Abstract

Archive of gridded files of radar reflectivities at 1500 m over the Netherlands and surrounding area measured by two radars in Herwijnen and Den Helder. Time interval is 5 minutes. Data have been archived in one .tar file per day.


Metadata

Dataset name radar_tar_refl_composites
Dataset version 1.0
Status onGoing
Update frequency daily
File formats HDF5
Spatial representation type grid
License https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
North bound latitude 55.97
East bound longitude 10.86
South bound latitude 48.9
West bound longitude 0.0
Dataset edition 2
Dataset manager KNMI Radarteam
Maintainer KNMI Data Services
Publication date 2014-10-01
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
Dataset start time 2008-01-01
Dataset end time 9999-12-31
Identifier urn:xkdc:ds:nl.knmi::radar_tar_refl_composites/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, 1.1, 2.0, and 3.0 degrees. These scans are used to generate a single image per radar at 1500 m by linearly interpolating radar reflectivities in altitude. These two radar images are then combined to a single image by taking a weighted average of the radar reflectivities. The weigths are a function of the distance of a given point to the radar. The time stamp in the file name corresponds to the start time of the lowest radar scan.
Use limitation No use limitations
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