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GPM flying over Earth with a data swath visualized.
Featured Documents All files are .PDF unless noted otherwise MC3E Field Campaign White Paper GPM Ground Validation: Strategy and Efforts Report of the 1st International GPM GV Requirements Workshop Profiler Data Sets for the NASA PMM Community Presentations from the 2nd International GPM GV Workshop CSU's 2-Dimensional Video Disdrometer for the Canadian CloudSat/CALIPSO Validation Programme (.ppt) Validation Network Data Product User's Guide - Volume 1 (TRMM) Validation Network Data Product User's Guide - Volume 2 (GPM) GROUND Validation System Level 3 Operations Concept GROUND Validation...
GPM flying over Earth with a data swath visualized.
Winter 2006-2007 Snowfall Field Campaign The NASA GPM Project and the Precipitation Measurement Mission (PMM) Science Team participated in to the Canadian CloudSat/CALIPSO Validation Programme (C3VP) during winter 2006-2007. The campaign took place in the vicinity of the Centre for Atmospheric Research Experiments (CARE) operated by the Meteorological Service of Canada. All members of NASA's PMM Science Team are covered by a "blanket" agreement that allows them full access to the C3VP data, subject to the C3VP Data Protocol. The CARE facility is located about 80 km north of Toronto. Results...
GPM flying over Earth with a data swath visualized.
A GPM Ground Validation prototype is currently underway to compare TRMM satellite data to similar measurements from the national network of operational weather radars. The goal of the Validation Network is to identify and resolve significant discrepancies between the US national network of ground radar observations and satellite observations. The validation network prototype matches-up TRMM Precipitation Radar (PR, see below image) and quality-controlled NEXRAD reflectivity data (right) for 21 ground radar sites in the Southeastern United States. Conceptually, the Validation Network also...