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 Data have been archived in one .tar file per day.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
Dataset name radar_tar_hail_warning_5min
Dataset version 1.0
Dataset edition 3
Dataset manager Hidde Leijnse
Maintainer KNMI Data Services
Publication timestamp 2014-12-01T10:35:37Z
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 2012-07-28
Dataset end time Unlimited
Update frequency daily
Status onGoing
Identifier urn:xkdc:ds:nl.knmi::radar_tar_hail_warning_5min/1.0/
License https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
Lineage 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.
Use limitation No use limitations
Last metadata update April 6, 2022, 13:04 (UTC)