The 2021-2024 Winter Precipitation Ground Validation Field Campaign at The University of Connecticut
Year: 2024
Type: article
Abstract: During three consecutive winter seasons, between December 2021 and April 2024, several ground-based wintry precipitation measurement instruments were deployed at the University of Connecticut’s main campus. The instruments included an assortment of K-band and W-band profiling radars and Ka-Ku band scanning radars, weighing, and tipping bucket pluviometers, laser disdrometers, high-speed and high-resolution cameras for quantitative precipitation measurement, weather stations, and an unmanned aircraft system for environmental variables. The goal of this field campaign is to provide a dataset for validating NASA Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) products, and to examine the error characteristics of co-located ground-based instruments. In this manuscript, we present the instrument suite and discuss possible uses of this unique set of measurements for remote sensing applications.
DOI: 10.13016/m2w0oi-okyf
Authors: Cerrai, Diego, Filipiak, Brian, Spaulding, Aaron, Wolff, David B., Tokay, Ali, Helms, Charles N., Loftus, Adrian M., Chibisov, Alexey V., Schirtzinger, Carl, Bliven, Larry, Pabla, Charanjit S., Boulanger, Mick J., Kim, EunYeol, Thant, Hein, Junyent, Francesc, Chandrasekar, Venkatachalam, Notaros, Branislav, De Azevedo, Gustavo B. H.
Language: English
Subfield: Atmospheric Science
Field: Earth and Planetary Sciences
Domain: Physical Sciences
SDG: Climate action
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W6941220010
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