NEXRAD Mosaic Midwest IMPACTS V1

Description

The NEXRAD Mosaic Midwest IMPACTS dataset consists of Next Generation Weather Radar (NEXRAD) 3D mosaic files created from Level II surveillance data gathered 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 (2020-2022). 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. The Mosaic Midwest dataset is composed of Level II data from 11 NEXRAD sites in the midwestern U.S. These data files are available in netCDF-4 format and contain meteorological and dual-polarization base data quantities including radar reflectivity, radial velocity, spectrum width, differential reflectivity, differential phase, and cross correlation ratio from January 1 through February 29, 2020. It should be noted that this dataset will be updated in subsequent years of the IMPACTS campaign.

Resources

Name Format Description Link
33 TITANS User Guide https://ral.ucar.edu/projects/titan/docs/TitanDataFlow.pdf
21 IMPACTS Field Campaign https://espo.nasa.gov/impacts
33 Federal Meteorological Handbook No. 11 Part A: System Concepts, Responsibilities, and Procedures http://www.ofcm.gov/publications/fmh/FMH11/2016FMH11PTA.pdf
21 Search results for publications that cite this dataset by its DOI. https://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=10.5067%2FIMPACTS%2FNEXRAD%2FDATA202
33 Mosaic NEXRAD IMPACTS Datasets User Guides https://ghrc.nsstc.nasa.gov/pub/fieldCampaigns/impacts/NEXRAD/Mosaic_East/doc/nexmosaicimpacts_datasets.pdf
21 A Review of NEXRAD Level II: Data, Distribution, and Applications https://docs.lib.purdue.edu/jto/vol1/iss2/art4
21 NEXRAD Instrument Information https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/data-access/radar-data/nexrad
21 IMPACTS Project Home Page 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=nexmidwstimpacts
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
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 IMPACTS Field Campaign Collection DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.5067/IMPACTS/DATA101
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 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
21 NEXRAD Radar Data Products https://catalog.data.gov/dataset/noaa-next-generation-radar-nexrad-products
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

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  • spectral-engineering
  • radar
  • earth-science

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