ER-2 X-band Radar (EXRAD) 3D Winds IMPACTS V1

Description

The ER-2 X-band Radar (EXRAD) 3D Winds IMPACTS dataset consists of horizontal wind components, uncertainties in the horizontal wind components, and radar reflectivity collected by the EXRAD instrument onboard the NASA ER-2 aircraft. These data were gathered during the Investigation of Microphysics and Precipitation for Atlantic Coast-Threatening Snowstorms (IMPACTS) field campaign. IMPACTS was a three-year sequence of winter season deployments conducted to study snowstorms over the U.S Atlantic Coast (2020-2023, No deployments occurred in 2021 due to COVID-19). The campaign aimed to (1) Provide observations critical to understanding the mechanisms of snowband formation, organization, and evolution; (2) Examine how the microphysical characteristics and likely growth mechanisms of snow particles vary across snowbands; and (3) Improve snowfall remote sensing interpretation and modeling to significantly advance prediction capabilities. The EXRAD 3D Winds IMPACTS dataset files are available from January 25 through February 7, 2020 in netCDF-3 format.

Resources

Name Format Description Link
21 Search results for publications that cite this dataset by its DOI. https://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=10.5067%2FIMPACTS%2FEXRAD%2FDATA201
21 Files may be downloaded directly to your workstation from this link https://search.earthdata.nasa.gov/portal/ghrc/search?q=exrad3dimpacts&ghrccloud%2Fdata%2F=
21 IMPACTS Field Campaign Micro Article https://ghrc.nsstc.nasa.gov/home/micro-articles/investigation-microphysics-and-precipitation-atlantic-coast-threatening-snowstorms
21 IMPACTS Field Campaign Collection DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.5067/IMPACTS/DATA101
21 Wind Retrieval Algorithms for the IWRAP and HIWRAP Airborne Doppler Radars with Applications to Hurricanes http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/JTECH-D-13-00140.1
21 Coherent Turbulence in the Boundary Layer of Hurricane Rita (2005) During an Eyewall Replacement Cycle http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/JAS-D-17-0347.1
21 IMPACTS Project Home Page https://ghrc.nsstc.nasa.gov/home/field-campaigns/impacts
21 Instructions for citing GHRC data https://ghrc.nsstc.nasa.gov/home/about-ghrc/citing-ghrc-daac-data
33 A Large Eddy Simulation of Hurricane Intensification https://science.gsfc.nasa.gov/sed/content/uploadFiles/publication_files/large_eddy_33hurr_guimond.pdf
33 The guide document contains detailed information about the dataset https://ghrc.nsstc.nasa.gov/data-publication/sites/default/files/guide_documents/exrad3dimpacts_dataset.pdf

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  • precipitation
  • atmosphere
  • spectral-engineering
  • radar
  • atmospheric-winds
  • earth-science

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