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Rain Gauge: GPM Precipitation Science Research Facility

Wallops PRF High-Density Gauge Network

A network of 25 indvidual gauge platforms (two gauge per platform) that were deployed in a 5 km x 5 km area near Nassawadox, VA area from April 2012 to July 2013. Now that the NPOL radar has been deployed in the Newark, MD area, the network has been moved to the Pocomoke area.

Current Report Date: 05/28/2023
Report generated 05/28/2023 @ 01:08:35 Local (05/28/2023 @ 05:08:35 UTC)

GaugeID Site Name Packets Mean Voltage Mean RSSI Bias [%] Tips Accums [in] Accums [mm]
PIERS0001 [WFF Pad] 20/96 12.97 -88.30 0.00 0/0 0.0/0.0 0.0/0.0
PIERS0002 [Haywards_Lott] 20/96 13.02 -78.20 0.00 0/0 0.0/0.0 0.0/0.0
PIERS0003 [William_St_Well] 20/96 12.92 -85.40 0.00 0/0 0.0/0.0 0.0/0.0
PIERS0004 [Somerset_Rd] 20/96 12.83 -77.40 0.00 0/0 0.0/0.0 0.0/0.0
PIERS0005 [American_Legion] 20/96 13.01 -57.00 0.00 0/0 0.0/0.0 0.0/0.0
PIERS0006 [Doc_Johnson] 20/96 13.02 -74.20 0.00 0/0 0.0/0.0 0.0/0.0
PIERS0007 [LeVecque] 20/96 12.99 -87.00 0.00 0/0 0.0/0.0 0.0/0.0
PIERS0011 [Pocomoke_MS] 20/96 13.00 -72.60 0.00 0/0 0.0/0.0 0.0/0.0
PIERS0012 [Pocomoke_HS] 20/96 13.04 -57.70 0.00 0/0 0.0/0.0 0.0/0.0
PIERS0024 [Silva_Rd] 20/96 13.01 -84.60 0.00 0/0 0.0/0.0 0.0/0.0
PIERS0027 [WFF Pad (D3R site)] 20/96 13.71 -79.80 0.00 0/0 0.0/0.0 0.0/0.0
PIERS0028 [WFF Pad (GAIL Trailer) ] 20/96 14.14 -71.00 0.00 0/0 0.0/0.0 0.0/0.0
PIERS0026 [UMES] 20/96 12.73 -57.00 0.00 0/0 0.0/0.0 0.0/0.0
PIERS0030 [WFF Pad (Texas A&M Corpus Christi Testing)] 20/96 12.69 -87.00 0.00 0/0 0.0/0.0 0.0/0.0
PIERS0031 [WFF Pad (Xavier University Testing)] 20/96 12.92 -86.20 0.00 0/0 0.0/0.0 0.0/0.0
PIERS0032 [WFF Pad (Texas Tech University Testing)] 20/96 13.00 -85.40 0.00 0/0 0.0/0.0 0.0/0.0
PIERS0034 [WFF Pad (Prairie View A&M University Testing)] 20/96 12.74 -75.80 0.00 0/0 0.0/0.0 0.0/0.0

Self-Reporting Gauge Platforms

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The Wallops GPM PRF is currently supporting two gauge and disdrometer networks. A high density gauge grid is located in an around Pocomoke City, MD is aimed towards validating space-based estimates on the scale of the nominal GPM DPR footprint size of about 5 km. The second, larger grid, also includes the Pocomoke network, but it's scale is approximately 0.5 degrees (lat & lon). This network will serve to better validate both DPR and GMI observations and is well sampled by NASA's NPOL radar, which is located in Newark, MD. The 0.5 degree scale is roughly bounded by Chincoteague, VA to the southeast; Crisfield, MD to the southwest; Salisbury, MD to the north; and, Newark, MD to the northeast.

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