Particle size and velocity distributions from an OTT Parsivel optical disdrometer located at Mario Zucchelli Station, aggregated to 5min, monthly netCDF archive

Disdrometric data from an OTT Parsivel with 32 size classes and 32 velocity classes positioned at Mario Zucchelli Station (Antarctica), with monthly spectra and particle size distributions (PSD).

Date (Creation): 2023-05-07

Identifier: https://antarcticdatacenter.cnr.it/geonetwork/srv/api/records/ed6ea5bf-3f59-467b-9914-f4db387bb55d

Purpose: Charachterize solid precipitation over Antarctica with multiple ground-based sensors.

Status: On going

principalInvestigator

CNR ISAC - Luca Baldini

pointOfContact

CNR ISAC - Alessandro Bracci

author

Ca' Foscari University of Venice and CNR ISAC Rome - Giacomo Roversi

Maintenance and update frequency: Annually

author

CNR ISAC - Giacomo Roversi

SCAR Gazetteer of Antarctica

Terra Nova Bay
Victoria Land
Inexpressible Island
Mario Zucchelli, Stazione
Mario Zucchelli Station

GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0

Atmospheric conditions
Meteorological geographical features
Protected sites

GCMD - Science Keywords

ATMOSPHERE
SNOW/ICE
PRECIPITATION
CLOUD MICROPHYSICS
WEATHER EVENTS
PARTICLE DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS
PARTICLE DENSITY

GCMD - Providers

IT/PNRA

GCMD - Locations

ANTARCTICA

Continents, countries, sea regions of the world.

Antarctica

PNRA project

APP Antarctic Precipitation Properties PNRA14_00122

Use limitation: CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Unique resource identifier: 2015/AZ3.02

Association Type: dependency

Initiative Type: Project

Unique resource identifier: Antarctic expeditions from XXXII to XXXVIII

Association Type: dependency

Initiative Type: Campaign

Spatial representation type: Text, table

Denominator: 1

Metadata language: English

Character set: UTF8

Topic category

Climatology, meteorology, atmosphere

Begin date: 2016-11-22

End date: 2023-12-31 Now

Unique resource identifier: WGS84

Distribution format

netCDF ( 4 )

OnLine resource: MZS OTT Parsivel data archive on Zenodo ( WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link )

Hierarchy level: Dataset

Domain consistency

Conformance result

Date (Publication): 2010-12-08

Explanation: This data set is conformant with the INSPIRE Implementing Rules for the interoperability of spatial data sets and services

Pass: Yes

Statement: Raw instrument telegram (text line) is gathered daily into a netCDF archive file. Original time resolution is 1 minute. Data is aggregated to 5 minutes and stored in monthly archives. Mid values and widths of the classes are provided. Monthly particle size distributions (PSD) and spectra are provided as well.