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GPM GROUND VALIDATION NOAA PARSIVEL MC3E V1

Metadata Updated: April 10, 2025

The GPM Ground Validation NOAA Parsivel MC3E dataset was collected in central Oklahoma during the Midlatitude Continental Convective Clouds Experiment (MC3E) from April 5, 2011 through June 6, 2011. The NOAA Parsivel dataset includes processed data consisting of either moment data (e.g., reflectivity and rain rate estimates) or raindrop number concentration estimates; the data provided a reference reflectivity to calibrate the S-band profiler during the experiment. The moment data includes 1-minute resolution estimates of rain rate, reflectivity, and other parameters related to the health of the Parsivel instrument. The raindrop number concentration data are also at 1-minute resolution and are the result of converting the observed raindrop passing the sensor into the number of raindrops expected in a unit volume per diameter interval. Both the moment data and the number concentration data were saved in daily files in ASCII format. Daily images were also generated from the Parsivel observations and contain the 1-minute reflectivity, rain rate, and number concentration N(D); browse images are saved in TIF 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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Dates

Metadata Created Date December 1, 2022
Metadata Updated Date April 10, 2025

Metadata Source

Harvested from NASA Data.json

Additional Metadata

Resource Type Dataset
Metadata Created Date December 1, 2022
Metadata Updated Date April 10, 2025
Publisher NASA/MSFC/GHRC
Maintainer
Identifier C1979663392-GHRC_DAAC
Data First Published 2013-02-13
Language en-US
Data Last Modified 2025-03-31
Category MC3E, geospatial
Public Access Level public
Bureau Code 026:00
Metadata Context https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.jsonld
Schema Version https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema
Catalog Describedby https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.json
Harvest Object Id 508fd4b7-2e0e-4037-aaab-790e53b0e269
Harvest Source Id 58f92550-7a01-4f00-b1b2-8dc953bd598f
Harvest Source Title NASA Data.json
Homepage URL https://doi.org/10.5067/GPMGV/MC3E/APU/DATA201
Metadata Type geospatial
Old Spatial -121.0 28.0 -91.0 43.0
Program Code 026:001
Source Datajson Identifier True
Source Hash 4e5e1abe66e52b929a394fe8f25f11bf6c7ce40feb95ddc3f78ae98e297986da
Source Schema Version 1.1
Spatial
Temporal 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z/2011-06-06T23:59:59Z

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