GOP - General Observation Period

Meteorological stations (GOP-8)

The observations from meteorological stations (DWD, Meteorological and Geographical Institutes, research organizations, etc.) provide continuous information on the atmospheric state. In particular we will use data from DWD observatories (Hohenpeissenberg, Lindenberg); especially at Lindenberg a wealth of remote sensing (radiation, microwave radiometer, ceilometer, Raman lidar, cloud radar, wind profiler, GPS etc.) and in situ instrumentation is available as well as 4 radiosoundings per day. The observations will allow the characterization of the atmospheric state (in particular the boundary layer and clouds) as complete as possible.

Further observatories of diverse operators can provide information from interesting locations (UFS Schneefernerhaus; Schwarzwald Observatories Hartheim and Tuttlingen).

Observatories of foreign weather services including for example the Cloudnet sites Cabauw, Chilbolton and Palaiseau which provide information on the vertical cloud distribution.

Meteorological and also geographical institutes operate a rather complete set of instrumentation; as an example the available instruments at the Meteorological Institute Bonn consists of lidar ceilometer, microwave radiometer MICCY, infrared radiometer, micro rain Radar, X-Band Radar, Scintillometer, rain gauges, weather station. This also includes foreign institutes like the IAP Bern.

Name	Code	PI	Location	Temp. Reso.	Vert. Reso.	Products	Data/Day	Availability
Institut of Applied Physics, University Bern	sta_bern	Brocard	Bern	3 sec 10 min	-	IWV, LWP, IRT T, p, rh, wind, vis, shortwave rad.	∼300 KB	check
Forest station Hartheim	sta_hart	Holst	Hartheim	10 min		tower, radiation, soil moist		check
Climate station Hohenheim	sta_hohe	Wulfmeyer	Hohenheim	30“	-	T,rh,wind, rad., rain, soil temp.	~173 KB	check
Climate station Oberpfaffenhofen	Climate station Oberpfaffenhofen	Hagen	Oberpfaffenhofen	5 min		temp., rel. hum., wind, pressure, rain		check
Meteorological Station Payerne	sta_paye	Ruffieux	Payerne	10 min		radiation, wind profiler		not yet
Microwave Radiometer HATPRO	sta_schn	Crewell	Schneefernerhaus	1 min	0.1-1 km	LWP, temp. & H2O profiles		not yet
Forest station Tuttlingen	sta_tutt	Holst	Tuttlingen	10 min		tower, radiation, soil moist		check
Zimmerwald Observatory	sta_zimm	Brocard	Zimmerwald	10 min	-	T, p, rh, wind, vis, rain, shortwave rad.	∼10 KB	check

Cloudnet stations and COPS super sites

Name	Code	PI	Location	Temp. Reso.	Vert. Reso.	Products	Data/Day	Availability
ARM Mobile Facility	sta_armm	Crewell	Murgtal	30s	~60m	classification, ice and liquid water content profiles	40 MB	not yet
Cabauw	sta_caba	Henk Klein Baltink	Cabauw	30s	~60 m	classification, ice and liquid water content profiles	40 MB	check
Chilbolton	sta_chil	Ewan O'Connor	Chilbolton	30 s	~60 m	classification, ice and liquid water content profiles	40 MB	not yet
Hornisgrinde	sta_horn	Behrendt	Hornisgrinde	30 s	~60 m	classification, ice and liquid water content profiles	40MB	not yet
Lindenberg	sta_lind	Berger	Lindenberg	30s	~60m	classification, ice and liquid water content profiles	40 MB	check
Rhine Valley	sta_rhin	Behrendt	Rhine Valley	30s	~60m	classification, ice and liquid water content profiles	40 MB	not yet
Sirta	sta_sirt		Sirta	30 s	~60 m	classification, ice and liquid water content profiles	40 MB	not yet