GOP - General Observation Period

berlin_net

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2021-01-22T21:19:38+00:00

Stations of the Berlin network: Stations with 5 minutes temporal resolution [:prec_5min.png] Stations with daily resolution [:prec_1day.png]

data_organisation

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2021-01-22T21:19:38+00:00

Data Organisation File naming convention The general format will be netcdf. The metadata provided with the datasets will follow the NetCDF Climate and Forecast (CF) Metadata Convention. In some specific cases the grib or the gamic format can be used. This needs to be discused from case to case. Furthermore if compression results in much smaller file sizes this should be done with the gzip command. The filename should contain information about date, gop category, instrument, measurement site, a…

data_quicklooks

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2021-01-22T21:19:38+00:00

Quicklooks of the various observation and model data GOP1 Comparison of COSMO-DE and COSMO-EU to RANIE RANIE 1 product: gauge only RANIE 2 product: gauge and radar ---------- GOP2 x-band radar bonn (rad_xbbn) x-band radar Bonn ---------- GOP3 MRR measurements ---------- GOP4 DWD ceilometer network (lid_dwdn)

data_status

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GOP sub group Data Status January 01020304050607080910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031

div_rad

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2021-01-22T21:19:38+00:00

Diverse Radar Data * Bonn x-Band Radar( blue) * C-Band DWD research polarimetric radar Hohenpeissenberg (red) * C-Band DWD weather radar network * FZK C-Band Radar (green) [radar locations ]

dwd_products

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2021-01-22T21:19:38+00:00

Rain gauge products REGNIE (rai_dwd5) precipitation analysis (by DWD): Quality-checked analysis of all (ca. 3000) DWD rain gauges (including climate network). Orographical influence is taken into account by a regression method. 24-h precipitation sums of 7:30 a.m. till 7:30 a.m. next day. Available not immediately due to time needed for data collection and quality check. Spatial resolution: 30

dwd_radar

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2021-01-22T21:19:38+00:00

DWD Radar Products [:dwd_radar_pi_klein.png] PI international radar composite (rad_rapi) * international radar reflectivity (dBZ) composite * covers central Europe (1440 km * 1440 km) * 6 reflectivity classes * temporal resolution: 15 min * spatial resolution: 4 km

dwd_ranie

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DWD RANIE products RANIE1 (rai_dwd3) * precipitation gauge precipitation analysis (by DWD) * analysis of surface precipitation rate with 1 km spatial resolution * 6-h precipitation sums (00, 06, 12, 18 UTC) * some quality checks are applied, e.g. outlier test

dwd_regnie

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2021-01-22T21:19:38+00:00

DWD REGNIE product * precipitation analysis (rai_dwd5, rai_dwd6) (by DWD) * 24-h precipitation sums from 7:30 a.m. till 7:30 a.m. next day * spatial resolution: 30“ * 60” * orographical influence is taken into account by a regression method

gop

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2021-01-22T21:19:38+00:00

GOP 2007 The main goal of the General Observation Period (GOP) within the Priority Programm on Quantitative Precipitation Forecasting is to gather a comprehensive data set suitable for testing hypotheses and new modeling techniques developed within PQP. The GOP encompasses the Convectively and Orographically induced Precipitation Study

gop_1

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2021-01-22T21:19:36+00:00

Rain gauges (GOP-1) Name Code PI Location No. Stations Temp. Reso. Products Data/Day Availability Berlin high density rain gauge network rai_berl Reimer Berlin area 60 5 min RR check German water authorities and environmental agencies rai_wafe Mathes Germany 200

gop_2

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2021-01-22T21:19:38+00:00

Weather radar (GOP-2) Weather radars measure the range resolved radar reflectivity factor (Z) in dBZ from which the surface rain rate (RR) is commonly derived using Z-RR relations of the form Z=a·RR^b. In addition Doppler radars provide the radial velocity (

gop_3

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2021-01-22T21:19:38+00:00

Drop size distribution (GOP-3) Observations of the rain drop size distribution (RDSD) with ground-based disdrometers and vertically pointing Micro Rain Radars (MRR) will be performed. At least 13 will be located at selected sites in order to study differences of RDSDs over flat terrain including maritime conditions on one hand and over orographically structured terrain on the other hand. A transect of MRRs will be deployed in the COPS area and coordinated with polarimetric radar (POLDIRAD/DLR)…

gop_4

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2021-01-22T21:19:38+00:00

Lidar (GOP-4) The GOP includes * a cooperation with European Aerosol Research Lidar Network (EARLINET) * the use of lidar ceilometers which are based on much simpler techniques compared to research lidars but operate continuously. EARLINET will provide range-resolved aerosol profiles on a regular basis, approximately three times a week. The data (from all EARLINET stations across Europe) will be available in a data base open for the COPS community. These data include the height of the p…

gop_5

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2021-01-22T21:19:38+00:00

GPS (GOP-5) Ground-based GPS receivers measure the Zenith Total Delay (ZTD) in mm which is the sum of the Zenith Hydrostatic Delay (ZHD) caused by the atmospheres dry components and the Zenith Wet Delay (ZWD) resulting mainly from atmospheric water vapor.

