Radar-based gauge-adjusted one-hour precipitation sum climatology Version 2017.002
DOI for Scientific and Technical Data
10.5676/DWD/RADKLIM_RW_V2017.002
Title
Radar-based gauge-adjusted one-hour precipitation sum climatology Version 2017.002
Subtitle
Gridded Precipitation Data for Germany
Citation
Winterrath, Tanja; Brendel, Christoph; Hafer, Mario; Junghänel, Thomas; Klameth, Anna; Lengfeld, Katharina; Walawender, Ewelina; Weigl, Elmar; Becker, Andreas, "Radar-based gauge-adjusted one-hour precipitation sum climatology Version 2017.002 Gridded Precipitation Data for Germany version v2017.02." , 2018, doi:10.5676/DWD/RADKLIM_RW_V2017.002.Creators
Winterrath, Tanja (Deutscher Wetterdienst); Brendel, Christoph (Deutscher Wetterdienst); Hafer, Mario (Deutscher Wetterdienst); Junghänel, Thomas (Deutscher Wetterdienst); Klameth, Anna (Deutscher Wetterdienst); Lengfeld, Katharina (Deutscher Wetterdienst); Walawender, Ewelina (Deutscher Wetterdienst); Weigl, Elmar (Deutscher Wetterdienst); Becker, Andreas (Deutscher Wetterdienst)Acknowledgement
Data has been produced within the project "Generation of a decadal radar-based high-resolution precipitation climatology for Germany for the retrieval of recent changes in precipitation extremes (Radar Climatology)" financed by the Strategic Agencies' Alliance "Adaptation to Climate Change" comprising the Federal Office of Civil Protection and Disaster Assistance (BBK), the Federal Institute for Research on Building, Urban Affairs and Spatial Development (BBSR), the Bundesanstalt Technisches Hilfswerk (THW), the Umweltbundesamt (UBA) and the Deutscher Wetterdienst (DWD).
Publication Date
2018
Version
v2017.02
Publisher
Summary
The data are results of the reprocessing version 2017.002 of the DWD radar-based precipitation climatology based on the RADOLAN method. The precipitation sums (RW) result from the radar-based precipitation estimation that are adjusted with precipitation measurements by gauges. The YW products are five-minute precipitation rates quasi gauge-adjusted applying RW. The data is available on a 1 km x 1 km grid in polarstereographic projektion and covers the time span of 2001 until 2017. Version 2017.002 contains a thorough correction for radar artefacts compared to Version 2016.003.
In August 2019, the data set has been extended by the year 2018 (spanning from 01/01/2018, 05:50 UTC, to 01/01/2019, 05:50 UTC).
In April 2020, the data set has been extended by the year 2019 (spanning from 01/01/2019, 05:50 UTC, to 01/01/2020, 05:50 UTC).
In February 2021, the data set has been extended by the year 2020 (spanning from 01/01/2020, 05:50 UTC, to 01/01/2021, 05:50 UTC).
In spring 2022, the data set has been extended by the year 2021 (spanning from 01/01/2021, 05:50 UTC, to 01/01/2022, 05:50 UTC).
In March 2023, the data set has been extended by the year 2022 (spanning from 01/01/2022, 05:50 UTC, to 01/01/2023, 05:50 UTC).
In May 2024, the data set has been extended by the year 2023 (spanning from 01/01/2023, 05:50 UTC, to 01/01/2024, 05:50 UTC).
In May 2025, the data set has been extended by the year 2024 (spanning from 01/01/2024, 05:50 UTC, to 01/01/2025, 05:50 UTC).
The doi citation should therefore always include the used time span of the data.
In August 2019, formerly missing and corrupt data files have been added and corrected. The new data files were published under the folder 'supplement'. Please, be aware that they are not part of the doi-referenced original data set.
NetCDF data from the year 2021 are incorrect. The corrected data can be found in the folder "supplement".
In August 2019, the data set has been extended by the year 2018 (spanning from 01/01/2018, 05:50 UTC, to 01/01/2019, 05:50 UTC).
In April 2020, the data set has been extended by the year 2019 (spanning from 01/01/2019, 05:50 UTC, to 01/01/2020, 05:50 UTC).
In February 2021, the data set has been extended by the year 2020 (spanning from 01/01/2020, 05:50 UTC, to 01/01/2021, 05:50 UTC).
In spring 2022, the data set has been extended by the year 2021 (spanning from 01/01/2021, 05:50 UTC, to 01/01/2022, 05:50 UTC).
In March 2023, the data set has been extended by the year 2022 (spanning from 01/01/2022, 05:50 UTC, to 01/01/2023, 05:50 UTC).
In May 2024, the data set has been extended by the year 2023 (spanning from 01/01/2023, 05:50 UTC, to 01/01/2024, 05:50 UTC).
In May 2025, the data set has been extended by the year 2024 (spanning from 01/01/2024, 05:50 UTC, to 01/01/2025, 05:50 UTC).
The doi citation should therefore always include the used time span of the data.
In August 2019, formerly missing and corrupt data files have been added and corrected. The new data files were published under the folder 'supplement'. Please, be aware that they are not part of the doi-referenced original data set.
NetCDF data from the year 2021 are incorrect. The corrected data can be found in the folder "supplement".
Spatial Coverage
Germany
Temporal Coverage
from: 2001-01-01 until: 2024-12-31Resource Type
dataset
Resource Format
Resource Size
Resource Access
| Download | Format | Info |
|---|---|---|
| ascii | Ascii with GIS header (tar.gz) | |
| bin | binary (tar.gz) | |
| netcdf | opendata |
Supplemental Information
In August 2019, formerly missing and corrupt data files have been added and corrected. The new data files were published under the folder 'supplement'. Please, be aware that they are not part of the doi-referenced original data set.
NetCDF data from the year 2021 are incorrect. The corrected data can be found in the folder "supplement".
| RW2017.002_Supplement |
|---|
| Formerly missing and corrupt data files. Please note that these data are not part of the original, doi referenced dataset. |
Publications
| Erstellung einer radargestützten Niederschlagsklimatologie |
|---|
| "Erstellung einer radargestützten Niederschlagsklimatologie" T. Winterrath (1), C. Brendel (1), M. Hafer (1), T. Junghänel (1), A. Klameth (1,2), E. Walawender (1), E. Weigl (1), A. Becker (1) (1) Deutscher Wetterdienst, Hydrometeorology Department, 63067 Offenbach/M., Germany (2) Deutscher Wetterdienst, Department for Measurement Networks and Data, 63067 Offenbach/M., Germany in Berichte des Deutschen Wetterdienstes Nr. 251, in German |
Contact
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