GPM Ground Validation NCAR Particle Probes IPHEx V1

Description

The GPM Ground Validation NCAR Particle Probes IPHEx dataset consists of Ice Water Content (IWC), particle number concentration normalized by bin width, and total particle number concentration data that were collected from three particle probes onboard the University of North Dakota (UND) Citation II aircraft during the Global Precipitation Mission (GPM) Ground Validation Integrated Precipitation and Hydrology Experiment (IPHEx). These instruments include the PMS Two-Dimensional Cloud probe (2D-C), the SPEC Two-Dimensional Stereo probe (2D-S), and the SPEC High Volume Precipitation Spectrometer version 3 (HVPS-3). The IPHEx campaign took place in North Carolina with the goal of evaluating the accuracy of satellite precipitation measurements and using the collected data for hydrology models in the region. The campaign’s intense study period occurred from May 1 through June 15, 2014. All instruments are two-dimensional optical array probes which record images of particles that travel through the sampling area. The data files are available from May 9 through June 12, 2014 in ASCII format using the NASA Ames format specification. Browse images of instrument array 5-sec measurements are available in PNG format.

Resources

Name Format Description Link
21 Shattering and Particle Interarrival Times Measured by Optical Array Probes in Ice Clouds http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/JTECH1922.1
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 Files may be downloaded directly to your workstation from this link https://search.earthdata.nasa.gov/search?q=gpmparprbiphx
33 The guide document contains detailed information about the dataset https://ghrc.nsstc.nasa.gov/pub/fieldCampaigns/gpmValidation/iphex/cloud_microphysics_Citation/NCAR_particle_probes/doc/gpmparprbiphx_dataset.pdf
33 NASA GPM-Ground Validation Integrated Precipitation and Hydrology Experiment 2014 Science Plan https://gpm.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/imce/IPHEX-Field%20Experiment%20Plan_Current.pdf
21 IPHEx Field Campaign Collection DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.5067/GPMGV/IPHEX/DATA101
21 Effective Ice Particle Densities Derived from Aircraft Data http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/1520-0469%282004%29061%3C0982%3AEIPDDF%3E2.0.CO%3B2
21 Browse images illustrate the nature and coverage of the data https://ghrc.nsstc.nasa.gov/pub/fieldCampaigns/gpmValidation/iphex/cloud_microphysics_Citation/NCAR_particle_probes/browse/
21 The 2D-S (Stereo) Probe: Design and Preliminary Tests of a New Airborne, High-Speed, High-Resolution Particle Imaging Probe http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/JTECH1927.1
34 Sample Browse Image https://ghrc.nsstc.nasa.gov/pub/fieldCampaigns/gpmValidation/iphex/cloud_microphysics_Citation/NCAR_particle_probes/browse/20140611/20140611_171000_HVPS3.png
21 IPHEx Field Campaign Micro Article https://ghrc.nsstc.nasa.gov/home/micro-articles/integrated-precipitation-and-hydrology-experiment-iphex
21 Integrated Precipitation and Hydrology Experiment (IPHEx)/Orographic Precipitation Processes Study Field Campaign Report https://doi.org/10.2172/1248894
21 Search results for publications that cite this dataset by its DOI. https://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=10.5067%2FGPMGV%2FIPHEX%2FMUTIPLE%2FDATA201

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  • atmosphere
  • clouds
  • earth-science

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