Contents:
original Monte Lema radar files (gif-images) during MAP SOP, every 10 minutes:
PSL -> Precipitation (also called RAIN)
TGL -> Today Format: radar image
UnL -> Polar-U (radial Doppler wind speed)
ZnL -> Polar-Z (reflectivity),
WDL -> Vertical windprofiles
NnL -> daily count of measured volumes where a pixel is identified as cluttered (once a day), available for day n in the files for day n+1
VnL -> estimated accumulated precipitation amount during 24h (once a day)
where "n" is a number ranging from 1 to 9 or a letter ranging from A to K.
For further information about the data files, please go to http://map.meteoswiss.ch/map-doc/lemadesc_map.htm or to http://map.meteoswiss.ch/map-doc/wg_rad.htm.
Data availability:
07.09.1999 0000 - 08.09.1999 1610
08.09.1999 1620 - 09.09.1999 0650 Radar out of service
09.09.1999 0700 - 14.09.1999 0720
14.09.1999 0730 - 14.09.1999 1430 Radar out of service
14.09.1999 1440 - 27.09.1999 1020
27.09.1999 1030 - 27.09.1999 1630 Radar partially out of service (no data: 27.09.1999 1430-27.09.1999 1540)
27.09.1999 1640 - 06.10.1999 0520
06.10.1999 0530 Missing data
06.10.1999 0540 - 09.10.1999 2120
09.10.1999 2130 - 10.10.1999 0040 Radar out of service
10.10.1999 0050 - 24.10.1999 1340
24.10.1999 1350 - 24.10.1999 2220 Radar out of service
24.10.1999 2230 - 15.11.1999 2350
To request data, please write to MAP Data Centre. The data are available either on the MAP ftp-server or on a CD-ROM (sent by mail). A complete data set of 1 day keeps up to a maximum of 120 MB.