Quality-controlled and Cubic Spline interpolated rain rates from MC3E APU gauges. The rain rates are generated using the algorithm of Wang et al. 2008 (JTECH).

(Wang, J., B. L. Fisher, and D. B. Wolff, 2008: Estimating rain rates from tipping-bucket rain gauge measurements. J. Atmos. Oceanic Technol., 25, 43-56.)

Each yearly file contains all rain rates from each gauge. Only non-zero rain rates are provided. The data unit is mm/hr, and the resolution is 1 minute.

File Name:  mc3e_raingauge_APU##_X_<start date>_<end date>_gmin.txt,
where ## is the APU number (01,02,...,16), X is A or B to denote collocated gauge A or B, <start date> is YYYYMMDD (YYYY is year, MM is month, DD is day), and <end date> is YYYYMMDD (YYYY is year, MM is month, and DD is day). gmin denotes gauge one-minute rain rate.

The header of each file gives data year, gauge identification number, gauge type and its bucket resolution, as well as data column labels.

Each data line gives the year, month, day of the month, Julian day of the year, hour, minute, interpolated one-minute rain rate (mm/hr), latitude and longitude.

e. g.,  mc3e_raingauge_APU06_A_20110422_20110606_gmin.txt

2011 MC3E APU06_A MetOne 0.254 mm
Year Mon Day Jday  Hr Min Rain[mm/h]  Lat        Lon
2011  04  22  112  05  34    3.05  36.63691  -97.54312
2011  04  22  112  05  35    3.05  36.63691  -97.54312
2011  04  22  112  05  36    3.05  36.63691  -97.54312
2011  04  22  112  05  37    3.05  36.63691  -97.54312
2011  04  22  112  05  38    3.05  36.63691  -97.54312
2011  04  24  114  11  13    3.05  36.63691  -97.54312
2011  04  24  114  11  14    3.05  36.63691  -97.54312
2011  04  24  114  11  15    3.05  36.63691  -97.54312
2011  04  24  114  11  16    3.05  36.63691  -97.54312
2011  04  24  114  11  17    3.05  36.63691  -97.54312
2011  04  24  114  11  41    3.05  36.63691  -97.54312
2011  04  24  114  11  42    3.05  36.63691  -97.54312
2011  04  24  114  11  43    3.05  36.63691  -97.54312
2011  04  24  114  11  44    3.05  36.63691  -97.54312
2011  04  24  114  11  45    3.05  36.63691  -97.54312
2011  04  24  114  19  27    3.05  36.63691  -97.54312
2011  04  24  114  19  28    3.05  36.63691  -97.54312
2011  04  24  114  19  29    3.05  36.63691  -97.54312
2011  04  24  114  19  30    3.05  36.63691  -97.54312
2011  04  24  114  19  31    3.05  36.63691  -97.54312
2011  04  25  115  09  22    3.92  36.63691  -97.54312
2011  04  25  115  09  23    4.17  36.63691  -97.54312
2011  04  25  115  09  24    4.17  36.63691  -97.54312
2011  04  25  115  09  25    3.92  36.63691  -97.54312
2011  04  25  115  09  26    3.42  36.63691  -97.54312
2011  04  25  115  09  27    2.66  36.63691  -97.54312