CONUS404 BA RAINRATE units

[theobarnhart]

Hello HyTest,

I'm working on using the CONUS404 RAINRATE variable which is described in the data release (here) as having units of mm (assuming mm/hour). However, when accessing on-prem CONUS404 BA on Hovenweep (for example: /caldera/hovenweep/projects/usgs/water/impd/hytest/conus404-tpBiasCorr/WY1980/197910010000.LDASIN_DOMAIN1) the units for RAINRATE are mm/s, which suggests that values need to be multiplied by 60*60 to get hourly totals.

Is there any clarification on what the true units of RAINRATE are?

From my preliminary use of the data I think the units pulled from the netCDF on-prem are correct.

[amsnyder]

@aubreyd - wondering if you can tag someone in to clarify what the units on RAINRATE for CONUS404 BA are?

[aubreyd]

My understanding is RAINRATE in the LDASIN files is in mm/s, but tagging @YongxinFred to confirm or correct

[YongxinFred]

Yes, the unit for RAINRATE is mm/s.

[amsnyder]

Thanks both! @theobarnhart - we will try to do a data release revision to update that information, but hopefully this helps in the meantime.

[theobarnhart]

Thanks @aubreyd, @YongxinFred, and @amsnyder!!!

[amsnyder]

This is what our metadata on the data release indicates about the units: