Precipitation Occurrence Sensor System measurements

• 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; Arctic; Canada; Greenland
• Online Access: https://search.dataone.org/view/urn:uuid:e1eaa8c2-9d8f-42c7-8d17-4cbd84b6c28b

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 fo...