Pfeifer, Nils; Maahn, Maximilian; Moisseev, Dmitri (2026): Video In Situ Snowfall Sensor (VISSS) data for Hyytiälä on 2025-08-05 [dataset]. PANGAEA, https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.994909 (DOI registration in progress), In: Pfeifer, N et al. (2026): Video In Situ Snowfall Sensor (VISSS) data for Hyytiälä (November 2024 - December 2025) [dataset publication series]. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.994111
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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 Hyytiälä. 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: 61.843800 * Longitude: 24.287700
Date/Time Start: 2025-08-05T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 2025-08-05T23:50:00
Event(s):
CRIOS-HYY * Latitude: 61.843800 * Longitude: 24.287700 * Date/Time Start: 2019-01-01T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 2022-12-31T00:00:00 * Campaign: Hyytiala_based * Basis: Hyytiala Forestry Field Station * Method/Device: Video In Situ Snowfall Sensor, Leipzig University (VISSS-HYY)
Parameter(s):
| # | Name | Short Name | Unit | Principal Investigator | Method/Device | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | DATE/TIME | Date/Time | Maahn, Maximilian | Video In Situ Snowfall Sensor, Leipzig University (VISSS-HYY) | Geocode | |
| 2 | Identification | ID | Maahn, Maximilian | Video In Situ Snowfall Sensor, Leipzig University (VISSS-HYY) | of camera | |
| 3 | Video | VIDEO | Maahn, Maximilian | Video In Situ Snowfall Sensor, Leipzig University (VISSS-HYY) | mkv files | |
| 4 | Image, sky | IMAGE sky | Maahn, Maximilian | Video In Situ Snowfall Sensor, Leipzig University (VISSS-HYY) | jpg files | |
| 5 | Text file | TEXT | Maahn, Maximilian | Video In Situ Snowfall Sensor, Leipzig University (VISSS-HYY) | meta data |
License:
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC-BY-4.0)
Status:
Curation Level: Enhanced curation (CurationLevelC)
Size:
2304 data points
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