Particle Habit Imaging and Polar Scattering Probe (PHIPS) IMPACTS V1

Description

The Particle Habit Imaging and Polar Scattering (PHIPS) Probes IMPACTS dataset consists of cloud particle imagery collected by the Particle Habit Imaging and Polar Scattering (PHIPS) probe onboard the NASA P-3 aircraft 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 (2020-2023). 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. PHIPS allows for the measurement of particle shape, size, and habit. The browse files included in this dataset contain the post-processed particle-by-particle stereo images (2 images from different angles) collected by PHIPS during the campaign. The files are available from January 18, 2020 through February 25, 2022 in PNG format.

Resources

Name Format Description Link
21 IMPACTS Field Campaign Collection DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.5067/IMPACTS/DATA101
21 Investigation of Microphysics and Precipitation for Atlantic Coast Threatening Snowstorms (Impacts): The 2022 Deployment https://doi.org/10.1109/IGARSS46834.2022.9883693
21 PHIPS-HALO: the airborne particle habit imaging and polar scattering probe - Part 2: Characterization and first results https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-11-341-2018
21 PHIPS-HALO: the airborne particle habit imaging and polar scattering probe – Part 3: Single Particle Phase Discrimination and Particle Size Distribution based on Angular Scattering Function https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-2020-297
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 Instructions for citing GHRC data https://ghrc.nsstc.nasa.gov/home/about-ghrc/citing-ghrc-daac-data
21 Files may be downloaded directly to your workstation from this link https://ghrc.nsstc.nasa.gov/pub/fieldCampaigns/impacts/PHIPS/browse/
33 Particle Habit Imaging and Polar Scattering (PHIPS) probe: A White Paper Submitted to the ARM Aerial Instrumentation Workshop White Paper Call https://www.arm.gov/capabilities/observatories/aaf/workshop-march2020/Delene_PHIPS.pdf
33 Investigation of Microphysics and Precipitation for Atlantic Coast-Threatening Snowstorms: Project Implementation Plan October 07, 2019 http://impacts.atmos.washington.edu/docs/IMPACTS_IIP.pdf
21 IMPACTS Field Campaign Project Homepage https://ghrc.nsstc.nasa.gov/home/field-campaigns/impacts
21 PHIPS–HALO: the airborne Particle Habit Imaging and Polar Scattering probe – Part 1: Design and operation https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-9-3131-2016
21 Search results for publications that cite this dataset by its DOI. https://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=10.5067%2FIMPACTS%2FPHIPS%2FDATA101
21 IMPACTS Field Campaign Micro Article https://ghrc.nsstc.nasa.gov/home/micro-articles/investigation-microphysics-and-precipitation-atlantic-coast-threatening-snowstorms
33 The guide document contains detailed information about the dataset https://ghrc.nsstc.nasa.gov/pub/fieldCampaigns/impacts/PHIPS/doc/phipsimpacts_dataset.pdf

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  • atmosphere
  • clouds
  • earth-science

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