Description
The GPM Ground Validation Cloud Radar System (CRS) IPHEx data were collected in support of the Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) mission Integrated Precipitation and Hydrology Experiment (IPHEx) in North Carolina, with an intense study period occurring from May 1, 2014 through June 15, 2014. The goal of IPHEx was to evaluate the accuracy of satellite precipitation measurements and use the collected data for hydrology models in the region. The ER-2 aircraft flew during the IPHEx field campaign to aid in GPM validation. The science instruments, including the CRS, onboard the aircraft acted as a proxy for GPM satellite instruments. The CRS provided high-resolution profiles of reflectivity and Doppler velocity in clouds at aircraft nadir along the flight track. The CRS data are available from May 3, 2014 through June 12, 2014 and files for this dataset are available in netCDF-3 format.
Resources
| Name | Format | Description | Link |
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| View information related to this dataset | HTML | IPHEx Field Campaign Collection DOI | Open resource |
| View this dataset's publications | HTML | Using a multiwavelength suite of microwave instruments to investigate the microphysical structure of deep convective cores | Open resource |
| View this dataset's publications | HTML | Combined lidar-radar remote sensing: Initial results from CRYSTAL-FACE | Open resource |
| View this dataset's publications | HTML | Cirrus cloud optical, microphysical, and radiative properties observed during the CRYSTAL-FACE experiment: A lidar-radar retrieval system | Open resource |
| View this dataset's publications | HTML | Retrieving optically thick ice cloud microphysical properties by using airborne dual-wavelength radar measurements | Open resource |
| View this dataset's publications | HTML | A 94-GHz Cloud Radar System on a NASA High-Altitude ER-2 Aircraft | Open resource |
| View this dataset's publications | HTML | Ice Cloud Retrievals and Analysis with the Compact Scanning Submillimeter Imaging Radiometer and the Cloud Radar System during CRYSTAL FACE | Open resource |
| View this dataset's publications | HTML | Measurements of Ocean Surface Backscattering Using an Airborne 94-GHz Cloud Radar—Implication for Calibration of Airborne and Spaceborne W-Band Radars | Open resource |
| View this dataset's publications | HTML | NASA GPM-Ground Validation: Integrated Precipitation and Hydrology Experiment 2014 Science Plan | Open resource |
| View documentation related to this dataset | HTML | Instructions for citing GHRC data | Open resource |
| The dataset's project home page | HTML | IPHEx Field Campaign Project Homepage | Open resource |
| View documentation related to this dataset | The guide document contains detailed information about the dataset | Open resource | |
| Google Scholar search results | HTML | Search results for publications that cite this dataset by its DOI. | Open resource |
| Download this dataset | HTML | Files may be downloaded directly to your workstation from this link | Open resource |
| View information related to this dataset | HTML | NASA Armstrong Fact Sheet: ER-2 High-Altitude Airborne Science Aircraft | Open resource |