Polarimetric X-band radar data of the University of Bonn BoXPol 5min level2 (Version 20201127) 2014-2019

Project: Archived weather radar data (BoXPol) - The volume observations of the polarimetric X-Band (9.3 GHz) weather radar of the University of Bonn in Germany (BoXPol) include 10 PPI (Plan-position indicator) scans measured at elevation angles between 1 and 28 degrees. The data set covers five and a half years of observations (2014-2019) with one degree azimuthal and 25 m to 150 m radial resolution. Volume scans are available every 5 minutes and provided in daily files for each elevation. The data set includes the following polarimetric moments: uncorrected/corrected (for correction description see metadata) horizontal/vertical reflectivity factor, differential reflectivity, cross-correlation coefficient, differential phase shift, horizontal/vertical radial velocities and horizontal/vertical spectral width of radial velocity. The measurements are well suited for quantitative precipitation estimation (QPE), studies on microphysical precipitation generating processes in the regional temperate climate of western Germany, as well as for the evaluation and improvement of numerical models. Funder: Spezial priority programme SPP-2115 “Polarimetric Radar Observations meet Atmospheric Modelling (PROM)” in the project "An efficient volume scan po[1]larimetric radar forward OPERAtor to improve the representaTION of HYDROMETEORS in the COSMO model (Operation Hydrometeors)" funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG, grant TR 1023/16-1) Webpage: https://www2.meteo.uni-bonn.de/spp2115 Summary: Multi-years (2014-2019) observations of dual-pol X-band weather radar (BoXPol) with 10 different elevations (1 to 28 degree). The spatial resolution is one degree azimuthal and 25m to 150m in range. The Temporal resolution is 5 minutes.