Iowa Flood Survey (IFloodS)
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In the spring of 2013 (May 1 - June 15), NASA, in collaboration with
other government agencies
and members of the U.S. academic research community, will conduct a field experiment
in northeastern Iowa called the Iowa Flood Studies, or IFloodS. The main goal
of the experiment is to support Ground Validation program activities of the Global
Precipitation Measurement (GPM) satellite mission. GPM is an international effort
designed to enhance and unify precipitation measurements from space through improved
measurement accuracy and temporal and spatial sampling over the majority of the
globe. These observations will serve the scientific goals of developing a better
understanding of our weather and climate and the operational purposes of enhanced
hazard forecasting and water resources management. Ground Validation is an
integral element of the mission, designed to develop and master relevant algorithms
for converting satellite instrument data to useful information about rainfall
and snowfall and to provide credible assessment of the associated uncertainties
needed for local decision-making (from U. Iowa IFloodS white paper).
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NASA Instrumentation
NASA will be providing support for field operations of several disdrometers (Parsivel,
Joss-Waldvogel, and Two-D Video), rain gauges (tipping bucket) and its newly
refurbished polarimetric (NPOL).
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| Rain Gauges/Soil Moisture |
Two-D Video Disdrometer |
Autonomous Parsivel Units |
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| NPOL |
Micro Rain Radar |
D3R |
Send questions or suggestions to
David B. Wolff
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