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This directory provides sweep-based radar volume reflectivity (Z) data from the German Weather Service (DWD) network, delivered per radar site in HDF5 format. Horizontal resolution is 1 degree by 250 metres, covering a range of 180 km, with updates every 5 minutes. Data are offered both with and without a polarimetric clutter filter that removes non-meteorological echoes to improve quality. Sites include Borkum, Boostedt, Rostock, Hannover, Ummendorf, Prötzel, Essen, Flechtdorf, Dresden, Neuhaus, Neuheilenbach, Offenthal, Eisberg, Türkheim, Isen, Feldberg and Memmingen. Converting raw values into physical dBZ units requires the HDF5 attributes gain, offset, nodata and undetect, as described in the OPERA weather radar information model specification.pdf.}}The sweep radar data are location radial velocity products. Horizontal resolution is 1 degree x 250 m. The horizontal range is 180 km. The product has an availability of 5 min. This data is available with and without a polarimetric clutter filter, which eliminates non-meteorological echos to increase the quality of the data. The data is available for the following radar sites: Borkum, Boostedt, Rostock, Hannover, Ummendorf, Prötzel, Essen, Flechtdorf, Dresden, Neuhaus, Neuheilenbach, Offenthal, Eisberg, Türkheim, Isen, Feldberg, Memmingen. Up-to-date radar site data is available in the linked list of "Radar and wind profiler locations of DWD". Note: In order to convert the numerical values contained in the HDF5 files into physical quantities (dBZ), it is necessary to use the attributes “gain”, “offset”, “nodata” and “undetect”; see section 4.5 in ‘OPERA weather radar information model in HDF5 v2.3 (PDF)’.