GPM GROUND VALIDATION NEXRAD LEVEL II KDVN IFLOODS V1

Description

The GPM Ground Validation Next Generation Weather Radar (NEXRAD) Level II IFloodS datasets were collected from four sites (see Table 1) from March 29, 2013 to June 18, 2013 for the GPM Ground Validation Iowa Flood Studies (IFloodS) field campaign in central-northeastern Iowa. Officially, the IFloodS campaign ran from May 1 to June 15, 2013 but the NEXRAD data was collected prior to the start, allowing for the wider period of record. There are currently 160 Weather Surveillance Radar-1988 Doppler (WSR-88D) or NEXRAD sites throughout the United States and select overseas locations. The resulting data includes the base data (Level-II) and the derived products (Level-III). These Level-II datasets include three meteorological base data quantities: reflectivity, mean radial velocity, and spectrum width. The GPM Ground Validation NEXRAD Level II IFloodS data files are in a custom binary format; the visualization and decoding of the data requires specialized software. Browse imagery is available in PNG file format.

Resources

Name Format Description Link
34 Sample Browse Image https://ghrc.nsstc.nasa.gov/pub/fieldCampaigns/gpmValidation/ifloods/NEXRAD2/KDVN/browse/2013-05-03/Level2_KDVN_20130503_0124_ELEV_01.png
21 NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/data-access/radar-data/nexrad
33 Federal Meteorological Handbook No. 11 Part A: System Concepts, Responsibilities, and Procedures http://www.ofcm.gov/publications/fmh/FMH11/2016FMH11PTA.pdf
21 Files may be downloaded directly to your workstation from this link https://search.earthdata.nasa.gov/search?q=gpmkdvn2ifld
33 Federal Meteorological Handbook No. 11 Part C: WSR-88D Products and Algorithms http://www.ofcm.gov/publications/fmh/FMH11/fmh11partC.pdf
21 Nexrad: next generation weather radar (WSR-88D) https://link.galegroup.com/apps/doc/A9215749/AONE?u=naal_athens&sid=AONE&xid=c3266bae
21 Search results for publications that cite this dataset by its DOI. https://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=10.5067%2FIFLOODS%2FNEXRAD%2FDATA203
21 IFloodS Field Campaign Project Homepage https://ghrc.nsstc.nasa.gov/home/field-campaigns/ifloods
21 A Review of NEXRAD Level II: Data, Distribution, and Applications https://docs.lib.purdue.edu/jto/vol1/iss2/art4
21 IFloodS Field Campaign Collection DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.5067/GPMGV/IFLOODS/DATA101
33 Federal Meteorological Handbook No. 11 Part B: Doppler Radar Theory and Meteorology http://www.ofcm.gov/publications/fmh/FMH11/fmh-11B-2005.pdf
33 Federal Meteorological Handbook No. 11 Part D: WSR-88D Unit Description and Operational Applications http://www.ofcm.gov/publications/fmh/FMH11/FMH11D-2006.pdf
21 Browse images illustrate the nature and coverage of the data https://ghrc.nsstc.nasa.gov/pub/fieldCampaigns/gpmValidation/ifloods/NEXRAD2/KDVN/
21 Instructions for citing GHRC data https://ghrc.nsstc.nasa.gov/home/about-ghrc/citing-ghrc-daac-data

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  • spectral-engineering
  • radar
  • earth-science

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