MWR (HATPRO G5) provided parameters: passive instrument, working in the 20-30 GHz and 50-60 GHz bands relative humidity and temperature profiles (0-10km) – derived from retrievals using neural networks brightness temperature liquid water path integrated water vapor cloud base height…
Cloud radar (MIRA-35) provided parameters: radar reflectivity factor spectral width linear depolarization ratio Doppler velocity Vertical pointing or scanning (vad and ppi) 1 file each 1 hour Time resolution ~ seconds From ~ 150 m to 15 km File…
Disdrometer provided parameters: precipitation intensity drop size distribution rainfall rate number of particles reflectivity The only in situ sensor Sampling at each 30 seconds 1 file each day, nc format Disdrometer quicklooks
Wind lidar Provided Parameters: vertical velocity wind radial speed Level0 data in ascii format (level1a and level1b in netcdf) Vertical winds derived each 2-3 seconds, vertical bin of 41.5 meters, from 40 m to 12 km Horizontal winds…
Ceilometer provided parameters: low power lidar used for the retrieval of the cloud base height attenuated backscatter coefficient cloud base (max. 5 layers, preset: 3 layers) aerosol layer height cloud amount penetration depth vertical visibility height of mixing layer…