The Global Precipitation Measurement mission Ground Validation (GPM GV) campaign used a variety of methods for validation of GPM satellite constellation measurements prior to and after launch of the GPM Core Satellite, which launched on February 27, 2014. The instrument validation effort included numerous GPM-specific and joint agency/ international external field campaigns, using state of the art cloud and precipitation observational infrastructure (polarimetric radars, profilers, rain gauges, and disdrometers). These field campaigns accounted for the majority of the effort and resources expended by GPM GV. More information about the GPM mission is at https://pmm.nasa.gov/GPM/.

The Iowa Flood Studies (IFloodS) was a ground measurement campaign that took place throughout Iowa from May 1 to June 15, 2013. The main goal of IFloodS was to evaluate how well the GPM satellite rainfall data can be used for flood forecasting. Specifically, this meant collecting detailed measurements of precipitation at the Earth’s surface using ground instruments and advanced weather radars and simultaneously collecting data from satellites passing overhead. The ground instruments characterize precipitation – the size and shape of raindrops, the physics of ice and liquid particles throughout the cloud and below as it falls, temperature, air moisture, and distribution of different size droplets – to improve rainfall estimates from the satellites, and in particular the algorithms that interpret raw data for the GPM mission’s Core Observatory satellite, which launched in 2014. More information about IFloodS is available at https://ghrc.nsstc.nasa.gov/home/field-campaigns/ifloods. Additional information about the Iowa Flood Center is available at http://iowafloodcenter.org/.

To cite the entire collection, please use the following:

Petersen, W., W.F. Krajewski. 2018. GPM Ground Validation Iowa FLood Studies (IFloodS) Field Campaign Data Collection [indicate subset used]. Data set available online [http://ghrc.nsstc.nasa.gov/] from the NASA EOSDIS Global Hydrology Resource Center Distributed Active Archive Center Huntsville, Alabama, U.S.A. doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.5067/GPMGV/IFLOODS/DATA101

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General Characteristics

Collections: GPM Ground Validation Products
Projects: NASA GPM Ground Validation / IFloodS
Platforms: AQUA, DMSP 5D-2/F13, DMSP 5D-2/F14, DMSP 5D-3/F15, GMS-5, GOES-10, GOES-8, GPM, METEOSAT-6, METEOSAT-7, NOAA-15, NOAA-16, NOAA-17, TRMM, Ground stations
Sensors / Instruments: AMSR-E, AMSU-B, DPR, GOES-10 Imager, GOES-8 IMAGER, PR, SSMI, TMI, VISSR-GMS, VISSR-METEOSAT, probes, rain gauges, NPOL, 2DVD, MRR, Met One Rain Gauge Pairs, NEXRAD, stream gauges, D3R, XPOL, APU
Parameters: Precipitation, Atmospheric water vapor, soil moisture, soils, radar reflectivity, atmospheric winds, stream flow, stream height, clouds
Processing level: 4>
Formats: ASCII, netCDF-4, ASCII-csv, MS Excel, UF, ASCII, netCDF, binary, XML, netCDF-3

Coverage

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Red dots or areas indicate coverage range.

 

Location: Iowa, Midwestern USA
Spatial resolution: point to 250km
North boundary: 43.7
West boundary: -94.5
East boundary: -90.25
South boundary: 40.7
Temporal resolution: <sec to daily
Start date: May 1, 2013
Stop date: June 15, 2013

Member Datasets and More Information

GPM Ground Validation Precipitation Estimation from Remotely Sensed Information using Artificial Neural Networks Cloud Classification System (PERSIANN-CCS) IFloodS
http://dx.doi.org/10.5067/GPMGV/IFLOODS/PERSIANN/DATA101

GPM Ground Validation USDA ARS Soil Moisture IFloodS
http://dx.doi.org/10.5067/GPMGV/IFLOODS/PROBES/DATA301

GPM GROUND VALIDATION NASA S-BAND DUAL POLARIMETRIC (NPOL) DOPPLER RADAR IFLOODS V2
http://dx.doi.org/10.5067/GPMGV/IFLOODS/NPOL/DATA102

GPM GROUND VALIDATION TWO-DIMENSIONAL VIDEO DISDROMETER (2DVD) IFLOODS
http://dx.doi.org/10.5067/GPMGV/IFLOODS/2DVD/DATA301

GPM GROUND VALIDATION NOAA CPC MORPHING TECHNIQUE (CMORPH) IFLOODS
http://dx.doi.org/10.5067/GPMGV/IFLOODS/CMORPH/DATA201

GPM GROUND VALIDATION MICRO RAIN RADAR (MRR) NASA IFLOODS
http://dx.doi.org/10.5067/GPMGV/IFLOODS/MRR/DATA201

GPM GROUND VALIDATION MET ONE RAIN GAUGE PAIRS IFLOODS V2
http://dx.doi.org/10.5067/GPMGV/IFLOODS/GAUGE/DATA202

GPM GROUND VALIDATION NEXRAD LEVEL II KARX IFLOODS
http://dx.doi.org/10.5067/IFLOODS/NEXRAD/DATA201

GPM Ground Validation Iowa Flood Center (IFC) Rain Gauges IFloodS
http://dx.doi.org/10.5067/GPMGV/IFLOODS/GAUGES/DATA/101

GPM GROUND VALIDATION CAMPAIGN REPORTS IFLOODS
http://dx.doi.org/10.5067/GPMGV/IFLOODS/REPORTS/DATA101

GPM Ground Validation USGS Stream Flow IFloodS
http://dx.doi.org/10.5067/GPMGV/IFLOODS/GAUGES/DATA301

GPM GROUND VALIDATION DUAL-FREQUENCY DUAL-POLARIZED DOPPLER RADAR (D3R) IFLOODS
http://dx.doi.org/10.5067/GPMGV/IFLOODS/D3R/DATA101

GPM GROUND VALIDATION IOWA X-BAND POLARIMETRIC MOBILE DOPPLER WEATHER RADARS IFLOODS
http://dx.doi.org/10.5067/GPMGV/IFLOODS/XPOL/DATA201

GPM GROUND VALIDATION AUTONOMOUS PARSIVEL UNIT (APU) IFLOODS
http://dx.doi.org/10.5067/GPMGV/IFLOODS/APU/DATA301

Documentation:

PI Documentation https://doi.org/10.1175/JHM-D-14-0185.1
AMS Publication: Atmospheric Rivers and Rainfall during NASA’s Iowa Flood Studies (IFloodS) Campaign, Nayak et al.
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5067/GPMGV/IFLOODS/DATA101
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