Quality Controlled Rain Gauge Data from Water Board Noorderzijlvest

Rain gauge data from water board Noorderzijlvest has undergone quality control by the Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute (KNMI). The data originates from a self-maintained network of rain gauges and is delivered at a high frequency of every 1 to 5 minutes. The dataset is published by the Dutch Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations under an open license.

Use Cases

• Modeling high-frequency rainfall patterns based on the 1-5 minute delivery interval.
• Calibrating hydrological models based on quality-controlled precipitation measurements.
• Analyzing short-term storm events for flood forecasting based on the rain gauge network data.
• Validating satellite or radar precipitation estimates using ground-truth data from the water board's network.

Strengths

• Data has undergone quality control by the authoritative KNMI.
• High temporal resolution with data delivery every 1 to 5 minutes.
• Published under the permissive CC-BY-4.0 license for reuse.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count and dataset size are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified.

Provenance

Source

Water board Noorderzijlvest, quality controlled by KNMI.

Collection Method

Self-maintained network of rain gauges.

Time Range

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Freshness

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Geography

Noorderzijlvest water board region, Netherlands.