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Quality control of rainfall measurements in Cyprus

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 May 2006

Claudia Golz ,
Thomas Einfalt  and
Silas Chr. Michaelides
Claudia Golz
Affiliation:
einfalt&hydrotec GbR, Breite Str. 6-8, D-23552 Luebeck, Germany
Thomas Einfalt
Affiliation:
einfalt&hydrotec GbR, Breite Str. 6-8, D-23552 Luebeck, Germany
Silas Chr. Michaelides
Affiliation:
Meteorological Service, Nicosia, Cyprus Email: c_golz@einfalt.de; thomas@einfalt.de; silas@ucy.ac.cy
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Abstract

The basic condition for using precipitation data from raingauges and radars is data quality control. This aspect is important for comparing and using rainfall data, for example in models. In the scope of the EU-project VOLTAIRE (Validation of multisensors precipitation fields and numerical modelling in Mediterranean test sites) rain data from Cyprus have been analysed. Different quality control methods have been applied to the rainfall data of 158 raingauges and the data of 11 events (in 2002 and 2003) of the C-Band radar in Kykkos. The first results of the use of ground clutter algorithms for radar data in Cyprus are presented in the paper.

Keywords

Data quality controlradar dataCyprusVOLTAIRE
Type
Research Article
Information
Meteorological Applications , Volume 13 , Issue 2 , June 2006 , pp. 197 - 201
Copyright
2006 Royal Meteorological Society

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