GHRC has updated the composite guide for GPM Ground Validation Two-Dimensional Video Disdrometer (2DVD) to include the Iowa Flood Studies (IFloodS) Field Experiment campaign information, data format and citation. The guide also covers the following experiments:
Light Precipitation Evaluation Experiment (LPVEx), Midlatitude Continental Convective Clouds Experiment (MC3E) and GPM Cold-season Precipitation Experiment (GCPEx).
GHRC published two GPM Ground Validation guides for its GCPEx campaign datasets: the GPM Ground Validation Dual Polarized C-Band Doppler Radar King City GCPEx and the GPM Ground Validation Advanced Microwave Radiometer Rain Identification (ADMIRARI) GCPEx. The GPM Cold-season Precipitation Experiment (GCPEx) took place in Ontario, Canada from January through March 2012. The Dual Polarized C-Band Doppler Radar King City dataset has special RHI and sector scans of several dual polarization parameters created by the C-Band radar. Additionally, specially configured CARE-centric composites were also generated. Standard WKR IRIS volume and PPI scans, along with corresponding standard PPI imagery, are also included. The Advanced Microwave Radiometer Rain Identification (ADMIRARI) dataset measures brightness temperatures at three frequencies (10.7, 21.0 and 36.5 GHz) and at two polarized planes (H & V). The ADMIRARI is a scanning radiometer like its auxiliary active instruments, i.e., Micro rain radar and cloud lidar which provide reflectivity profiles and cloud base altitude at the same scanning angle as the radiometer. The radiometer retrieval typically provides rain/cloud liquid water path (LWP) and integrated water vapor, and for low water content cases it provides the total LWP and integrated water vapor. Reference: http://www2.meteo.uni-bonn.de/admirari.
GHRC published two GPM Ground Validation guides for its GCPEx campaign datasets: the GPM Ground Validation Dual Polarized C-Band Doppler Radar King City GCPEx and the GPM Ground Validation Advanced Microwave Radiometer Rain Identification (ADMIRARI) GCPEx. The GPM Cold-season Precipitation Experiment (GCPEx) took place in Ontario, Canada from January through March 2012. The Dual Polarized C-Band Doppler Radar King City dataset has special RHI and sector scans of several dual polarization parameters created by the C-Band radar. Additionally, specially configured CARE-centric composites were also generated. Standard WKR IRIS volume and PPI scans, along with corresponding standard PPI imagery, are also included. The Advanced Microwave Radiometer Rain Identification (ADMIRARI) dataset measures brightness temperatures at three frequencies (10.7, 21.0 and 36.5 GHz) and at two polarized planes (H & V). The ADMIRARI is a scanning radiometer like its auxiliary active instruments, i.e., Micro rain radar and cloud lidar which provide reflectivity profiles and cloud base altitude at the same scanning angle as the radiometer. The radiometer retrieval typically provides rain/cloud liquid water path (LWP) and integrated water vapor, and for low water content cases it provides the total LWP and integrated water vapor. Reference: http://www2.meteo.uni-bonn.de/admirari.
GHRC has updated the GPM Ground Validation Met One Rain Gauge Pairs IFloodS dataset, which now has a more extended set of gauge files and also now includes “gmin” files that are interpolated to provide a one-minute rain rate. These data were collected from twenty-five tipping bucket rain gauge pairs deployed during the Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) Ground Validation (GV) Iowa Flood Studies (IFloodS) mission occurring in Iowa during April-June 2013. Along with the disdrometers these rain gauges provided an additional means for directly measuring rainfall during the campaign. The Model 380 Precipitation Gauge, which is manufactured by MetOne Instruments, Inc., was used. The Model 380 gauges have a 30.5 cm diameter catchment funnel and a resolution of 0.2 mm of liquid water for each tip. The dataset guide is also now available.
Global Hydrology Resource Center (GHRC) has published the dataset GPM Ground Validation Met One Rain Gauge Pairs IFloodS. Twenty-five tipping bucket rain gauge pairs were deployed during the Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) Ground Validation (GV) Iowa Flood Studies (IFloodS) mission, which took place in Iowa during April-June 2013. Along with the disdrometers these rain gauges provided an additional means for directly measuring rainfall during the campaign. Two different models of these rain gauges, which are manufactured by MetOne Instruments, Inc., were used. The Model 380 gauges have a 30.5 cm diameter catchment funnel and a resolution of 0.2 mm of liquid water for each tip. The Model 370 gauges have a 20.3 cm diameter catchment funnel and a resolution of 0.01 inches.
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