UAlbany Micro Rain Radar 2 (MRR-2) IMPACTS V1

Description

The UAlbany 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 (2020-2023). 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. The MRR-2 instrument was used to collect data for this dataset. The dataset files are available from January 30, 2020 through March 1, 2022 in netCDF-3 and netCDF-4 format.

Resources

Name Format Description Link
21 Investigation of Microphysics and Precipitation for Atlantic Coast Threatening Snowstorms (Impacts): The 2022 Deployment https://doi.org/10.1109/IGARSS46834.2022.9883693
21 Search results for publications that cite this dataset by its DOI. https://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=10.5067%2FIMPACTS%2FMRR2%2FDATA101
21 Files may be downloaded directly to your workstation from this link https://search.earthdata.nasa.gov/portal/ghrc/search?q=ualbmrr2impacts&ghrccloud%2Fdata%2F=
21 Micro Rain Radar MRR | MRR2 Information https://metek.de/product/mrr-2/
21 NASA IMPACTS ESPO Information https://espo.nasa.gov/impacts/content/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 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
33 Micro Rain Radar MRR2 Data Sheet https://metek.de/wpcontent/uploads/2014/05/Datasheet_MRR-2.pdf
33 Micro Rain Radar MRR2 User Manual https://www.stormt.iag.usp.br/pub/MRR/Metek/Manuals/MRR-Manual_20120301.pdf
33 Micro Rain Radar MRR Physical Basics https://www.stormt.iag.usp.br/pub/MRR/Metek/Manuals/MRR-physical-basics_20120313.pdf
21 IMPACTS Field Campaign Collection DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.5067/IMPACTS/DATA101
33 The guide document contains detailed information about the dataset https://ghrc.nsstc.nasa.gov/pub/fieldCampaigns/impacts/UALB_MRR2/doc/ualbmrr2impacts_dataset.pdf
21 IMProToo Improved Mrr Processing Tool https://github.com/maahn/IMProToo
21 Improved Micro Rain Radar snow measurements using Doppler spectra post-processing https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-5-2661-2012
21 IMPACTS Project Home Page https://ghrc.nsstc.nasa.gov/home/field-campaigns/impacts

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

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