gop_6

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2021-01-22T21:19:38+00:00

Lightning networks (GOP-6) Continuous observations by two lightning networks which both distinguish between cloud to ground (CG) and intra cloud (IC) lightnings will be made available: * The Surveillance et Alerte Foudre par Interférometrie Radioélectrique (

gop_7

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2021-01-22T21:19:38+00:00

Satellites (GOP-7) SEVIRI on Meteosat Second Generation (MSG), MODIS and MERIS observations are by a near real time (NRT) processing. The information is online with a delay of 2 hours. The SEVIRI instrument on MSG with its 11 spectral channels from 0.6 to 14 μm will be the prime instrument.

gop_8

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2021-01-22T21:19:38+00:00

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 wel…

gps_gfzn

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2021-01-22T21:19:38+00:00

GPS observations [:gps_net_germany.png] Originally designed for navigation purposes the Global Positioning System can also be used to determine the atmospheric integrated water vapour (IWV) when the position of the GPS satellites and the GPS receiver are precisely known. Since this method has emerged, the number of ground-based GPS receivers organised within networks to derive columnar water vapour is increasing as well as the use of GPS receivers on Low Earth Orbiting (LEO) satellites for wat…

hatpro_quicklooks

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links

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2021-01-22T21:19:38+00:00

Link list On this page one will find useful links for the project. Documents * [Press release] related to the World Day of Meteorology General links of interest * KODAC (KNMI Operational Data Center) * DWD-Radarinformation * The meta data base at the PIK (should be completed by some) netCDF related stuff * netCDF Home Page * Some more netCDF stuff Format Convention related * NetCDF Climate and Forecast (CF) Metadata Convention * Variable name list of the Climate and Fo…

meteorological_stations

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2021-01-22T21:19:38+00:00

Meteorological stations Site PI Lat. (°N) Lon. (°E) Alt. asl (m) Instrumentation AMF Murgtal Crewell 48.53944 8.39528 511.43 ARM Mobile Facility, microwave radiometers, MRR Beauvechain Delobbe 50.75 4.76667 105 Radiosounding station Bergen-Hohne DWD 52.82 9.93

model_evaluation

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2021-01-22T21:19:38+00:00

Data evaluation Rain gauges [:quicklooks:gop1_rai_d3d4:01:200701020006.png] * Daily quicklooks for each 6 h RANIE interval * Monthly evaluation of daily precipitation sums for corresponding LMK gridpoints * Timing of precipitation events for high temporal resolution sondes * Statistical analysis for specific regions

mrr

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2021-01-22T21:19:38+00:00

Disdrometer Network Micro Rain Radar (mrr_berl) : The MRR MPI_1 owned by the Max-Planck-Institute Hamburg (Peters) is operated the Meteorological Institute of the Free University of Berlin. Local contact is (Eberhard Reimer). Micro Rain Radar (mrr_berg) : The

mrr_berl

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2021-01-22T21:19:38+00:00

Micro Rain Radar (mrr_berl) : The MRR MPI_1 owned by the Max-Planck-Institute Hamburg (Peters) will be operated either at Tempelhof or the Meteorological Institute. Local contact is Reimer. Micro Rain Radar (mrr_berg) : The MRR MIUB_2 owned by Meteorological Institute Bonn (

observations

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observations_backup

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2021-01-22T21:19:38+00:00

Observations Rain gauges (GOP-1) Rain gauge data from the diverse sources will be assembled, quality controlled and combined to precipitation maps for various integration times which take into account the varying temporal resolution of the data. Realtime available observations will be delivered in near-real time to be used for an

participants

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Participants Klaus Beheng (IMK) GOP-2 C-Band Radar KarlsruheAndreas Berendt (IPM) GOP-8 Hohenheim Weather station Hans-Dieter Betz (LMU) GOP-6 Linet VLF lightning network Emanuel Brocard (IAP Bern) GOP-8 Observations at Bern and Zimmerwald, Switzerland Karl Bumke (IFM-Geomar) GOP-3 Optical Disdrometer observations Susanne Crewell (IGM) Overall GOP organisationEwan o'Connor (U Reading) GOP-8 Cloudnet data

radiosonde

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2021-01-22T21:19:38+00:00

Stationsangaben: IIiii= 10410 name= Essen_Mulheim phi= 51.24 lambda= 6.58 datum= 01.07.04 GG= 10 gg= 45 Id= 1 a4= 8 sr= 4 rara= 81 sasa= 08 TwTwTw= -99.9 Nh= -9 CL= -9 h= -9 CM= -9 CH= -9 Temperaturwerte:

radolan

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2021-01-22T21:19:38+00:00

RADOLAN (radolan) radar precipitation analysis (by DWD): Radar-derived precipitation analysis, online calibrated to ground observations. Available (nearly) immediately. 1-h precipitation sums. Undefined in case of missing radar data, therefore not suitable as estimate for long-term precipitation sums.

