Precipitation Occurrence Sensor System measurements

• Main Author: NSF Arctic Data Center
• Format: Dataset
• Language: unknown
• Published: Arctic Data Center 2010
• Subjects: EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > PRECIPITATION > PRECIPITATION AMOUNT; EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > PRECIPITATION > SNOW; EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > PRECIPITATION > PRECIPITATION RATE; EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > PRECIPITATION > RAIN; IN SITU/LABORATORY INSTRUMENTS > GAUGES > RAIN GAUGES; EARTH REMOTE SENSING INSTRUMENTS > ACTIVE REMOTE SENSING > PROFILERS/SOUNDERS > RADAR SOUNDERS > RADAR > RADIO DETECTION AND RANGING; OBSERVATORY; MANNED PERMANENT STATION; STATION; POINT; 1 MINUTE TO 1 HOUR; climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere; Arctic; Canada; Greenland
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.18739/A2RS7K

This data set contains measurements from a Precipitation Occurrence Sensor System (POSS) that is deployed at Summit Station, Greenland. This system is a small X-band radar sensor for detecting falling precipitation particles. It provides information on the size distribution and precipitation rate for liquid or solid precipitation. Detailed information on these parameters and other aspects of the dataset are included in the header information for each file. The POSS is owned by Environment Canada. Field operations support is provided by the National Science Foundation's Arctic Observing Network (AON) Program.