GPM GROUND VALIDATION AUTONOMOUS PARSIVEL UNIT (APU) GCPEX V1

Description

The GPM Ground Validation Autonomous Parsivel Unit (APU) GCPEx dataset was collected by the Autonomous Parsivel Unit (APU), which is an optical disdrometer that measures the size and fall velocity of single precipitation particles. The APU consists of the Parsivel (the precipitation measuring instrument), developed by OTT in Germany, and its support systems, which were designed and built by the University of Alabama in Huntsville. The GPM Cold-season Precipitation Experiment (GCPEx) addressed shortcomings in the GPM snowfall retrieval algorithm by collecting microphysical properties, associated remote sensing observations, and coordinated model simulations of precipitating snow. These data sets were collected to aid in the achievement of the over arching goal of GCPEx which is to characterize the ability of multi-frequency active and passive microwave sensors to detect and estimate falling snow. The APU dataset for GCPEx provides precipitation data including raindrop size, raindrop counts, precipitation drop size, precipitation rate, precipitation amount, and snowflake size, counts and distribution. The GCPEx APU data was collected from several sites in Canada during the Winter 2011-2012 period.

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5 https://search.earthdata.nasa.gov%2Fsearch%3Fq%3Dgpmpagcpex
5 http://dx.doi.org%2F10.5067%2FGPMGV%2FGCPEX%2FDATA101
5 http://ghrc.nsstc.nasa.gov%2Fuso%2Fds_docs%2Fgpmgv%2Fgcpex%2Fgpmpagcpex%2Fgpmpagcpex_dataset.html
5 https://ghrc.earthdata.nasa.gov%2Fbrowseui%2F%23pub%2Fgpmpagcpex__1%2Fdocs%2FDataFormat_parsivel_gcpex.pdf
5 https://ghrc.nsstc.nasa.gov%2Fhome%2Ffield-campaigns%2FGCPEx
5 https://ghrc.nsstc.nasa.gov%2Fhome%2Fabout-ghrc%2Fciting-ghrc-daac-data
5 https://search.earthdata.nasa.gov/search?q=gpmpagcpex
21 http://dx.doi.org/10.5067/GPMGV/GCPEX/DATA101
21 gpmpagcpex_dataset.html http://ghrc.nsstc.nasa.gov/uso/ds_docs/gpmgv/gcpex/gpmpagcpex/gpmpagcpex_dataset.html
33 https://ghrc.earthdata.nasa.gov/browseui/#pub/gpmpagcpex__1/docs/DataFormat_parsivel_gcpex.pdf
5 https://ghrc.nsstc.nasa.gov/home/field-campaigns/GCPEx
5 https://ghrc.nsstc.nasa.gov/home/about-ghrc/citing-ghrc-daac-data
0 The metadata's original source. https://cmr.earthdata.nasa.gov/search/concepts/C1979657178-GHRC_DAAC.iso19115

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  • earth-science-precipitation-atmosphere-liquid-precipitation-rain
  • earth-science-precipitation-atmosphere-hydrometeors
  • earth-science-precipitation-atmosphere-precipitation-rate
  • earth-science-precipitation-atmosphere-precipitation-amount
  • earth-science-precipitation-atmosphere-solid-precipitation-snow
  • earth-science-precipitation-atmosphere-droplet-size

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