PIERS Rain gauge network
In this case, PIERS stands for Precipitation Instrument Evaluation and Research Sites,
named in honor of Piers Sellers — a NASA astronaut and climate scientist renowned
for his contributions to Earth science and space exploration.
0007_B Rain gauge ID. Each gauge is equipped with two buckets, labeled 'A' and 'B'
2025 Year
2A56 Product ID
V05 Version number
txt Text format
File header
2025 PIERS 0007_B MetOne 0.254 mm 01/01/2025 00:00 01/31/2025 23:592015 PIERS 0007_B Same as in file name MetOne Gauge type 0.254 mm Gauge bucket size 01/01/2025 00:00 Time stamp (month/day/year hour:minute in UTC) for the first record in the month 01/31/2025 23:59 Time stamp (month/day/year hour:minute in UTC) for the last record in the month
Data format
Year Mon Day Jday Hr Min Rain[mm/h] Lat Lon ...................................................... 2025 01 06 006 14 32 0.000 37.91287 -75.57986 2025 01 06 006 14 33 0.000 37.91287 -75.57986 2025 01 06 006 14 34 0.000 37.91287 -75.57986 2025 01 06 006 14 35 0.000 37.91287 -75.57986 2025 01 06 006 14 36 0.000 37.91287 -75.57986 2025 01 06 006 14 37 2.580 37.91287 -75.57986 2025 01 06 006 14 38 2.040 37.91287 -75.57986 2025 01 06 006 14 39 1.680 37.91287 -75.57986 2025 01 06 006 14 40 1.500 37.91287 -75.57986 2025 01 06 006 14 41 1.500 37.91287 -75.57986 2025 01 06 006 14 42 1.680 37.91287 -75.57986 ...................................................... 2025 01 06 006 17 12 5.100 37.91287 -75.57986 2025 01 06 006 17 13 4.910 37.91287 -75.57986 2025 01 06 006 17 14 4.910 37.91287 -75.57986 2025 01 06 006 17 15 5.100 37.91287 -75.57986 2025 01 06 006 17 16 -9.999 -99.99999 -999.99999 2025 01 06 006 17 17 -9.999 -99.99999 -999.99999 ...................................................... There are 9 data fields. 1) year 2) month 3) day of month 4) Julian Day of year 5) hour in UTC 6) minute 7) rainrate [mm/h] "0.000" indicates no rain, while "-9.999" represents missing data for each 1-minute interval. 8) Latitude in degree. missing: -99.99999 9) Longitude in degree. missing: -999.99999