GPM GROUND VALIDATION VAISALA CEILOMETER IPHEx V1

Description

The GPM Ground Validation Vaisala Ceilometer IPHEx dataset consists of vertical profiles of attenuated backscatter and cloud base and boundary layer height data gathered during the Global Precipitation Mission (GPM) Ground Validation Integrated Precipitation and Hydrology Experiment (IPHEx) in North Carolina. The goal of IPHEx was to evaluate the accuracy of satellite precipitation measurements and use the collected data for hydrology models in the region during an intense study period from May 1 through June 15, 2014. This dataset includes data from the Vaisala Ceilometer CL51 which is part of the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) Aerosol-Cloud-Humidity Interactions Exploring and Validating Enterprise (ACHIEVE) ground-based mobile laboratory. It measures vertical profiles of aerosol backscatter and performs a retrieval of cloud base detection and boundary layer structure. The data files are available from May 6 through June 16, 2014 in netCDF-3 format.

Resources

Name Format Description Link
33 Ceilometer CL51 https://www.vaisala.com/sites/default/files/documents/CL51-Datasheet-B210861EN-D.pdf
21 Search results for publications that cite this dataset by its DOI. https://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=10.5067%2FGPMGV%2FIPHEX%2FCEILOMETER%2FDATA101
21 Files may be downloaded directly to your workstation from this link https://search.earthdata.nasa.gov/search?q=gpmceiliphx
21 IPHEx Field Campaign Collection DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.5067/GPMGV/IPHEX/DATA101
21 SMARTLabs (Surface-based Mobile Atmospheric Research "&"Testbed Laboratories) Web page http://smartlabs.gsfc.nasa.gov
33 The guide document contains detailed information about the dataset https://ghrc.nsstc.nasa.gov/pub/fieldCampaigns/gpmValidation/iphex/ceilometer/doc/gpmceiliphx_dataset.pdf
21 Integrated Precipitation and Hydrology Experiment (IPHEx)/Orographic Precipitation Processes Study Field Campaign Report https://doi.org/10.2172/1248894
21 IPHEx Field Campaign Project Homepage https://ghrc.nsstc.nasa.gov/home/field-campaigns/iphex
21 IPHEx Field Campaign Micro Article https://ghrc.nsstc.nasa.gov/home/micro-articles/investigation-microphysics-and-precipitation-atlantic-coast-threatening-snowstorms
21 Instructions for citing GHRC data https://ghrc.nsstc.nasa.gov/home/about-ghrc/citing-ghrc-daac-data
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

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  • altitude
  • aerosols
  • atmosphere
  • spectral-engineering
  • lidar
  • clouds
  • earth-science

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