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GPM GROUND VALIDATION COMPOSITE SATELLITE OVERPASSES GCPEX V1 1 DMSP 5D-3/F17, DMSP 5D-3/F16, DMSP 5D-3/F18 SSMIS 2012-01-17 to 2012-02-29

N: 50.5 S: 37.9 E: -70.9 W: -88.7

ASCII, netCDF-4
GPM GROUND VALIDATION COMPOSITE SATELLITE OVERPASSES MC3E V1 1 Aqua AMSR-E 2011-04-22 to 2011-06-05

N: 56.29 S: 13.59 E: -72.65 W: -115.49

ASCII
GPM GROUND VALIDATION DC-8 NAVIGATION AND HOUSEKEEPING DATA GCPEX 1 NASA DC-8 GPS, RTMM, TEMPERATURE PROBES 2012-01-11 to 2020-02-06

N: 46.9027 S: 31.5641 E: -67.7583 W: -124.985

ASCII
GPM GROUND VALIDATION ENVIRONMENT CANADA (EC) RADIOSONDE GCPEX V1 1 GROUND STATIONS RADIOSONDES 2012-01-17 to 2012-02-29

N: 44.96 S: 43.38 E: -78 W: -79.85

ASCII
GPM GROUND VALIDATION ENVIRONMENT CANADA (EC) VISIBILITY SENSOR FD12P AND PRESENT WEATHER DETECTOR GCPEX V1 1 WEATHER STATIONS FD12P WEATHER SENSOR 2012-01-15 to 2012-03-01

N: 44.69 S: 44.49 E: -79.73 W: -79.93

ASCII
GPM Ground Validation Environment Canada (EC) Weather Station XET C3VP V1 1 GROUND STATIONS THERMOMETERS, PRESSURE PROBE, ANEMOMETERS, WIND VANES, PYRANOMETERS, Pyrgeometer, SUNSHINE RECORDERS, ULTRASONIC DEPTH SENSOR 2006-10-04 to 2007-03-31

N: 44.24 S: 44.22 E: -79.77 W: -79.79

ASCII
GPM GROUND VALIDATION GCPEX SNOW MICROPHYSICS CASE STUDY V1 1 NASA DC-8, GROUND STATIONS, UND CITATION II APR-2, CIPS, D3R, DPR, HVPS, PMS 2D-C PROBE 2012-02-24 to 2012-02-25

N: 46.3966 S: 43.4595 E: -78.7616 W: -80.4026

netCDF-4
GPM Ground Validation Goddard Profiling Algorithm (GPROF) 2014 IFloodS V3 3 DMSP 5D-3/F17, NOAA-18, METOP-B, NOAA-19, DMSP 5D-3/F16, DMSP 5D-3/F18, METOP-A, GCOM-W1 SSMIS, MHS, AMSR2 2013-03-31 to 2013-07-02

N: 51.9073 S: 32.0518 E: -59.9776 W: -123.83

HDF5
GPM Ground Validation Kumpula Mast Meteorological Data LPVEx V1 1 GROUND STATIONS ANEMOMETERS, RADIOMETERS, THERMOMETERS 2010-09-16 to 2010-10-21

N: 60.2125 S: 60.1925 E: 24.9717 W: 24.9517

ASCII
GPM GROUND VALIDATION METEOROLOGICAL TOWER ENVIRONMENT CANADA GCPEX V1 1 METEOROLOGICAL STATIONS BAROMETERS, HUMIDITY SENSORS, PYRANOMETERS, TEMPERATURE PROBES, WIND MONITOR 2012-01-15 to 2012-03-01

N: 44.69 S: 44.18 E: -79.64 W: -79.93

ASCII
GPM Ground Validation NASA ER-2 Navigation Data IPHEx 1 NASA ER-2 INS 2014-05-04 to 2014-06-13

N: 36.6427 S: 30.3944 E: -71.6108 W: -86.562

ASCII, XML
GPM GROUND VALIDATION NASA ER-2 NAVIGATION DATA MC3E 1 NASA ER-2 INS, NAVREC, TEMPERATURE PROBES 2011-04-22 to 2011-06-03

