SBU Ka-band Scanning Polarimetric Radar (KASPR) IMPACTS V1

Description

The SBU Ka-band Scanning Polarimetric Radar (KASPR) IMPACTS dataset consists of polarimetric radar data collected by the Stony Brook University (SBU) Ka-band Scanning Polarimetric Radar (KASPR) 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. KASPR provided detailed observations of cloud and precipitation microphysics, specifically ice and snow processes. These data include reflectivity, mean velocity, spectrum width, linear depolarization ratio, differential reflectivity, differential phase, specific differential phase, co-polarized correlation coefficient, and signal-to-noise ratio. The dataset files are available from January 6, 2020 through February 26, 2020 in netCDF-4 format.

Resources

Name Format Description Link
21 Files may be downloaded directly to your workstation from this link https://search.earthdata.nasa.gov/search?q=sbukasprimpacts
21 IMPACTS Field Campaign Collection DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.5067/IMPACTS/DATA101
21 Search results for publications that cite this dataset by its DOI. https://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=10.5067%2FIMPACTS%2FRADAR%2FDATA101
21 SBU KASPR Information https://www.somas.stonybrook.edu/about/facilities/radaryard/kaspr/
21 Investigation of Microphysics and Precipitation for Atlantic Coast Threatening Snowstorms (Impacts): The 2022 Deployment https://doi.org/10.1109/IGARSS46834.2022.9883693
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 IMPACTS Field Campaign Project Page https://ghrc.nsstc.nasa.gov/home/field-campaigns/impacts
21 Instructions for citing GHRC data https://ghrc.nsstc.nasa.gov/home/about-ghrc/citing-ghrc-daac-data
33 The guide document contains detailed information about the dataset https://ghrc.nsstc.nasa.gov/pub/fieldCampaigns/impacts/SBU_KASPR/doc/sbukasprimpacts_dataset.pdf
21 IMPACTS Field Campaign Micro Article https://ghrc.nsstc.nasa.gov/home/micro-articles/investigation-microphysics-and-precipitation-atlantic-coast-threatening-snowstorms

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  • spectral-engineering
  • radar
  • earth-science

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