1. ABOUT THE DATASET ------------

Title: Data Supporting the Article: Characteristics of desert precipitation in the UAE derived from
a ceilometer dataset

Creator(s): Martin W Airey

Organisation(s): University of Reading

Rights-holder(s): University of Reading

Publication Year: 2021

Description: Dataset contains a summary of rainfall episode characteristics spanning the study
period 2018-2020 at Al Ain International Airport (24°15' N, 55°37' E). Cloud position and cloud base
PTU (pressure, temperature, and relative humidity) conditions, rainfall times and durations, in
addition to surface conditions and derived rain droplet size and fall speeds. Ceilometer backscatter
profile and potential gradient measurements for 15/03/2019 are included as a case study as used in
Airey, M.W.; Nicoll, K.A.; Harrison, R.G.; Marlton, G.J. (2021) Characteristics of Desert
Precipitation in the UAE Derived from a Ceilometer Dataset. Atmosphere 12, 1245.

Cite as: Airey, Martin (2021): Characteristics of desert precipitation in the UAE derived from a
ceilometer dataset. University of Reading. Dataset. http://dx.doi.org/10.17864/1947.330

Related publication: Airey, M.W.; Nicoll, K.A.; Harrison, R.G.; Marlton, G.J. Characteristics of
Desert Precipitation in the UAE Derived from a Ceilometer Dataset. Atmosphere 2021, 12, 1245.
https://doi.org/10.3390/atmos12101245

Contact: m.w.airey@reading.ac.uk


2. TERMS OF USE -----------------

This dataset is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Licence:
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/


3. PROJECT AND FUNDING INFORMATION ------------

Title: Electrical aspects of rain generation

Dates: 2016-2021

Funding organisation: UAE Center for Meteorology and Seismology

Grant no.: UAE Rain Enhancement Program


4. CONTENTS ------------ File listing

RainEvents_archive.xlsx

Summary of all cloud and rain droplet characteristics observed and derived for all 105 identified
rainfall events along with comments.

ceilometer_190315.txt

Grid of backscatter values observed on 15/03/2019 values (x) are 10^x m^{-1}sr^{-1}. Grid is 20 m
vertical resolution, 3 minute horizontal resolution.

PGData_190315.xlsx

Time series for full day 15/03/2019 potential gradient, 1 minute resolution.


5. METHODS --------------------------

Data collected at field site installed at Al Ain International Airport, UAE. Instruments include
CL31 ceilometer, CS110 field mill, and SWS100 visibility sensor. For full description of field site
see Nicoll et al. (2020) (https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ab9e20) and for full description of data
measurement and derivation, see Airey et al. (2021) (https://doi.org/10.3390/atmos12101245).