UVA_VPTS - Vertical profiles of biological targets derived from weather radars in Belgium, Germany and the Netherlands

UVA_VPTS - Vertical profiles of biological targets derived from weather radars in Belgium, Germany and the Netherlands is a vertical profile time series dataset published by the Research Institute for Nature and Forest (INBO). It contains animal movement data derived from 24 weather radars in Belgium, Germany and the Netherlands, with varying coverage from 2008 to 2023. These data were created by processing weather radar data - provided by the Royal Meteorological Institute of Belgium (RMI), German Meteorological Service (DWD) and Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute (KMNI) - with methods optimized for extracting bird targets. The resulting data are vertical profile time series (VPTS), containing the density, speed and direction of biological targets within a weather radar (radar) volume, grouped into altitude bins (height) and measured over time (datetime). The data are also available in the Aloft bucket.