GPM Ground Validation NASA S-Band Dual Polarimetric (NPOL) Doppler Radar Wallops Flight Facility (WFF) V1

Description

The GPM Ground Validation NASA S-Band Dual-Polarimetric (NPOL) Doppler Radar Wallops Flight Facility (WFF) dataset consists of rain rate, reflectivity, Doppler velocity, and other radar measurements obtained from the NPOL doppler radar positioned at the Wallops Flight Facility (WFF) in support of the Global Precipitation Mission (GPM). NPOL was developed by scientists at WFF and is a fully transportable and self-contained S-band (10 cm), scanning dual-polarimetric Doppler research radar that was placed near Newark, Maryland between GPM GV missions. Data files are available from December 6, 2013 thru April 28, 2017 in Universal Format (UF), with browse files in PNG format containing images of corrected radar reflectivity, differential reflectivity, specific differential phase, co-polar correlation, and Doppler velocity images. Data are tarred into daily collections of files and zipped for storage and quick download.

Resources

Name Format Description Link
21 Search results for publications that cite this dataset by its DOI. https://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=10.5067%2FGPMGV%2FWFF%2FNPOL%2FDATA101
21 Files may be downloaded directly to your workstation from this link https://search.earthdata.nasa.gov/search?q=gpmnpolwff
34 Sample Browse Image https://ghrc.nsstc.nasa.gov/pub/browse_sample/fieldCampaigns/gpmValidation/related_projects/gpmnpolwff/wallops_npol1_20131209_000153_KD_sw01_PPI.png
33 The guide document contains detailed information about the dataset https://ghrc.nsstc.nasa.gov/pub/fieldCampaigns/gpmValidation/relatedProjects/wff/NPOL/doc/gpmnpolwff_dataset.pdf
21 Report on a Meeting to Establish a Common Doppler Radar Data Exchange Format https://journals.ametsoc.org/doi/pdf/10.1175/1520-0477-61.11.1401
21 Browse images illustrate the nature and coverage of the data https://ghrc.nsstc.nasa.gov/pub/fieldCampaigns/gpmValidation/relatedProjects/wff/NPOL/browse/
21 Instructions for citing GHRC data https://ghrc.nsstc.nasa.gov/home/about-ghrc/citing-ghrc-daac-data
21 Potential Role of Dual-Polarization Radar in the Validation of Satellite Precipitation Measurements https://doi.org/10.1175/2008BAMS2177.1
21 GPM Precipitation Science Research Facility at Wallops Flight Facility http://wallops-prf.gsfc.nasa.gov/
57 Tail 684 Set 1 https://c3.nasa.gov/dashlink/static/media/dataset/Tail_684_1.zip
57 Tail 684 Set 2 https://c3.nasa.gov/dashlink/static/media/dataset/Tail_684_2.zip
57 Tail_684 Set 10 https://c3.nasa.gov/dashlink/static/media/dataset/Tail_684_10.zip
57 Tail_684 Set 3 https://c3.nasa.gov/dashlink/static/media/dataset/Tail_684_3.zip
57 Tail_684 Set 4 https://c3.nasa.gov/dashlink/static/media/dataset/Tail_684_4.zip
57 Tail_684 Set 5 https://c3.nasa.gov/dashlink/static/media/dataset/Tail_684_5.zip
57 Tail_684 Set 6 https://c3.nasa.gov/dashlink/static/media/dataset/Tail_684_6.zip
57 Tail_684 Set 7 https://c3.nasa.gov/dashlink/static/media/dataset/Tail_684_7.zip
57 Tail_684 Set 8 https://c3.nasa.gov/dashlink/static/media/dataset/Tail_684_8.zip
57 Tail_684 Set 9 https://c3.nasa.gov/dashlink/static/media/dataset/Tail_684_9.zip

Tags

  • precipitation
  • atmospheric-water-vapor
  • atmosphere
  • spectral-engineering
  • radar
  • earth-science

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