KTYX NEXRAD IMPACTS V1

Description

The KTYX NEXRAD IMPACTS dataset consists of Next Generation Weather Radar (NEXRAD) Level II surveillance data that were collected at 31 NEXRAD sites from January 1 to March 1, 2020 during the Investigation of Microphysics and Precipitation for Atlantic Coast-Threatening Snowstorms (IMPACTS) field campaign. IMPACTS was a three-year sequence of winter season deployments conducted to study snowstorms over the U.S Atlantic Coast. The campaign aimed to (1) Provide observations critical to understanding the mechanisms of snowband formation, organization, and evolution; (2) Examine how the microphysical characteristics and likely growth mechanisms of snow particles vary across snowbands; and (3) Improve snowfall remote sensing interpretation and modeling to significantly advance prediction capabilities. There are currently 160 Weather Surveillance Radar-1988 Doppler (WSR-88D) or NEXRAD sites throughout the United States and abroad. These Level II datasets contain meteorological and dual-polarization base data quantities including: radar reflectivity, radial velocity, spectrum width, differential reflectivity, differential phase, and cross correlation ratio. The IMPACTS NEXRAD Level II data files are available in netCDF-4 format. It should be noted that this dataset will be updated in subsequent years of the IMPACTS campaign.

Resources

Name Format Description Link
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 C: WSR-88D Products and Algorithms http://www.ofcm.gov/publications/fmh/FMH11/fmh11partC.pdf
21 IMPACTS Field Campaign Collection DOI https://ghrc.nsstc.nasa.gov/uso/ds_details/collections/impactsC.html
21 IMPACTS Field Campaign Information https://espo.nasa.gov/impacts
21 NEXRAD Information https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/data-access/radar-data/nexrad
21 NOAA NEXt-Generation RADar (NEXRAD) Products https://catalog.data.gov/dataset/noaa-next-generation-radar-nexrad-products
21 A Review of NEXRAD Level II: Data, Distribution, and Applications https://docs.lib.purdue.edu/jto/vol1/iss2/art4
21 Investigation of Microphysics and Precipitation for Atlantic Coast Threatening Snowstorms (Impacts): The 2022 Deployment https://doi.org/10.1109/IGARSS46834.2022.9883693
21 IMPACTS 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
21 Search results for publications that cite this dataset by its DOI. https://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=10.5067%2FIMPACTS%2FNEXRAD%2FDATA130
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 Nexrad: next generation weather radar (WSR-88D) https://go.gale.com/ps/anonymous?id=GALE%7CA9215749&sid=googleScholar&v=2.1&it=r&linkaccess=abs&issn=01926225&p=AONE&sw=w
33 Federal Meteorological Handbook No. 11 Part A: System Concepts, Responsibilities, and Procedures http://www.ofcm.gov/publications/fmh/FMH11/2016FMH11PTA.pdf
21 IMPACTS Field Campaign Project Homepage https://ghrc.nsstc.nasa.gov/home/field-campaigns/impacts
21 Files may be downloaded directly to your workstation from this link https://search.earthdata.nasa.gov/search?q=ktyximpacts
33 NEXRAD IMPACTS User Guide https://ghrc.nsstc.nasa.gov/pub/fieldCampaigns/impacts/NEXRAD/KTYX/doc/nexrad_datasets.pdf
21 Chasing Snowstorms: The Investigation of Microphysics and Precipitation for Atlantic Coast-Threatening Snowstorms (IMPACTS) Campaign https://doi.org/10.1175/BAMS-D-20-0246.1

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  • spectral-engineering
  • radar
  • earth-science

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