi.org/10.21944/7ypj-wn68
Lineage statement OPERA surface radar rain rate + ECA&D rain gauge data
Use limitation No use limitations
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