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UID 957
Name CatRaRE – Catalogue of Radar-based Heavy Rainfall Events in Germany
Description A catalogue of heavy-rainfall events detected from radar-based precipitation estimates on a 1 km grid, adjusted using ground-station observations. Events are characterised by duration, estimated return period, precipitation maximum, spatial extent and other parameters. Durations range from 1 to 72 hours.
Update Frequency Periodic Update
Area National
Temporal 01 Jan. 2001 - 31 Dec. 2025
Timeliness < 1 hr
Data Policy Freely accessible
Data type Analysis
Copernicus service product
Data format Multiple
Quality Control Procedure N/A
Dissemination Download Service
Inspire themes

Annex III: Atmospheric conditions

Annex III: Meteorological geographical features
Geographical Coverage

Germany
Status Operational
State Ready
Created on Oct. 22, 2026, 12:03 p.m.
Last modified on Nov. 3, 2026, 10:34 a.m.

Data Providers

Data provider UID Data provider Role Is network Created on Last modified on
183 Germany's National Meteorological Service Originator Oct. 22, 2026, 12:03 p.m. Oct. 22, 2026, 12:03 p.m.

Requirements

Requirement UID Requirement Level of compliace Note Information costs Handling costs Created on Last modified on
433 Meteorological Geographical Features Partially Coverage could be not complete. The dataset accuracy could be lower than target. Some datasets need further processing to obtain the final product. Oct. 26, 2026, 10:24 a.m. Oct. 26, 2026, 10:24 a.m.