GPM Ground Validation Met One Rain Gauge Pairs Wallops Flight Facility (WFF) V1

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The GPM Ground Validation Met One Rain Gauge Pairs Wallops Flight Facility (WFF) dataset contains rain rate data from 4 rain gauge networks located in Virginia and Maryland near the Wallops Flight Facility (WFF): Nassawadox, Pocomoke, HalfDeg and Wallops Flight Facility (WFF) Assorted Gauges. These data were collected in support of the Global Precipitation Mission (GPM) Ground Validation (GV) campaign. The Met One Rain Gauge Pairs are tipping bucket precipitation gauges which collect precipitation amounts and calculate rain rates. The dataset contains 3 products: formatted gauge tips (GAG), interpolated one-minute rain rates for a year (GMIN), and interpolated one-minute rain rates for a month (2A56). Data are available in ASCII format for the period of April 10, 2012 through October 1, 2018.

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Name Format Description Link
21 Files may be downloaded directly to your workstation from this link https://search.earthdata.nasa.gov/search?q=gpmgaugewff
21 Local random errors in tipping ­bucket rain gauge measurements https://doi.org/10.1175/1520-0426(2003)20%3C752:LREITB%3E2.0.CO;2
21 Comparison of Rain Gauge Measurements in the Mid-­Atlantic Region https://doi.org/10.1175/2009JHM1137.1
21 Estimating rain rates from tipping­ bucket rain gauge measurements https://doi.org/10.1175/2007JTECHA895.1
21 Evaluation of TRMM rain estimates using ground measurements over central Florida https://doi.org/10.1175/JAMC-D-11-080.1
21 GPM Precipitation Science Research Facility at Wallops Flight Facility http://wallops-prf.gsfc.nasa.gov/
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%2FWFF%2FRAINGAUGE%2FDATA101
33 The guide document contains detailed information about the dataset https://ghrc.nsstc.nasa.gov/pub/fieldCampaigns/gpmValidation/relatedProjects/wff/rain_gauge/doc/gpmgaugewff_dataset.pdf
21 Evaluation of TRMM ground­ validation radar ­rain errors using rain gauge measurements https://doi.org/10.1175/2009JAMC2264.1

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  • precipitation
  • atmosphere
  • earth-science

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