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Disdrometer Verification Network (DiVeN) data collection: particle diameter and fall velocity measurements from a UK-wide network of disdrometers and supporting measurements from Chilbolton
Starting in February 2017, a network of 14 Thies™ manufactured Laser Precipitation Monitors (LPMs) were installed at various locations around the United Kingdom to create the Disdrometer Verification Network (DiVeN). The instruments were installed for verification of radar hydrometeor classification algorithms but are valuable for much wider use in the scientific and operational meteorological community. See dataset for further details.
This collection not only holds the disdrometer data collected for the DiVeN project, but links to supporting observations from the Chilbolton Facility for Radio Research (CFARR) in Hampshire made use of by the project.
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- Date (Publication)
- 2019-10-31T14:28:44
- Date (Creation)
- 2019-10-31T14:28:44
- Identifier
- Centre for Environmental Data Analysis (CEDA) / 001b9640fdb1453aa95a222ba423580e
- Maintenance and update frequency
- unknown Unknown
- Update scope
- series Series
- Keywords
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- disdrometer
- rainfall
- precipitation
- verification
- hydrometeors
- GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0
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- atmospheric conditions
- Access constraints
- otherRestrictions Other restrictions
- Other constraints
- Data within this dataset collection are available to both registered and non-registered users. See individual datasets for specific access information.
- Use constraints
- otherRestrictions Other restrictions
- Spatial representation type
- grid Grid
- Metadata language
- EnglishEnglish
- Topic category
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- Climatology, meteorology, atmosphere
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- Begin date
- 1999-04-30T23:00:00
- Unique resource identifier
- WGS 84
- Distribution format
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- OnLine resource
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CEDA Data Catalogue Page
Detail and access information for the resource
- OnLine resource
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YouTube video of disdrometer deployments around the UK
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- OnLine resource
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Löffler-Mang, M. and J. Joss, 2000: An Optical Disdrometer for Measuring Size and Velocity of Hydrometeors. J. Atmos. Oceanic Technol., 17, 130–139, https://doi.org/10.1175/1520-0426(2000)017<0130:AODFMS>2.0.CO;2
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- OnLine resource
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Disdrometer Verification Network (DiVeN) Project site
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- OnLine resource
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Pickering, B. S., Neely III, R. R., & Harrison, D. (2018). The Disdrometer Verification Network (DiVeN): a UK network of laser precipitation instruments. Atmospheric Measurement Techniques Discussions, 2018, 1-34.
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- OnLine resource
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World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) present weather code list
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- Hierarchy level
- series Series
Conformance result
- Date (Publication)
- 2010-12-08
- Statement
- Please see data lineage statements for each dataset within this collection for data lineage details.
- File identifier
- 001b9640fdb1453aa95a222ba423580e XML
- Metadata language
- EnglishEnglish
- Character set
- 8-bit variable size UCS Transfer Format, based on ISO/IEC 10646 UTF8
- Hierarchy level
- series Series
- Hierarchy level name
- series
- Date stamp
- 2025-11-15T03:28:09
- Metadata standard name
- UK GEMINI
- Metadata standard version
- 2.3
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