Maahn, Maximilian; Beril, Aydin; Pfeifer, Nils (2026): Video In Situ Snowfall Sensor (VISSS) data for Ny-Ålesund on 2025-12-08 [dataset]. PANGAEA, https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.994552 (DOI registration in progress), In: Maahn, M et al. (2026): Video In Situ Snowfall Sensor (VISSS) data for Ny-Ålesund (January 2025 - December 2025) [dataset publication series]. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.994059
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Published: 2026-05-18
Abstract:
The VISSS is a camera system recording precipitating snowfall from two perspectives. Here, movies and images of falling precipitation particles are provided for one day at station Ny-Ålesund. For further details on the VISSS see Maahn et al. (2024).
References:
Maahn, Maximilian; Moisseev, Dmitri; Steinke, Isabelle; Maherndl, Nina; Shupe, Matthew D (2024): Introducing the Video In Situ Snowfall Sensor (VISSS). Atmospheric Measurement Techniques, 17(2), 899-919, https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-17-899-2024
Coverage:
Latitude: 78.922660 * Longitude: 11.923380
Date/Time Start: 2025-12-08T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 2025-12-08T23:50:00
Event(s):
VISSS-NYA * Latitude: 78.922660 * Longitude: 11.923380 * Date/Time: 2019-01-01T00:00:00 * Campaign: AWIPEV_based * Basis: AWIPEV * Method/Device: Video In Situ Snowfall Sensor, University of Cologne (VISSS)
Parameter(s):
| # | Name | Short Name | Unit | Principal Investigator | Method/Device | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | DATE/TIME | Date/Time | Maahn, Maximilian | Video In Situ Snowfall Sensor, University of Cologne (VISSS) | Geocode | |
| 2 | Identification | ID | Maahn, Maximilian | Video In Situ Snowfall Sensor, University of Cologne (VISSS) | of camera | |
| 3 | Video | VIDEO | Maahn, Maximilian | Video In Situ Snowfall Sensor, University of Cologne (VISSS) | mkv files | |
| 4 | Image, sky | IMAGE sky | Maahn, Maximilian | Video In Situ Snowfall Sensor, University of Cologne (VISSS) | jpg files | |
| 5 | Text file | TEXT | Maahn, Maximilian | Video In Situ Snowfall Sensor, University of Cologne (VISSS) | meta data | |
| 6 | Text file | TEXT | Maahn, Maximilian | Video In Situ Snowfall Sensor, University of Cologne (VISSS) | status txt files |
License:
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC-BY-4.0)
Status:
Curation Level: Enhanced curation (CurationLevelC)
Size:
2890 data points
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