The Investigation of Microphysics and Precipitation for Atlantic Coast-Threatening Snowstorms (IMPACTS), funded by NASA’s Earth Venture program, is the first comprehensive study of East Coast snowstorms in 30 years. IMPACTS will fly a complementary suite of remote sensing and in-situ instruments for three 6-week deployments (2020-2022) on NASA’s ER-2 high-altitude aircraft and P-3 cloud-sampling aircraft. The first deployment began on January 17, 2020 and ended on March 1, 2020. IMPACTS samples U.S. East Coast winter storms using advanced radar, LiDAR, and microwave radiometer remote sensing instruments on the ER-2 and state-of-the-art microphysics probes and dropsonde capabilities on the P-3, augmented by ground-based radar and rawinsonde data, multiple NASA and NOAA satellites (including GPM, GOES-16, and other polar orbiting satellite systems), and computer simulations. IMPACTS addressed three specific objectives: (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. More information is available from NASA’s Earth Science Project Office’s IMPACTS field campaign webpage.


This collections page will be updated every two weeks as new IMPACTS datasets are published.


To cite the entire collection, please use the following:

McMurdie, L.A., Heymsfield, G., Yorks, J.E., and Braun, S.A. 2019. Investigation of Microphysics and Precipitation for Atlantic Coast-Threatening Snowstorms (IMPACTS) Collection [indicate subset used]. Data 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/IMPACTS/DATA101

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General Characteristics

Projects: IMPACTS
Platforms: Ground Stations, Mission Reports, GOES-16, NASA ER-2, NASA P-3
Sensors/Instruments: 2DVD, AMPR, APU, ASOS, AVAPS, CDP, Ceilometers, CoSMIR, CPI Probes, CPL, CRS, EXRAD, GOES-16 Imager, GPS, HIWRAP, HVPS, INS, KASPR, LiDAR, LIP, Mesonet, MRMS, MRR, MRR2, NEVZOROV PROBE, NEXRAD, NPOL, Parsivels, PHIPS, PMS 2D-S Probe, PMS KING PROBE, Rawinsondes, ROSEMOUNT PROBES, SKYLER, Soundings, TAMMS, Visual Observations, WISPER
Parameters: Radar, Platform Characteristics, Weather/Climate Advisories, Atmospheric Pressure, Atmospheric Water Vapor, Atmospheric Winds, Geothermal Dynamics, Atmospheric Temperature, Altitude, Clouds, Precipitation, Infrared Wavelengths, Visible Wavelengths, Sensor Characteristics, Aerosols, Atmospheric Radiation, Lidar, Atmospheric Electricity, Microwave
Processing level: 0, 1A, 1B, 2, 3
Formats: ASCII, ASCII-csv, ASCII-ict, HDF-5, netCDF-3, netCDF-3/CF, netCDF-4, PDF

Coverage

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Red dots or areas indicate coverage range.

 

Location: United States of America, Pennsylvania, New York, Virginia, Massachusetts, Maryland, North Carolina, Indiana, West Virginia, Ohio, North Carolina, Illinois, Michigan, Delaware, New Jersey, Louisiana, Kentucky, Wisconsin, Iowa, Vermont, Maine
Spatial resolution: 230km - 460km, ~ 5 meters, 0.025 degrees, 0.5 - 10 km, 1.4 - 3.9 km, 150 m, 50 km, 60 m, 125 m - 300 m, 15 - 200 m, ~160 m, 150 meter in vertical, 6 kilometers in horizontal, 1 km footprint, 2-150 um; 0.003-0.005 g/m^3; 0.003 cm, 0.6-2.8 km, <10 m, point
North boundary: 47.696°
West boundary: -90.429°
East boundary: -64.894°
South boundary: 31.901°
Temporal resolution: 1 minute - < Monthly
Start date: 2019-12-31
Stop date: 2020-03-02

Member Datasets and More Information

Advanced Microwave Precipitation Radiometer (AMPR) IMPACTS
http://dx.doi.org/10.5067/IMPACTS/AMPR/DATA101

Advanced Vertical Atmospheric Profiling System Dropsondes (AVAPS) IMPACTS
http://dx.doi.org/10.5067/IMPACTS/AVAPS/DATA101

Automated Surface Observing System (ASOS) IMPACTS
http://dx.doi.org/10.5067/IMPACTS/ASOS/DATA101

Autonomous Parsivel Unit (APU) IMPACTS
http://dx.doi.org/10.5067/IMPACTS/APU/DATA101

Cloud Physics LiDAR (CPL) IMPACTS
http://dx.doi.org/10.5067/IMPACTS/CPL/DATA101

Cloud Radar System (CRS) IMPACTS
http://dx.doi.org/10.5067/IMPACTS/CRS/DATA101

Conical Scanning Millimeter-wave Imaging Radiometer (CoSMIR) IMPACTS
http://dx.doi.org/10.5067/IMPACTS/COSMIR/DATA101

