STARTWAVE
STudies in Atmospheric Radiative Transfer
and Water VApour Effects
The STARTWAVE database
The STARTWAVE database makes available ground based measurements of water vapour and liquid water from various instrument networks in Switzerland.
STARTWAVE data can be used for scientific purposes only. To become a user you must first accept the conditions for using the database and register.
You can download small amounts of data on a trial basis by giving the user name startwave_demo and leaving the password line blank when you are asked for your user name and password. Your query will be restricted to 100 lines.
Data from instruments run by the Institute of Applied Physics
The ExWi weather station (Bern)
> More information > ExWi weather station homepage > Download 10 minute meteo observations
The Zimmerwald weather station
> More information > Download 10 minute meteo observations
The Zimmerwald ceilometer
Measures the cloud base height.
> More information > Download 2 minute ceilometer observations
The TROWARA microwave radiometer
Measures integrated water vapour and liquid water.
> More information
> TROWARA homepage
> Download hourly means
The MIAWARA microwave radiometer
Measures stratospheric water vapour profiles.
> More information
> MIAWARA homepage
> Download diurnal MIAWARA water vapour profiles
The AMSOS airborne microwave radiometer
Measured stratospheric water vapour profiles from aircraft until 2006.
> More information and data download
> AMSOS homepage
The ASMUWARA microwave radiometer
Measured tropospheric water vapour, liquid water and temperature profiles until 2004.
> More information > ASMUWARA homepage > Download hourly average IWV, ILW and brightness temperature data
> Download hourly average water vapour profiles > Download hourly average temperature profiles
Data from external contributors
Radiosonde data
Measures integrated water vapour.
> More information > Download integrated water vapour values > Download radiosonde profiles (IAP only)
The GPS network
Measures integrated water vapour.
> More information
> Download hourly data
The CHARM Precision Filter radiometer network
Measures integrated water vapour.
> More information
> CHARM homepage
> Download hourly data
Selected ANETZ meteorological data (IAP only)
> More information > Download ANETZ data (10 minute, partly quality controlled) > Download ENAD data (hourly)
Special data sets
TROWARA refined 2004–2013
Integrated water vapour and liquid water retrieved with a new refined physical script for the years 2004–2013.
> Download data
The rain rate
Rain rates retrieved from TROWARA using an opacity physical method.
> Download data
Contactlast update: March 2020