Precipitation - radar 5 minute echo top height composites over the Netherlands - archive
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Additional Info
Field | Value |
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Dataset name | radar_tar_echotopheight_5min |
Dataset version | 1.0 |
Dataset edition | 3 |
Dataset manager | Hidde Leijnse |
Maintainer | KNMI Data Services |
Publication timestamp | 2014-12-01T08:29:04Z |
Reference system identifier | PROJ.4+proj=stere +lat_0=90 +lon_0=0 +lat_ts=60 +a=6378.14 +b=6356.75 +x_0=0 y_0=0 |
North bound latitude | 55.97 |
East bound longitude | 10.86 |
South bound latitude | 48.9 |
West bound longitude | 0.0 |
Dataset start time | 2014-03-30 |
Dataset end time | Unlimited |
Update frequency | daily |
Status | onGoing |
Identifier | urn:xkdc:ds:nl.knmi::radar_tar_echotopheight_5min/1.0/ |
License | https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/ |
Lineage statement | Radar reflectivities are measured by both radars (De Bilt at 52.1017 N, 5.1783 E and Den Helder at 52.9533 N, 4.7900 E) in scans with elevation angles of 0.3, 0.4, 0.8, 1.1, 2.0, 3.0, 4.5, 6.0, 8.0, 10.0, 12.0, 15.0, 20.0, and 25.0 degrees. These scans are used to compute echo top heights by taking the maximum height above the earth?s surface where reflectivity exceeds 7 dBZ. These two radar images are then combined to single echo top height values by taking a the maximum of the two echo top heights. The time stamp in the file name corresponds to the start time of the lowest radar scan. |
Use limitation | No use limitations |
Last metadata update | April 6, 2022, 13:04 (UTC) |