ER-2 Navigation Data IMPACTS
http://dx.doi.org/10.5067/IMPACTS/ER2/DATA101

ER-2 X-Band Doppler Radar (EXRAD) IMPACTS
http://dx.doi.org/10.5067/IMPACTS/EXRAD/DATA101

ER-2 X-Band Doppler Radar (EXRAD) 3D Winds IMPACTS
https://dx.doi.org/10.5067/IMPACTS/EXRAD/DATA201

GOES IMPACTS
http://dx.doi.org/10.5067/IMPACTS/GOES/DATA101

High Altitude Imaging Wind and Rain Airborne Profiler (HIWRAP) IMPACTS
http://dx.doi.org/10.5067/IMPACTS/HIWRAP/DATA101

KAKQ NEXRAD IMPACTS
http://dx.doi.org/10.5067/IMPACTS/NEXRAD/DATA101

KBGM NEXRAD IMPACTS
http://dx.doi.org/10.5067/IMPACTS/NEXRAD/DATA102

KBOX NEXRAD IMPACTS
http://dx.doi.org/10.5067/IMPACTS/NEXRAD/DATA103

KBUF NEXRAD IMPACTS
http://dx.doi.org/10.5067/IMPACTS/NEXRAD/DATA104

KCCX NEXRAD IMPACTS
http://dx.doi.org/10.5067/IMPACTS/NEXRAD/DATA105

KCLE NEXRAD IMPACTS
http://dx.doi.org/10.5067/IMPACTS/NEXRAD/DATA106

KCXX NEXRAD IMPACTS
http://dx.doi.org/10.5067/IMPACTS/NEXRAD/DATA107

KDIX NEXRAD IMPACTS
http://dx.doi.org/10.5067/IMPACTS/NEXRAD/DATA108

KDOX NEXRAD IMPACTS
http://dx.doi.org/10.5067/IMPACTS/NEXRAD/DATA109

KDTX NEXRAD IMPACTS
http://dx.doi.org/10.5067/IMPACTS/NEXRAD/DATA110

KDVN NEXRAD IMPACTS
http://dx.doi.org/10.5067/IMPACTS/NEXRAD/DATA111

KENX NEXRAD IMPACTS
http://dx.doi.org/10.5067/IMPACTS/NEXRAD/DATA112

KFCX NEXRAD IMPACTS
http://dx.doi.org/10.5067/IMPACTS/NEXRAD/DATA113

KGRB NEXRAD IMPACTS
http://dx.doi.org/10.5067/IMPACTS/NEXRAD/DATA114

KGRR NEXRAD IMPACTS
http://dx.doi.org/10.5067/IMPACTS/NEXRAD/DATA115

KGYX NEXRAD IMPACTS
http://dx.doi.org/10.5067/IMPACTS/NEXRAD/DATA116

KILN NEXRAD IMPACTS
http://dx.doi.org/10.5067/IMPACTS/NEXRAD/DATA117

KILX NEXRAD IMPACTS
http://dx.doi.org/10.5067/IMPACTS/NEXRAD/DATA118

KIND NEXRAD IMPACTS
http://dx.doi.org/10.5067/IMPACTS/NEXRAD/DATA119

KIWX NEXRAD IMPACTS
http://dx.doi.org/10.5067/IMPACTS/NEXRAD/DATA120

KJKL NEXRAD IMPACTS
http://dx.doi.org/10.5067/IMPACTS/NEXRAD/DATA121

KLOT NEXRAD IMPACTS
http://dx.doi.org/10.5067/IMPACTS/NEXRAD/DATA122

KLWX NEXRAD IMPACTS
http://dx.doi.org/10.5067/IMPACTS/NEXRAD/DATA123

KMHX NEXRAD IMPACTS
http://dx.doi.org/10.5067/IMPACTS/NEXRAD/DATA124

KMKX NEXRAD IMPACTS
https://dx.doi.org/10.5067/IMPACTS/NEXRAD/DATA125

KOKX NEXRAD IMPACTS
http://dx.doi.org/10.5067/IMPACTS/NEXRAD/DATA126

KPBZ NEXRAD IMPACTS
http://dx.doi.org/10.5067/IMPACTS/NEXRAD/DATA127

KRAX NEXRAD IMPACTS
http://dx.doi.org/10.5067/IMPACTS/NEXRAD/DATA128

KRLX NEXRAD IMPACTS
http://dx.doi.org/10.5067/IMPACTS/NEXRAD/DATA129

KTYX NEXRAD IMPACTS
http://dx.doi.org/10.5067/IMPACTS/NEXRAD/DATA130

KVWX NEXRAD IMPACTS
http://dx.doi.org/10.5067/IMPACTS/NEXRAD/DATA131

Lightning Instrument Package (LIP) IMPACTS
http://dx.doi.org/10.5067/IMPACTS/LIP/DATA101

