GPM Ground Validation Snow Depth Monitoring System OLYMPEX V1

Description

The GPM Ground Validation Snow Depth Monitoring System OLYMPEX dataset consists of snow depth, temperature, and relative humidity measurements which were collected using snow depth poles, time lapse cameras, temperature/relative humidity sensors, and manual snow surveys. This dataset was collected during the GPM Ground Validation Olympic Mountain Experiment (OLYMPEX) held on the Olympic Peninsula in the Pacific Northwest of the United States. The analyzed data files are available in netCDF-3 data format. The dataset includes the individual camera photos of snow poles taken hourly during the field campaign, provided as JPG images. There are up to 3 cameras/poles per study site location. In addition, a Microsoft Excel data file contains results of a manual snow survey taken on the specific days of the Airborne Snow Observatory OLYMPEX overflights. In total, measurements contained in this dataset extend from September 5, 2014 through August 20, 2016, but the primary field campaign data were collected during the fall 2015 to spring 2016 time period.

Resources

Name Format Description Link
21 Files may be downloaded directly to your workstation from this link https://search.earthdata.nasa.gov/search?q=gpmsnowolyx
21 An independent evaluation of frozen precipitation from the WRF model and PRISM in the Olympic Mountains for WY 2015 and 2016 https://digital.lib.washington.edu/researchworks/handle/1773/38604
21 OLYMPEX Field Campaign Collection DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.5067/GPMGV/OLYMPEX/DATA101
21 Evergreen trees as inexpensive radiation shields for temperature sensors https://doi.org/10.1029/2008WR006979
21 GHRC OLYMPEX project web page https://ghrc.nsstc.nasa.gov/home/field-campaigns/olympex
21 Search results for publications that cite this dataset by its DOI. https://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=10.5067%2FGPMGV%2FOLYMPEX%2FSNOWTUBE%2FDATA101
21 University of Washington OLYMPEX project web site http://olympex.atmos.washington.edu/
33 The guide document contains detailed information about the dataset https://ghrc.nsstc.nasa.gov/pub/fieldCampaigns/gpmValidation/olympex/snow_depth_monitoring/doc/gpmsnowolyx_dataset.pdf
21 Independent Evaluation of Frozen Precipitation from WRF and PRISM in the Olympic Mountains https://doi.org/10.1175/JHM-D-17-0026.1
21 The Olympic Mountains Experiment (OLYMPEX) https://dx.doi.org/10.1175/BAMS-D-16-0182.1
21 Browse images illustrate the nature and coverage of the data https://ghrc.nsstc.nasa.gov/pub/fieldCampaigns/gpmValidation/olympex/snow_depth_monitoring/browse/
21 Instructions for citing GHRC data https://ghrc.nsstc.nasa.gov/home/about-ghrc/citing-ghrc-daac-data

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  • climate-indicators
  • atmospheric-water-vapor
  • atmosphere
  • atmospheric-temperature
  • cryospheric-indicators
  • earth-science

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