A DWD weather radar in Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany, operated by Deutscher Wetterdienst (DWD).
- Station
- Essen (DEESS)
- Operator
- Deutscher Wetterdienst (DWD)
- Network
- DWD
- Antenna
- 51.406° N, 6.967° E, 185 m above sea level
- Products
- Reflectivity, composite reflectivity, echo tops, vertically integrated liquid, velocity
DEESS is a weather radar of Deutscher Wetterdienst (DWD), listed as Essen, in Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany. The antenna stands 185 m above sea level. Essen lies 7 km northeast of the antenna.
Alerua reads the radar's own volume files from the DWD open data service, and the antenna position above comes from those files. The loop carries Reflectivity, composite reflectivity, echo tops, vertically integrated liquid, velocity.
Radar shows rain, snow and hail, not cloud, and nothing below its lowest beam; far from the antenna the beam passes high above the ground.