ENVIDAT provides laser optical disdrometer data measuring hydrometeors in Laret. The dataset captures precipitation amount and type, classifying eight forms including rain, hail, and snow. Measurements were collected from February 7 to March 29, 2019.
Use Cases
- Classify precipitation type (e.g., rain, hail, snow) from laser extinction measurements.
- Analyze temporal trends in precipitation amount over the 2019 observation period in Laret.
- Validate weather model outputs using ground-truth measurements of hydrometeor type and intensity.
- Study the occurrence and characteristics of hybrid precipitation forms identified by the instrument.
Strengths
- Data classifies eight specific precipitation types, including hybrid forms.
- Covers a continuous observation period of approximately 50 days in 2019.
Limitations
- Dataset size, row count, and specific features per measurement are unknown.
- Limited temporal coverage to a single location over less than two months.
- Potential for instrument-specific measurement biases or classification errors.
Provenance
- Source
- ENVIDAT
- Collection Method
- Measured by a Parsivel² laser optical disdrometer (OTT Hydromet) using laser beam extinction.
- Time Range
- February 7 to March 29, 2019
- Freshness
- Dataset was last updated in January 2020.
- Geography
- Laret (specific coordinates unknown)