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    • GPM GROUND VALIDATION ACHIEVE W-BAND CLOUD RADAR IPHEX V1

    Metadata Updated: March 26, 2024

    The GPM Ground Validation ACHIEVE W-band Cloud Radar IPHEx dataset consists of cloud and light precipitation radar observations gathered during the Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) mission Ground Validation Integrated Precipitation and Hydrology Experiment (IPHEx) Intensive Observing Period (IOP) in North Carolina from May 1 through June 15, 2014. The goal of IPHEx was to evaluate the accuracy of satellite precipitation measurements and use the collected data for hydrology models in the region. The dataset includes data from the ProSensing 95 GHz W-band cloud radar, which is part of the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) Aerosol, Cloud, Humidity, Interactions Exploring and Validating Enterprise (ACHIEVE) ground-based mobile laboratory. The W-band cloud radar is a scanning 95 GHz dual-polarization (horizontal transmission and co- and cross-polar receiving) Doppler radar used for observing liquid and ice clouds and light precipitation. The instrument measures co- and cross-polar reflectivity, radial velocity, Doppler spectrum width, and signal-to-noise ratio. Linear depolarization ratio was derived from the measured parameters. During the IPHEx campaign, the W-Band radar was used exclusively in vertical-pointing mode. The dataset files are available from May 9 through June 14, 2014 in netCDF-3 data format.

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    Public: This dataset is intended for public access and use. License: No license information was provided. If this work was prepared by an officer or employee of the United States government as part of that person's official duties it is considered a U.S. Government Work.

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    Metadata Created Date March 26, 2024
    Metadata Updated Date March 26, 2024

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    Harvested from NASA Data.json

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    Additional Metadata

    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Created Date March 26, 2024
    Metadata Updated Date March 26, 2024
    Publisher NASA/MSFC/GHRC
    Maintainer
    Identifier C1979831259-GHRC_DAAC
    Data First Published 2016-11-28
    Language en-US
    Data Last Modified 2022-05-25
    Category IPHEx, geospatial
    Public Access Level public
    Bureau Code 026:00
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    Schema Version https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema
    Catalog Describedby https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.json
    Citation Tsay, Si-Chee , Adrian Loftus and Peter Pantina.2016. GPM GROUND VALIDATION ACHIEVE W-BAND CLOUD RADAR IPHEX indicate subset used. Dataset available online from the NASA Global Hydrometeorology Resource Center DAAC, Huntsville, Alabama, U.S.A. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5067/GPMGV/IPHEX/WBAND/DATA101
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    Harvest Source Title NASA Data.json
    Homepage URL https://doi.org/10.5067/GPMGV/IPHEX/WBAND/DATA101
    Metadata Type geospatial
    Old Spatial -83.0947 35.5198 -83.0947 35.5198
    Program Code 026:001
    Source Datajson Identifier True
    Source Hash 93374571860dfa31861b20a15a561a6c098163204633d21c646efad94c9ad712
    Source Schema Version 1.1
    Spatial
    Temporal 2014-05-09T12:54:13Z/2014-06-14T18:35:39Z

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