N: 43 S: 28 E: -91 W: -121

ASCII
GPM GROUND VALIDATION NOAA SURFACE METEOROLOGICAL STATION MC3E 1 METEOROLOGICAL STATIONS HUMIDITY SENSORS, RAIN GAUGES, TEMPERATURE SENSORS, WIND MONITOR 2011-04-05 to 2011-06-07

N: 36.61 S: 36.61 E: -97.49 W: -97.49

ASCII
GPM GROUND VALIDATION OKLAHOMA CLIMATOLOGICAL SURVEY MESONET MC3E 1 MESONET APS, HUMIDITY SENSORS, RAIN GAUGES, TEMPERATURE SENSORS, WIND MONITOR, SOIL MOISTURE PROBE 2011-04-22 to 2011-06-06

N: 37 S: 33.28 E: -94 W: -103

ASCII
GPM Ground Validation Physicum Building Mast Meteorological Data LPVEx 1 GROUND STATIONS ANEMOMETERS, HUMIDITY SENSORS, RADIOMETERS, RAIN GAUGES, TEMPERATURE SENSORS 2010-09-16 to 2010-10-22

N: 60.2147 S: 60.1947 E: 24.9733 W: 24.9533

ASCII
GPM GROUND VALIDATION PLUVIO PRECIPITATION GAUGE LPVEX 1 GROUND-BASED OBSERVATIONS RAIN GAUGES, TEMPERATURE SENSORS 2010-09-15 to 2011-01-13

N: 60.29 S: 60.12 E: 25.37 W: 24.04

ASCII
GPM Ground Validation Rain Gauges NASA ACHIEVE IPHEx V1 1 GROUND STATIONS RAIN GAUGES 2014-05-01 to 2014-06-15

N: 35.52 S: 35.51 E: -83.08 W: -83.1

netCDF-3
GPM GROUND VALIDATION SATELLITE SIMULATED ORBITS C3VP V1 1 CRM DPR, GMI 2007-01-20 to 2007-01-23

N: 75 S: 34 E: 23 W: 25

netCDF-3
GPM GROUND VALIDATION SATELLITE SIMULATED ORBITS LPVEX V1 1 CRM DPR, GMI 2010-09-21 to 2010-10-21

N: 75 S: 34 E: 25 W: 23

netCDF-3
GPM GROUND VALIDATION SATELLITE SIMULATED ORBITS MC3E V1 1 CRM DPR, GMI 2011-04-25 to 2011-05-21

N: 43 S: 28 E: -91 W: -121

netCDF-3
GPM GROUND VALIDATION SATELLITE SIMULATED ORBITS TWP-ICE V1 1 CRM DPR, GMI 2006-01-23 to 2006-02-06

N: -10 S: -25 E: 140 W: 125

netCDF-3
GPM Ground Validation Snow Depth Monitoring System OLYMPEX V1 1 GROUND STATIONS CAMERA, HUMIDITY SENSORS, SNOW TUBE, TEMPERATURE SENSORS 2014-09-05 to 2016-07-26

N: 47.8224 S: 47.5008 E: -123.033 W: -123.707

Excel, netCDF-3
GPM Ground Validation Stormtrooper Weather-sensing Unmanned Aerial System (WxUAS) Oklahoma State University (OSU) 1 UAV 2024-03-09 to 2024-03-24

N: 42.308 S: 41.308 E: -71.624 W: -72.965

ASCII, CSV
GPM Ground Validation Surface Meteorological Station C3VP V1 1 GROUND STATIONS RAIN GAUGES, THERMOMETERS 2005-11-01 to 2007-03-31

N: 44.33 S: 44.13 E: -79.67 W: -79.87

Excel
GPM GROUND VALIDATION TOTAL PRECIPITATION SENSOR (HOTPLATE) GCPEX V1 1 GROUND STATIONS Total Precipitation Sensor (Hotplate) 2011-11-07 to 2012-02-21

N: 44.3 S: 44.2 E: -79.64 W: -79.78

ASCII
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