Precipitation - radar 5 minute probability of hail over the Netherlands - archive

Archive of gridded files of probability of hail from radar over the Netherlands and surrounding area. Based on 14 radar scans by two radars in Herwijnen and Den Helder. Time interval is 5 minutes. Data have been archived in one .tar file per day.

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Additional Info

Field Value
Author Hidde Leijnse
Maintainer KNMI Data Services
Version 1.0
Last Updated July 29, 2021, 11:15 (UTC)
Created July 29, 2021, 11:15 (UTC)
Dataset name radar_tar_hail_warning_5min
Dataset version 1.0
East bound longitude 10.86
File identifier c5a6b197-0641-41a7-8e38-01bef8405c7e
From 2012-07-28T00:00:00
Identifier urn:xkdc:ds:nl.knmi::radar_tar_hail_warning_5min/1.0/
License https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/deed.en
Linage statement The probability of hail is determined from the difference between the height of the 45dBZ echo top determined by the radars, and the height of the 0-degree isotherm determined by the Numerical Weather Prediction model HiRLAM.
North bound latitude 55.97
Publication timestamp 2014-12-01T10:35:37
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
South bound latitude 48.9
Status onGoing
Until Unlimited
Update frequency asNeeded
Use limitation none
West bound longitude 0.0