Briefder introduction of TAHOPE observations

The spatial distribution of observation instruments (Fig 1), part of observation raw and processed data are supplid by Central Weather Bureau (Table 1), the reset of observation raw data supplied by other institutions are listed in Table 2.

Moreover, the data in Table 1 and Table 2 can be downloaded from data server built by Central Weather Bureau.

Fig 1. Observations location for TAHOPE 2022 (Reference)

Tabel 1. The brief infomation of data supplied by Central Weather Bureau.

Observation Instrument	Variables	Frequency (min)	Note
Satellite	Infrared, Visible	Taiwan area: 10 East Asia: 30
Radar C band (Raw)	dBuZ, dBZ, KDP, PhiDP, RhoHV, SNR, SQI, uPhiDP, V, W, ZDR	< 10
Radar S band (Raw)	dBZ, V, W, ….	< 10
Radar X (Raw) TEAM-R		< 10
Radar(Processed)	Mosaic 2D, Mosaic 3D, QPE 1 hour
Disdrometer	Particle Size, Particle speed, Rainrate intensity	1
Sounding		< 1
Surface		10 and 15
Wind profiler		6
Lightning	Inner Cloud, Cloud to Ground, Flash Time	< 1

Tabel 2. The brief information of data not supplied by Central Weather Bureau

Observation Instrument	Variables	Frequency (min)	Institution
Radar S band (Raw) SPOL	dBZ, V, W, ….	< 10	NCAR
Radar X (Raw) TEAM-R		< 10	NCU
Sounding	wind speed, wind direction, …	< 1	PCCU, NCAR
Storm Tracker	wind speed, wind direction, …		PCCU

NCAR: National Center For Atmospheric Research NCU: National Central University PCCU: Chinese Culture University