GPM GROUND VALIDATION CLOUD RADAR SYSTEM (CRS) IPHEx V1

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
21 Using a multiwavelength suite of microwave instruments to investigate the microphysical structure of deep convective cores https://doi.org/10.1002/2016JD025269
21 Search results for publications that cite this dataset by its DOI. https://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=10.5067%2FGPMGV%2FIPHEX%2FCRS%2FDATA101
21 Files may be downloaded directly to your workstation from this link https://search.earthdata.nasa.gov/search?q=gpmcrsiphx
21 NASA Armstrong Fact Sheet: ER-2 High-Altitude Airborne Science Aircraft https://www.nasa.gov/centers/armstrong/news/FactSheets/FS-046-DFRC.html
33 The guide document contains detailed information about the dataset https://ghrc.nsstc.nasa.gov/pub/fieldCampaigns/gpmValidation/iphex/CRS/doc/gpmcrsiphx_dataset.pdf
21 Ice Cloud Retrievals and Analysis with the Compact Scanning Submillimeter Imaging Radiometer and the Cloud Radar System during CRYSTAL FACE https://doi.org/10.1175/JAM2250.1
21 Measurements of Ocean Surface Backscattering Using an Airborne 94-GHz Cloud Radar—Implication for Calibration of Airborne and Spaceborne W-Band Radars https://doi.org/10.1175/JTECH1722.1
21 Combined lidar-radar remote sensing: Initial results from CRYSTAL-FACE https://doi.org/10.1029/2003JD004030
21 Cirrus cloud optical, microphysical, and radiative properties observed during the CRYSTAL-FACE experiment: A lidar-radar retrieval system https://doi.org/10.1029/2004JD005605
21 Retrieving optically thick ice cloud microphysical properties by using airborne dual-wavelength radar measurements https://doi.org/10.1029/2005JD005969
21 IPHEx Field Campaign Project Homepage https://ghrc.nsstc.nasa.gov/home/field-campaigns/iphex
21 Instructions for citing GHRC data https://ghrc.nsstc.nasa.gov/home/about-ghrc/citing-ghrc-daac-data
21 A 94-GHz Cloud Radar System on a NASA High-Altitude ER-2 Aircraft https://doi.org/10.1175/1520-0426(2004)021%3C1378:AGCRSO%3E2.0.CO;2
21 NASA GPM-Ground Validation: Integrated Precipitation and Hydrology Experiment 2014 Science Plan https://doi.org/10.7924/G8CC0XMR
21 IPHEx Field Campaign Collection DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.5067/GPMGV/IPHEX/DATA101

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  • spectral-engineering
  • radar
  • earth-science

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