Dataset on raindrop size distribution, raindrop fall velocity and precipitation data measured by disdrometers and rain gauges over Peruvian central Andes (12.0°S)

Jairo M Valdivia; Kevin Contreras; Daniel Martinez-Castro; Elver Villalobos-Puma; Luis F Suarez-Salas; Yamina Silva

doi:10.1016/j.dib.2020.105215

Dataset on raindrop size distribution, raindrop fall velocity and precipitation data measured by disdrometers and rain gauges over Peruvian central Andes (12.0°S)

Data Brief. 2020 Jan 31:29:105215. doi: 10.1016/j.dib.2020.105215. eCollection 2020 Apr.

Authors

Jairo M Valdivia¹, Kevin Contreras¹, Daniel Martinez-Castro¹, Elver Villalobos-Puma¹, Luis F Suarez-Salas¹, Yamina Silva¹

Affiliation

¹ Instituto Geofísico del Perú, Peru.

Abstract

This dataset includes data obtained at the Atmospheric Microphysics and Radiation Laboratory (LAMAR) of the Huancayo Observatory (12.04° S, 75.32° W, 3313 m ASL). Two Parsivel2 and two tipping bucket rain gauges are used in this dataset which are operating together since 2018. Data is given in NetCDF format, including two types of files, one NetCDF for precipitation totals and another which contains Parsivel2 data. This data set was collected in the complex topography conditions of the tropical Andes, and its potential use is to study the microphysics of orographic rainfall, atmospheric models and rainfall estimation algorithms.

Keywords: DSD; Disdrometer; Huancayo observatory; In situ atmospheric observations.