A EUMETNET OPERA weather radar in Norrbotten, Sweden, operated by Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute (SMHI).
- Station
- Kiruna (SEKRN)
- Operator
- Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute (SMHI)
- Network
- EUMETNET OPERA
- Antenna
- 67.709° N, 20.618° E, 647 m above sea level
- Products
- Reflectivity, composite reflectivity, echo tops, vertically integrated liquid, velocity
SEKRN is a weather radar of Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute (SMHI), listed as Kiruna, in Norrbotten, Sweden. The antenna stands 647 m above sea level. Kiruna lies 23 km northwest of the antenna.
Alerua reads the radar's own files through EUMETNET's Open Radar Data service (CC BY 4.0), 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.
Radar data: Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute (SMHI), via EUMETNET Open Radar Data, CC BY 4.0, processed by Alerua. Place names: GeoNames, CC BY 4.0.