GPM Ground Validation Two-Dimensional Video Disdrometer (2DVD) WFF V2

Description

The GPM Ground Validation Two-Dimensional Video Disdrometer (2DVD) WFF data were collected during the Global Precipitation Mission (GPM) Ground Validation (GV) campaign at the NASA Wallops Flight Facility (WFF) in Wallops Island, Virginia. These data consist of the size, equivalent diameter, fall speed, oblateness, cross-sectional area of raindrops, particle concentration, total number of drops, total drop concentration, liquid water content, rain rate, reflectivity, and rain event characteristics. The data are in ASCII format and available from July 24, 2013 through October 5, 2015.

Resources

Name Format Description Link
21 Files may be downloaded directly to your workstation from this link https://search.earthdata.nasa.gov/search?q=gpm2dwff2
21 Two-Dimensional Video Disdrometer: A Description https://doi.org/10.1175/1520-0426(2002)019%3C0602:TDVDAD%3E2.0.CO;2
21 Search results for publications that cite this dataset by its DOI. https://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=10.5067%2FGPMGV%2FWFF%2F2DVD%2FDATA301
21 Drop Shapes, Model Comparisons, and Calculations of Polarimetric Radar Parameters in Rain http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/JTECH2051.1
21 Wallops Disdrometer data http://wallops-prf.gsfc.nasa.gov/Disdrometer/index.html
33 The guide document contains detailed information about the dataset https://ghrc.nsstc.nasa.gov/pub/fieldCampaigns/gpmValidation/relatedProjects/wff/2dvd_V2/doc/gpm2dwff2_dataset.pdf
21 The 2D-video-disdrometer, Precipitation: Advances in Measurement, Estimation and Prediction https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-77655-0_1
21 Comparison of Drop Size Distribution Measurements by Impact and Optical Disdrometers https://doi.org/10.1175/1520-0450(2001)040%3C2083:CODSDM%3E2.0.CO;2
21 Instrument: 2DVD Disdrometer Micro Article https://ghrc.nsstc.nasa.gov/home/micro-articles/instrument-2dvd-disdrometer
21 Instructions for citing GHRC data https://ghrc.nsstc.nasa.gov/home/about-ghrc/citing-ghrc-daac-data
21 GPM Precipitation Science Research Facility at Wallops Flight Facility http://wallops-prf.gsfc.nasa.gov/
21 Rainfall Microphysics and Radar Properties: Analysis Methods for Drop Size Spectra https://doi.org/10.1175/1520-0450(1998)037%3C0912:RMARPA%3E2.0.CO;2

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  • precipitation
  • atmosphere
  • earth-science

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