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A6 - Totaliser precipitation stations - Measured values

In supplement to 5. Manual precipitation stations – Measured values in mountainous areas that are difficult to access, MeteoSwiss operates around 60 totalisers which record the volume of precipitation for an entire year (see section "Totaliser monitoring network – annual readings" here.

[!NOTE] For climate analyses, use the corresponding homogeneous time series data instead.

6.1. Data granularity, update frequency, format and volume​

There are files of data granularity y and update frequency yearly (historical) for each station.

Data format of all files is CSV with an estimated volume of ≤0.6 MB per file.

See example data file for station MGR (set in lower case): ogd-tot_mgr_y_historical.

6.2. Parameter metadata​

See example parameter metadata file of data granularity: y.

The productive version will provide a parameter metadata file with the name: ogd-tot_meta_parameters.csv.

6.3. Station metadata​

See example station metadata file.

The productive version will provide a station metadata file with the file name: ogd-tot_meta_stations.csv.

6.4. Data visualisation​

See e.g. MeteoSwiss' SwissMetNet network map.