rad_dwdn

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2021-01-22T21:19:38+00:00

Code Site Format 10440 Flechtdorf bin 10908 Feldberg bin 10871 München bin 10605 Neuheilenbach bin 10832 Türkheim bin 10630 Frankfurt hdf5

rai_dwd1

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2021-01-22T21:19:38+00:00

DWD online stations: Stations with hourly resolution * filename convention rr1_YYMMDD * ascii format with 5 columns: 1) time (YYMMDDHH), 2) station number, 3) latitude, 4) longitude, 5) hourly rain rate in 1/10mm * time is in UTC * hourly value is from hh:51 bis hh:50

rai_dwd3

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2021-01-22T21:19:38+00:00

RANIE precipitation gauge analysis (by DWD): Analysis of gauge precipitation observations. Some quality check is applied, e.g. an outlier test. Orographical influence is taken into account by a regression method. Available (nearly) immediately. 6-h precipitation sums (00, 06, 12, 18 UTC).

rai_dwd4

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2021-01-22T21:19:38+00:00

RANIE precipitation combined gauge and radar analysis (by DWD): Combined analysis of radar and gauge precipitation observations. Some quality check is applied, e.g. an outlier test. Orographical influence is taken into account by a regression method. Available (nearly) immediately. 6-h precipitation sums (00, 06, 12, 18 UTC).

rai_dwd5

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2021-01-22T21:19:38+00:00

REGNIE precipitation analysis (by DWD): Quality-checked analysis of all (ca. 3000) DWD rain gauges (including climate network). Orographical influence is taken into account by a regression method. 24-h precipitation sums of 7:30 a.m. till 7:30 a.m. next day. Available not immediately due to time needed for data collection and quality check.

sidebar

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2021-01-22T21:19:38+00:00

GOP * * GOP 1 * GOP 2 * GOP 3 * GOP 4 * GOP 5 * GOP 6 * GOP 7 * GOP 8 * Meteorological Stations * Data Organisation * Model Evaluation * Data Quicklooks * Participants * Links ---------- * * Pin Board * Contact Status

station_bern

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2021-01-22T21:19:38+00:00

[:photo_bern1.jpg] [:photo_bern2.jpg] *Situation The weather station is situated on the roof of the Gebäude für Exakte Wissenschaften (ExWi), Sidlerstrasse 5, 3012 Bern, Bern, Switzerland. The coordinates are 46° 57' N, 7° 26' E, altitude: 575 m a.s.l. *General The IAP Weather Station is a MILOS 500 model manufactured by Vaisala. The station is maintained by the research group

station_hartheim

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2021-01-22T21:19:38+00:00

Permanent forest meteorological experimental site Hartheim [further information (in German only)] Coordinates 7.6° E, 47.93° N, altitude: 201 m a.s.l. Operator Meteorological Institute, University of Freiburg Prof. Dr. H. Mayer Werderring 10, D-79085 Freiburg Vegetation:

station_hohenheim

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2021-01-22T21:19:38+00:00

Climatological Station Hohenheim (since 1878) Location: 10 km south of the city of Stuttgart, Germany Coordinates: λ = 9° 13' E, φ = 48° 43' N, altitude: 407 m a.s.l. [:wiki:hohenheim.jpg] Fig.1 Climatological Station Hohenheim Operator: Inst. of Physics and Meteorology, University of Hohenheim

station_payerne

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2021-01-22T21:19:38+00:00

MeteoSwiss Payerne atmospheric observatory Payerne is the principal atmospheric observation station of Switzerland, with operational and research surface and upper air measurement systems belonging to several international long-term monitoring networks and research projects. Other measurement systems are located at higher altitudes within the Alps at some distance from Payerne up to 3500 m asl (Jungfraujoch). Both in situ and surface based remote sensing techniques are used. The main objective…

station_tuttlingen

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2021-01-22T21:19:38+00:00

Permanent forest meteorological experimental site Tuttlingen [further information (in German only)] Coordinates 47° 59’ N, 8° 45’ E, altitude: 740-780 m a.s.l. Operator Meteorological Institute, University of Freiburg Prof. Dr. H. Mayer Werderring 10, D-79085 Freiburg

station_zimmerwald

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2021-01-22T21:19:38+00:00

[:photo_zimm.jpg] *Situation The weather station is situated at the Zimmerwald Observatory, located about 10 kilometers south of the city of Bern, Switzerland. The coordinates are 46° 53' N, 7° 28' E, altitude: 906 m a.s.l. *General The Zimmerwald Weather Station is a MAWS model manufactured by Vaisala. The station is maintained by the research group

test_gallery1

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2021-01-22T21:19:36+00:00

water_authorities_net

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2021-01-22T21:19:38+00:00

Rain gauge data Daily and sub-daily precipitation observations from more than 400 rain gauges, which are not used by the operational network of the German Weather Service. The data are from environmental agencies of the federal states in Germany and from water authorities in Nordrhein-Westfalen.