GPM GROUND VALIDATION NASA S-BAND DUAL POLARIMETRIC (NPOL) DOPPLER RADAR IFLOODS V2

Description

The GPM Ground Validation NASA S-Band Dual Polarimetric (NPOL) Doppler Radar IFloodS dataset was collected from April 30 to June 16, 2013 near Traer, Iowa as part of the Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) mission Iowa Flood Studies (IFloodS) campaign. Officially the IFloodS campaign ran from May 1 to June 15 but the NPOL Doppler radar was installed and calibrated prior to the start, allowing for the wider period of record. The NPOL radar, developed by a research team from Wallops Flight Facility, is a fully transportable and self-contained S-band (10 cm), scanning dual-polarimetric, doppler research radar that collected and operated nearly continuously during the IFloodS field campaign. It takes accurate volumetric measurements of precipitation including rainfall rate, particle size distributions, water content and precipitation type. The NPOL Doppler Radar IFloodS data is available in Universal Format (UF) with browse images available in PNG file format.

Resources

Name Format Description Link
33 Dual Polarimetric Quality Control for Nasa's Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) Mission Ground Validation Program https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Jason_Pippitt/publication/283302814_DUAL_POLARIMETRIC_QUALITY_CONTROL_FOR_NASA'S_GLOBAL_PRECIPITATION_MEASUREMENT_GPM_MISSION_GROUND_VALIDATION_PROGRAM/links/563211c108ae3de9381e487a.pdf
21 Instructions for citing GHRC data https://ghrc.nsstc.nasa.gov/home/about-ghrc/citing-ghrc-daac-data
21 The NASA NPOL Radar http://pmm.nasa.gov/node/340
21 Improving Flood Forecasting http://iowafloodcenter.org/nasa-university-of-iowa-ground-measurement-campaign-to-improve-flood-forecasting/
21 Potential Role of Dual-Polarization Radar in the Validation of Satellite Precipitation Measurements https://doi.org/10.1175/2008BAMS2177.1
21 IFloodS Field Campaign Project Homepage https://ghrc.nsstc.nasa.gov/home/field-campaigns/ifloods
21 IFloodS Field Campaign Collection DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.5067/GPMGV/IFLOODS/DATA101
21 N/A https://ghrc.nsstc.nasa.gov/pub/fieldCampaigns/gpmValidation/ifloods/NPOL/browse/
33 The guide document contains detailed information about the dataset https://ghrc.nsstc.nasa.gov/pub/fieldCampaigns/gpmValidation/ifloods/NPOL/doc/gpmnpolifld2_dataset.pdf
34 Sample browse image https://ghrc.nsstc.nasa.gov/pub/browse_sample/fieldCampaigns/gpmValidation/ifloods/gpmnpolifld2/ifloods_npol1_20130613_040255_VR_130.4AZ_RHI.png
21 Files may be downloaded directly to your workstation from this link https://search.earthdata.nasa.gov/search?q=gpmnpolifld2
21 Search results for publications that cite this dataset by its DOI. https://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=10.5067%2FGPMGV%2FIFLOODS%2FNPOL%2FDATA102

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  • precipitation
  • atmosphere
  • spectral-engineering
  • radar
  • clouds
  • earth-science

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