DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.17136444
title: National Observatory of Athens, Parsivel2 data 2012-2021

description: Laser disdrometer (OTT Hydromet Parsivel2) data collected during various campaigns in Greece, Italy and France during the years 2012 to 2021 in original (raw) text files (mi7, see manufacturer's manual).

Installations latitude (deg), longitude (deg), altitude amsl (m):Gard, France: 44.06392, 4.14144, 202.5Trafoi, Italy: 46.6488, 10.7068, 1383Rome, Italy: 41.8397, 12.6473, 103Athens, Greece: 37.979792, 23.779586, 181Corfu, Greece: 39.606400, 19.909401, 10

Time:UTC time, except Trafoi 2012 data UTC+1 hr

mi7 files format:date and time fields ,"R,accR,Z,vis,ampl,Nd,T,I,V", except Trafoi 2012 data "R,accR,ampl,Nd,T", spectral data

R: rainfall rain (mm/hr)accR: accumulated rainfall (mm)Z: radar reflectivity (dBZ)vis: visibility (m)ampl: signal amplitudeNd: particles numberT: temperature (C)I: current (A)V: voltage (V)

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