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KITcube_VS (Villingen-Schwenningen, Germany)

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Cimel #961 at KITcube main site in Villingen-Schwenningen next to a HATPRO microwave radiometer. View is to the north.
Cimel #961 at KITcube main site in Villingen-Schwenningen. View is to southwest.
Image 1 - Cimel #961 at KITcube main site in Villingen-Schwenningen next to a HATPRO microwave radiometer. View is to the north.
Image 2 - Cimel #961 at KITcube main site in Villingen-Schwenningen. View is to southwest.
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Site Coordinates and Elevation:

  • Latitude: 48.05614° North
  • Longitude: 8.48647° East
  • Elevation: 765.0 Meters

Site Description:
  • The instrument is be installed on a pole of 1 m height on on an agricultural field (sun flowers) in the „Baar" Upland east of the the Black Forest close to the city of Villingen-Schwenningen in southwestern Germany. The instrument will be operated for the Swabian MOSES Project which focusses on initiation and development of deep convection and thunderstorms as well as heat waves and drought.

Principal
Investigator(s)
Information:
  • Andreas Wieser
  • E-mail: andreas.wieser@kit.edu
    • Dr. Andreas Wieser
    KITcube Science Director
    Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)
    Institute of Meteorology and Climate Research (IMK)
    Hermann-von-Helmholtz-Platz 1
    76344 Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen
    Germany
    Tel: +49 721 608 22841
    Cell: +49 151 20009897
    Fax: +49 721 608 24377
    mailto:andreas.wieser@kit.edu
Site Manager(s) Information:
  • Andreas Wieser
  • Email: andreas.wieser@kit.edu
  • Dr. Andreas Wieser
    KITcube Science Director
    Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)
    Institute of Meteorology and Climate Research (IMK)
    Hermann-von-Helmholtz-Platz 1
    76344 Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen
    Germany
    Tel: +49 721 608 22841
    Cell: +49 151 20009897
    Fax: +49 721 608 24377
    mailto:andreas.wieser@kit.edu
Responsible Institution(s):
  • KIT – The Research University in the Helmholtz Association
    www.kit.edu

    Institute of Meteorology and Climate Research
    www.imk-tro.kit.edu

    KITcube www.kitcube.kit.edu

    MOSES www.moses-helmholtz.de

    Swabian MOSES www.swabianmoses.de

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Additional Photographs and Images


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Image 3 - View on KITcube main site in Villingen-Schwenningen taken by a drone. The Cimel#961 is located in fenced area in the lower left between the microwave radiometer (left) and a cloud radar, a Doppler lidar and a Parsivel disdrometer (right). Cloud cameras are installed on the container tops on the right. View on KITcube main site in Villingen-Schwenningen taken by a drone. The Cimel#961 is located in fenced area in the lower left between the microwave radiometer (left) and a cloud radar, a Doppler lidar and a Parsivel disdrometer (right). Cloud cameras are installed on the container tops on the right.

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