GPM Ground Validation Satellite Overpasses IFloodS V1

Description

The GPM Ground Validation Satellite Overpasses IFloodS dataset contains plots of satellite overpass paths centered over eastern Iowa during the Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) mission Iowa Flood Studies (IFloodS) field campaign. The campaign aimed to collect detailed measurements of precipitation at the Earth’s surface while simultaneously collecting data from satellites passing overhead. This dataset consists of paths for Earth observation satellites operating during the campaign: NASA’s AQUA, TERRA, and CloudSat satellites; NOAA’s NOAA-15, NOAA-16, NOAA-17, NOAA-18, and Suomi NPP satellites; Europe’s MetOp-A and MetOp-B satellites, and DMSP’s F-15, F-16, F-17, and F-18 satellites. The satellite overpasses are provided as PNG plot images and as KML files with which the paths can be imported and viewed in Google Earth.

Resources

Name Format Description Link
21 Catalog of Earth Satellite Orbits https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/features/OrbitsCatalog
21 Aqua Earth-observing satellite mission https://aqua.nasa.gov/
21 CloudSat Mission Overview https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/cloudsat/mission/index.html
21 NPP Mission Overview https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/NPP/mission_overview/index.html
21 Terra: the EOS Flagship https://terra.nasa.gov/
21 NOAA Satellites https://www.nesdis.noaa.gov/content/our-satellites
21 IFloodS Field Campaign Project Homepage https://ghrc.nsstc.nasa.gov/home/field-campaigns/ifloods
21 Search results for publications that cite this dataset by its DOI. https://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=10.5067%2FGPMGV%2FIFLOODS%2FMULTIPLE%2FDATA401
21 Files may be downloaded directly to your workstation from this link https://search.earthdata.nasa.gov/search?q=gpmsatpaifld
34 Sample Browse Image https://ghrc.nsstc.nasa.gov/pub/fieldCampaigns/gpmValidation/ifloods/SatPass/browse/png/ifloods_sat_passes_20130614.png
21 Defense Meteorological Satellite Program (DMSP) https://www.ospo.noaa.gov/Operations/DMSP/index.html
21 Instructions for citing GHRC data https://ghrc.nsstc.nasa.gov/home/about-ghrc/citing-ghrc-daac-data
21 MetOp Satellite Information https://www.eumetsat.int/website/home/Satellites/CurrentSatellites/Metop/index.html
33 The guide document contains detailed information about the dataset https://ghrc.nsstc.nasa.gov/pub/fieldCampaigns/gpmValidation/ifloods/SatPass/doc/gpmsatpaifld_dataset.pdf

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  • gravity-gravitational-field
  • solid-earth
  • earth-science

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