Millersville University Upper Air Radiosondes IMPACTS
https://dx.doi.org/10.5067/IMPACTS/RADIOSONDE/DATA101

Mission Reports IMPACTS
http://dx.doi.org/10.5067/IMPACTS/REPORTS/DATA101

Mobile UIUC Soundings IMPACTS
http://dx.doi.org/10.5067/IMPACTS/SOUNDING/DATA101

Multi-Radar/Multi-Sensor (MRMS) Precipitation Reanalysis for Satellite Validation Product IMPACTS
https://dx.doi.org/10.5067/IMPACTS/MRMS/DATA101

NASA S-Band Dual Polarimetric Doppler Radar (NPOL) IMPACTS
http://dx.doi.org/10.5067/IMPACTS/NPOL/DATA101

NCAR Particle Probes IMPACTS
http://dx.doi.org/10.5067/IMPACTS/PROBES/DATA101

NCSU Soundings IMPACTS
http://dx.doi.org/10.5067/IMPACTS/SOUNDING/DATA401

New York State Mesonet IMPACTS
http://dx.doi.org/10.5067/IMPACTS/INS/DATA101

NEXRAD Mosaic East IMPACTS
http://dx.doi.org/10.5067/IMPACTS/NEXRAD/DATA201

NEXRAD Mosaic Midwest IMPACTS
http://dx.doi.org/10.5067/IMPACTS/NEXRAD/DATA202

NOAA Soundings IMPACTS
http://dx.doi.org/10.5067/IMPACTS/SOUNDING/DATA201

P-3 Meteorological and Navigation Data IMPACTS
http://dx.doi.org/10.5067/IMPACTS/P3/DATA101

Particle Habit Imaging and Polar Scattering Probe (PHIPS) IMPACTS
http://dx.doi.org/10.5067/IMPACTS/PHIPS/DATA101

SBU Ceilometers IMPACTS
http://dx.doi.org/10.5067/IMPACTS/CEILOMETERS/DATA101

SBU Doppler LiDAR IMPACTS
http://dx.doi.org/10.5067/IMPACTS/LIDAR/DATA101

SBU Ka-band Scanning Polarimetric Radar (KASPR) IMPACTS
http://dx.doi.org/10.5067/IMPACTS/RADAR/DATA101

SBU Meteorological Station IMPACTS
http://dx.doi.org/10.5067/IMPACTS/METSTATION/DATA101

SBU Micro Rain Radar 2 (MRR2) IMPACTS
http://dx.doi.org/10.5067/IMPACTS/MRR/DATA101

SBU Mobile Soundings IMPACTS
http://dx.doi.org/10.5067/IMPACTS/SOUNDING/DATA301

SBU Parsivel IMPACTS
http://dx.doi.org/10.5067/IMPACTS/PARSIVEL/DATA101

SBU Pluvio Precipitation Gauge IMPACTS
http://dx.doi.org/10.5067/IMPACTS/PLUVIO/DATA101

SBU X-band Phased Array Radar (SKYLER) IMPACTS
https://dx.doi.org/10.5067/IMPACTS/RADAR/DATA201

Turbulent Air Motion Measurement System (TAMMS) IMPACTS
http://dx.doi.org/10.5067/IMPACTS/TAMMS/DATA101

Two-Dimensional Video Disdrometer (2DVD) IMPACTS
http://dx.doi.org/10.5067/IMPACTS/2DVD/DATA101

UAlbany Micro Rain Radar 2 (MRR2) IMPACTS
http://dx.doi.org/10.5067/IMPACTS/MRR2/DATA101

UAlbany Parsivel IMPACTS
http://dx.doi.org/10.5067/IMPACTS/PARSIVEL/DATA201

UND Cloud Microphysics IMPACTS
http://dx.doi.org/10.5067/IMPACTS/MULTIPLE/DATA101

Water Isotope System for Precipitation and Entrainment Research (WISPER) IMPACTS
https://dx.doi.org/10.5067/IMPACTS/WISPER/DATA101

Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) IMPACTS
http://dx.doi.org/10.5067/IMPACTS/WRF/DATA101

Documentation

General Documentation: https://espo.nasa.gov/impacts
IMPACTS Information
General Documentation: https://doi.org/10.1175/BAMS-D-20-0246.1
BAMS: Chasing Snowstorms: The Investigation of Microphysics and Precipitation for Atlantic Coast-Threatening Snowstorms (IMPACTS) Campaign
General Documentation: https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2019AGUFM.A52B..03M/abstract
AGU: The NASA Investigation of Microphysics and Precipitation for Atlantic Coast-Threatening Snowstorms (IMPACTS) Earth-Venture Suborbital-3 (EVS-3) field campaign
GHRC IMPACTS Homepage: https://ghrc.nsstc.nasa.gov/home/field-campaigns/impacts
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5067/IMPACTS/DATA101
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