GPM Ground Validation Environment Canada (EC) Visibility Sensor FD12P C3VP V1

Description

The GPM Ground Validation (GV) Environment Canada (EC) Visibility Sensor FD12P C3VP dataset consists of visibility and precipitation data collected at the Environment Canada Canadian Climate station at the Centre for Atmospheric Research Experiments (CARE) site during the Canadian CloudSat/CALIPSO Validation Project (C3VP) field campaign. The campaign took place in southern Canada in support of multiple science missions, including the NASA GPM mission, in order to improve the modeling and remote sensing of winter precipitation. The GPM GV Visibility Sensor FD12P C3VP data are available from October 4, 2006 through March 31, 2007 in a Microsoft Excel comma-separated variable spreadsheet.

Resources

Name Format Description Link
21 Files may be downloaded directly to your workstation from this link https://search.earthdata.nasa.gov/search?q=gpmvisecc3vp
21 Instructions for citing GHRC data https://ghrc.nsstc.nasa.gov/home/about-ghrc/citing-ghrc-daac-data
21 Search results for publications that cite this dataset by its DOI. https://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=10.5067%2FGPMGV%2FC3VP%2FVISSENSOR%2FDATA101
33 NASA GPM/PMM PARTICIPATION IN THE CANADIAN CLOUDSAT/CALIPSO VALIDATION PROJECT (C3VP): PHYSICAL PROCESS STUDIES IN SNOW https://radarmet.atmos.colostate.edu/c3vp/petersenetal_C3VP.pdf
33 Weather Sensor FD12P User’s Guide https://www.vaisala.com/sites/default/files/documents/FD12P%20User%20Guide%20in%20English.pdf
33 The guide document contains detailed information about the dataset https://ghrc.nsstc.nasa.gov/pub/fieldCampaigns/gpmValidation/relatedProjects/c3vp/fd12p/doc/gpmvisecc3vp_dataset.pdf

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  • precipitation
  • atmosphere
  • air-quality
  • earth-science

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