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March

Atmospheric Science Highlights

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  • – Let It Snow: GPM Cold-season Precipitation Experiment (GCPEx) Observations to Improve GPM Satellite Methods for Detecting and Measuring Falling Snow
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Photo of the D3R radar, which measures precipitation at similar frequencies as the radar on the GPM Core satellite, measured rain, snow, and sleet at the Traer site in Iowa.

Notes from the Field: Spring Data Collection Features a Winter Mix

05.09.2013
The GPM Ground Validation team collected a coordinated, co-scanned multi-radar frequency and dual-polarimetric dataset with the D3R and NPOL radars in a mixture of rain, snow and sleet.
May 2, 2013. A radar image similar to what you’d see in a weather report.

Notes from the Field: A Line of Snow in a Cold Spring Shower

05.02.2013
Our forecasters at Iowa State, and I believe via the National Weather Service, are calling this a “once in a career storm.”
Photo of NASA and Iowa Flood Center staff installing instrumentation in eastern Iowa for the IFloodS campaign.

NASA, University of Iowa Ground Measurement Campaign to Improve Flood Forecasting

04.30.2013
Ground data now being collected in northeastern Iowa by the Iowa Flood Studies experiment will evaluate how well NASA's GPM mission satellite rainfall data can be used for flood forecasting.
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