SBU Micro Rain Radar 2 (MRR2) IMPACTS V1

Description

The SBU Micro Rain Radar 2 (MRR-2) IMPACTS dataset consists of reflectivity, Doppler velocity, signal-to-noise ratio, spectral width, droplet size, Liquid Water Content, melting layer, drop size distribution, rain attenuation, rain rate, and radial velocity data collected 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. Both the MRR-2 and the MRR-PRO instruments were used to collect data for this dataset. The dataset files are available from January 1 through February 28, 2020 in netCDF-3 and netCDF-4/CF formats.

Resources

Name Format Description Link
21 IMPACTS Field Campaign Collection DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.5067/IMPACTS/DATA101
33 Micro Rain Radar MRR-2 Data Sheet https://metek.de/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/Datasheet_MRR-2.pdf
33 The guide document contains detailed information about the dataset https://ghrc.nsstc.nasa.gov/pub/fieldCampaigns/impacts/SBU_MRR2/doc/sbumrr2impacts_dataset.pdf
21 Micro Rain Radar MRR | MRR-2 https://metek.de/product/mrr-2/
21 Micro Rain Radar MRR | MRR-PRO https://metek.de/product/mrr-pro/
33 Micro Rain Radar MRR-PRO Data Sheet https://metek.de/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/20180206_Datenblatt_MRR-PRO.pdf
21 IMPACTS Field Campaign Informaiton https://espo.nasa.gov/impacts/content/IMPACTS
21 IMPACTS Field Campaign Project Homepage https://ghrc.nsstc.nasa.gov/home/field-campaigns/impacts
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 Files may be downloaded directly to your workstation from this link https://search.earthdata.nasa.gov/search?q=sbumrr2impacts
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 Search results for publications that cite this dataset by its DOI. https://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=10.5067%2FIMPACTS%2FMRR%2FDATA101

Tags

  • atmospheric-radiation
  • precipitation
  • atmospheric-water-vapor
  • atmosphere
  • spectral-engineering
  • radar
  • clouds
  • earth-science

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