Double Rain Gauge Network, Iowa  View Catalog Page Entry ID
NSIDC-0210
Summary
This data set includes rainfall data from 25 sites in Iowa, centered on the Iowa City Municipal Airport. The collection sites form an approximately regular grid with spacing of 5 km. At each site there are two tipping bucket rain gauges. Data were collected between June 2002 and November 2003. The network is a collaborative effort between NASA, NOAA, the University of Maryland, and the University of Iowa. The experiment was designed to validate the AMSR-E rainfall measurements.
The Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer - Earth Observing System (AMSR-E) is a mission instrument launched aboard NASA's Aqua Satellite on 4 May 2002. AMSR-E validation studies linked to rainfall experiments are designed to evaluate the accuracy of AMSR-E precipitation data.
Geographic Coverage
Spatial Coordinates:
N: 41.75°
S: 41.5°
E: -91.5°
W: -91.75°
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Data Set Citation
Dataset Creator: Witold F. Krajewski
Dataset Title: Double Rain Gauge Network, Iowa
Dataset Release Date: 2004-02-20
Dataset Release Place: Boulder, Colorado USA
Dataset Publisher: NSIDC: National Snow and Ice Data Center
Online Resource: http://nsidc.org/data/nsidc-0210.html
Temporal Coverage
Start Date: 2002-06-18
Stop Date: 2003-11-13
Location Keywords
- CONTINENT NORTH AMERICA UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Science Keywords
- Atmosphere Precipitation Rain
Ancillary Keywords
- AMSR-E
- Ground Stations
- Precipitation
- Precipitation Accumulation
- Precipitation Amount
- Precipitation Rate
- Rainfall Amount
- Rain Gauge
- Surface Rainfall
Platform
- ARWS Automatic Remote Weather Station
Instrument
- ORG Optical Rain Gauge
Data Set Progress
complete
Originating Center
NSIDC
Data Center
NASA DAAC at the National Snow and Ice Data Center
Data Center URL: http://nsidc.org/daac/index.html
Data Center Personnel
Name: NSIDC User Services
Phone: 1 303 492-6199
Fax: 1 303 492-2468
Email: nsidc@nsidc.org
Contact Address:
- National Snow and Ice Data Center
- CIRES, 449 UCB
- University of Colorado
City: Boulder
Province or State: CO
Postal Code: 80309-0449
Country: USA
National Snow and Ice Data Center
Data Center URL: http://nsidc.org
Data Center Personnel
Name: NSIDC User Services
Phone: 1 303 492-6199
Fax: 1 303 492-2468
Email: nsidc@nsidc.org
Contact Address:
- National Snow and Ice Data Center
- CIRES, 449 UCB
- University of Colorado
City: Boulder
Province or State: CO
Postal Code: 80309-0449
Country: USA
Distribution
Distribution Media: FTP
Distribution Size: 78.72 MB
Distribution Format: ASCII Text
Personnel
Witold F. Krajewski
Role: INVESTIGATOR
Phone: 1 319 335-5231
Email: witold-krajewski@uiowa.edu
Contact Address:
- University of Iowa
- IIHR- Hydroscience and Engineering
- 300 South Riverside Dr.
City: Iowa City
Province or State: Iowa
Postal Code: 52242-1585
Country: USA
NSIDC User Services
Role: TECHNICAL CONTACT
Phone: 1 303 492-6199 x
Fax: 1 303 492-2468 x
Email: nsidc@nsidc.org
Contact Address:
- National Snow and Ice Data Center
- CIRES, 449 UCB
- University of Colorado
City: Boulder
Province or State: CO
Postal Code: 80309-0449
Country: USA
Related URL
VIEW PROJECT HOME PAGE
AMSR-E Data at NSIDC
VIEW PROJECT HOME PAGE
AMSR-E Validation Data
VIEW PROJECT HOME PAGE
AMSR-E Validation Portal
VIEW PROJECT HOME PAGE
IIHR- Hydroscience and Engineering
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Reference
Ciach, G. J. 2003 (in press). Local Random Errors in Tipping-bucket Rain Gauge Measurements. Journal of Atmospheric Ocean Technology
Krajewski, W. F., G. J. Ciach and E. Habib. 2003 (in press). An Analysis of Small-scale Rainfall Variability in Different Climatological Regimes. Hydrologic Science Journal.
Habib, E., W. F. Krajewski, and A. Kruger. 2001. Sampling Errors of Fine Resolution Tipping-bucket Rain Gauge Measurements. Journal of Hydrologic Engineering, 6(2):159-166.
Habib, E., W. F. Krajewski, V. Nespor, and A. Kruger. 1999. Numerical Simulation Studies of Raingage Data Correction Due to Wind Effect. Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres Research, 104(D16): 19,723-19,734.
Krajewski, W. F., Kruger, A., and V. Nespor. 1998. Experimental and Numerical Studies of Small-scale Rainfall Measurements and Variability. Water Science and Technology, 37(11), 131-138.
Metadata Name and Version
Metadata Name: CEOS IDN DIF
Metadata Version: 9.7
Creation and Review Dates
DIF Creation Date: 2004-02-20
Last DIF Revision Date: 2012-02-07
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