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Two snow-related GCPEX datasets released
GCPEX

GHRC released two snow-related datasets from the Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) Cold-season Precipitation Experiment (GCPEX) in Ontario, Canada during winter 2012: Environment Canada (EC) Manual Precipitation Measurements GCPEx and Environment Canada (EC) Snow Surveys GCPEx. The manual observations were collected using a Tretyakov gauge inside a double fence intercomparison reference (DFIR) shield, which recorded precipitation amount, weight, snow water equivalent and present weather condition. The snow surveys recorded snow depth, water equivalent, density, and snow water equivalents from 2 different transects at the GCPEx sites using a snow corer and a GPS equipped snow depth probe.

 

GHRC represented at HIRAD meeting
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GHRC Operations Manager Helen Conover, Data Management Group lead Marilyn Drewry, User Services lead Sherry Harrison, and student assistant Kaylin Bugbee (all University of Alabama in Huntsville) attended the HIRAD instrument team meeting in Huntsville, AL, to discuss data, metadata and documentation requirements for submitting data to the DAAC. HIRAD is one of the instruments in the Hurricane and Severe Storm Sentinel, a Venture mission, to be archived at GHRC. HIRAD data from the 2010 Genesis and Rapid Intensification Processes (GRIP) field campaign is already at the DAAC.

GHRC represented at CODATA meeting
CODATA

Dr. Sara Graves represented the GHRC at the International Council for Science: Committee on Data for Science and Technology (CODATA) Executive Committee meeting at the Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities in Jerusalem, March 3-7. Dr. Graves is the Secretary General of CODATA.

GHRC represented at DAAC Managers' Meeting
DAAC Managers at NSIDC

Dr. Rahul Ramachandran (NASA MSFC, GHRC DAAC Manager) and Helen Conover (UAH, GHRC DAAC Operations Manager) attended the DAAC Managers’ Meeting at NSIDC in Boulder, CO, February 25-27. This focused meeting afforded the DAAC Managers and ESDIS an opportunity to share ideas about new approaches and common concerns among the DAACs.

GCPEx NCAR Cloud Microphysics Particle Probes dataset published
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The Global Hydrology Resource Center (GHRC) released the GPM Ground Validation NCAR Cloud Microphysics Particle Probes GCPEx dataset containing data collected during the Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) Cold-season Precipitation Experiment (GCPEX) for January and February 2012. Particle size distributions and particle image data, processed by NCAR, were obtained from the 2D-C Probe, the Cloud Imaging Probe (CIP) and the High Volume Precipitation Spectrometer (HVPS-3) carried aboard the University of North Dakota (UND) Cessna Citation aircraft. A related cloud microphysics dataset, GPM Ground Validation UND Citation Cloud Microphysics GCPEx is also available.

 

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