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Iowa Flood Studies

Weather

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Deployment
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Platforms
33
Data Products

The Campaign

The Iowa Flood Studies (IFloodS) was a collaborative effort between NASA and the Iowa Flood Center to validate satellite rainfall data from the Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) Mission. IFloodS included a single deployment from April to June 2013 in parts of northeastern Iowa. Multiple ground radars, streamflow gauges, rain gauges, and disdrometers were deployed to measure precipitation properties such as rainfall rate and drop size distribution. Rainfall data were collected alongside satellite overpasses to evaluate the accuracy of satellite-based rainfall estimates for flood forecasting. IFloodS was part of the NASA GPM Ground Validation (GV) Program investigations.

2013-04-10 — 2013-06-15

Iowa
boreal spring, wet

N: 44°N

S: 41°N

W: 95°W

E: 90°W

Additional Notes

IFloodS is one of several campaigns operated under the Ground Validation activities for the GPM satellite.

GPM SATELLITE MEASUREMENT VALIDATION
RAIN RATE
DROP SIZE DISTRIBUTION
RAIN PROCESSES
PRECIPITATION
FORECASTING MODEL IMPROVEMENT
RAINDROP SIZE
RAINDROP SHAPE
PRECIPITATION PHYSICS
HYDROLOGY
GLOBAL PRECIPITATION
FLOODING
FLOOD FORECASTING
RAINFALL ESTIMATION
GPM
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Events

1 Deployment
1 IOP
4 Significant Events
20142015

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Platforms
PLATFORMS
Instruments
INSTRUMENTS
http://dx.doi.org/10.5067/GPMGV/IFLOODS/2DVD/DATA301External Link
http://dx.doi.org/10.5067/GPMGV/IFLOODS/MRR/DATA201External Link
http://dx.doi.org/10.5067/GPMGV/IFLOODS/NPOL/DATA102External Link
http://dx.doi.org/10.5067/GPMGV/IFLOODS/APU/DATA301External Link
http://dx.doi.org/10.5067/GPMGV/IFLOODS/XPOL/DATA201External Link
http://dx.doi.org/10.5067/GPMGV/IFLOODS/APU/DATA401External Link
http://dx.doi.org/10.5067/GPMGV/IFLOODS/GAUGES/DATA/101External Link
Rain Gauge
http://dx.doi.org/10.5067/GPMGV/IFLOODS/GAUGE/DATA202External Link
Rain Gauge
http://dx.doi.org/10.5067/GPMGV/IFLOODS/GAUGES/DATA301External Link
http://dx.doi.org/10.5067/GPMGV/IFLOODS/NEXRAD/DATA101External Link
http://dx.doi.org/10.5067/GPMGV/IFLOODS/NMQ/DATA101External Link
http://dx.doi.org/10.5067/GPMGV/IFLOODS/D3R/DATA101External Link
http://dx.doi.org/10.5067/GPMGV/IFLOODS/GAUGES/DATA201External Link
http://dx.doi.org/10.5067/GPMGV/IFLOODS/CMORPH/DATA201External Link
No related platforms, instruments or formats
http://dx.doi.org/10.5067/GPMGV/IFLOODS/GPROF/DATA101External Link
No related platforms, instruments or formats
http://dx.doi.org/10.5067/GPMGV/IFLOODS/MULTIPLE/DATA201External Link
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http://dx.doi.org/10.5067/GPMGV/IFLOODS/TMI/DATA201External Link
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http://dx.doi.org/10.5067/GPMGV/IFLOODS/TMI/DATA101External Link
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http://dx.doi.org/10.5067/GPMGV/IFLOODS/MULTIPLE/DATA401External Link
No related platforms, instruments or formats
http://dx.doi.org/10.5067/GPMGV/IFLOODS/PERSIANN/DATA101External Link
No related platforms, instruments or formats
http://dx.doi.org/10.5067/GPMGV/IFLOODS/INFRARED/DATA101External Link
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http://dx.doi.org/10.5067/GPMGV/IFLOODS/REPORTS/DATA101External Link
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http://dx.doi.org/10.5067/GPMGV/IFLOODS/MULTIPLE/DATA101External Link
No related platforms, instruments or formats
NASA
GPM, GPM GV
Currently unavailable
Walt Petersen, Witold Krajewski
Currently unavailable

GHRCExternal Link

IFC
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