GPM GROUND VALIDATION NOAA SURFACE METEOROLOGICAL STATION MC3E V1

Published by NASA/MSFC/GHRC | National Aeronautics and Space Administration | Metadata Last Checked: June 28, 2025 | Last Modified: 2025-03-31

The GPM Ground Validation NOAA Surface Meteorological Station MC3E dataset was collected at the NOAA Southern Great Plains Facility for the Midlatitude Continental Convective Clouds Experiment (MC3E) and includes measurements of wind speed, wind direction, temperature, humidity and precipitation. The overarching goal was to provide the most complete characterization of convective cloud systems, precipitation, and the environment that has ever been obtained, providing constraints for model cumulus parameterizations and space-based rainfall retrieval algorithms over land that had never before been available. The instruments gathering this data were respectively a propeller wind monitor located 10 meters above the ground, a temperature and humidity sensor at the ground, and a tipping rain gauge at the ground. These data were collected from April 5, 2011 to June 7, 2011.

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bureauCode	[ "026:00" ]
identifier	C1979815678-GHRC_DAAC
issued	2012-08-28
landingPage	https://doi.org/10.5067/GPMGV/MC3E/METSTATION/DATA001
language	[ "en-US" ]
programCode	[ "026:001" ]
spatial	-97.49 36.61 -97.49 36.61
temporal	2011-04-05T00:00:00Z/2011-06-07T23:59:59Z
theme	[ "MC3E", "geospatial" ]