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GPM Ground Validation National Mosaic and Multi-Sensor QPE (NMQ) System IPHEx 1 GROUND STATIONS CBR, DOPPLER RADAR, RAIN GAUGES 2014-04-30 to 2014-06-16

N: 38.705 S: 32.7 E: -78.695 W: -87.1

ASCII, netCDF-4
GPM Ground Validation Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) Near-Real Time Rain Rates IFloodS 1 GOES-15, DMSP 5D-3/F15, DMSP 5D-3/F16 GOES-15 Imager, SSM/I, SSMIS 2013-04-23 to 2013-06-30

N: 59.875 S: -59.875 E: 179.875 W: -179.875

Binary, netCDF-4
GPM Ground Validation NEXRAD Level III KARX IFloodS 1 GROUND STATIONS NEXRAD 2013-03-29 to 2013-06-18

N: 44.2721 S: 43.3739 E: -90.7419 W: -91.6401

NIDS
GPM Ground Validation NEXRAD Level III KDMX IFloodS 1 GROUND STATIONS NEXRAD 2013-03-29 to 2013-06-18

N: 42.1802 S: 41.282 E: -93.2737 W: -94.1719

NIDS
GPM Ground Validation NEXRAD Level III KDVN IFloodS 1 GROUND STATIONS NEXRAD 2013-03-29 to 2013-06-18

N: 42.0625 S: 41.1643 E: -90.1457 W: -91.0439

NIDS
GPM Ground Validation NEXRAD Level III KMPX IFloodS 1 GROUND STATIONS NEXRAD 2013-03-29 to 2013-06-18

N: 45.298 S: 44.3998 E: -93.1162 W: -94.0144

NIDS
GPM GROUND VALIDATION NOAA CPC MORPHING TECHNIQUE (CMORPH) IFLOODS 1 CMORPH Computer 2013-04-01 to 2013-06-30

N: 60 S: -60 E: 180 W: -180

Binary, netCDF-4
GPM GROUND VALIDATION NOAA CPC MORPHING TECHNIQUE (CMORPH) IPHEX 1 CMORPH Computer 2014-05-01 to 2014-06-14

N: 59.9636 S: -59.9636 E: 179.964 W: -179.964

Binary, netCDF-4
GPM GROUND VALIDATION NOAA PARSIVEL MC3E 1 GROUND-BASED OBSERVATIONS APU 2011-04-05 to 2011-06-06

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 NOAA X-band Polarimetric Radar (NOXP) IPHEx 1 GROUND STATIONS NOXP 2014-04-21 to 2014-06-15

N: 36.5613 S: 34.5671 E: -81.9141 W: -83.9083

netCDF-3
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 Optical Disdrometer (ODM) LPVEx 1 R/V ARANDA ODM 2010-09-15 to 2010-09-26

N: 60.2792 S: 59.3778 E: 25.5378 W: 21.3281

ASCII
GPM Ground Validation Parsivel UConn 1 GROUND STATIONS RAIN GAUGES 2021-12-08 to 2024-05-19

N: 41.828 S: 41.798 E: -72.248 W: -72.304

ASCII
GPM Ground Validation Passive Aquatic Listener (PAL) 1 GROUND STATIONS PALS 2010-10-18 to 2021-07-28

N: 53.335 S: -18.928 E: 179.999 W: -179.999

netCDF-4
GPM GROUND VALIDATION PLUVIO PRECIPITATION GAUGE GCPEX 1 GROUND STATIONS RAIN GAUGES 2011-12-08 to 2012-02-29

N: 44.69 S: 44.17 E: -79.64 W: -79.93

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 Pluvio Precipitation Gauge UConn 1 GROUND STATIONS DISDROMETERS 2021-11-30 to 2024-05-16

N: 41.828 S: 41.798 E: -72.248 W: -72.304

ASCII
GPM Ground Validation Pluvio Precipitation Gauges OLYMPEX 1 GROUND STATIONS RAIN GAUGES 2015-10-31 to 2016-01-31

N: 47.68 S: 47.3898 E: -123.581 W: -123.867

ASCII
GPM Ground Validation Precipitation Estimation from Remotely Sensed Information using Artificial Neural Networks Cloud Classification System (PERSIANN-CCS) IFloodS 1 METEOSAT-6, Aqua, GPM, NOAA-16, NOAA-15, GMS-5, NOAA-17, DMSP 5D-2/F13, DMSP 5D-2/F14, GOES-8, METEOSAT-7, DMSP 5D-3/F15, GOES-10, TRMM VISSR-METEOSAT, AMSR-E, DPR, AMSU-B, VISSR-GMS, SSM/I, GOES-8 Imager, GOES-10 Imager, PR, TMI 2013-04-01 to 2013-07-01

N: 45.24 S: 39.36 E: -87.16 W: -96.84

ASCII, netCDF-4
GPM Ground Validation Precipitation Imaging Package (PIP) ICE POP V1 1 GROUND STATIONS PIP 2017-06-18 to 2018-12-30

N: 37.7382 S: 37.6652 E: 128.806 W: 128.7

ASCII
GPM Ground Validation Precipitation Imaging Package (PIP) University of Connecticut (UCONN) 1 GROUND STATIONS PIP 2021-09-15 to 2024-05-21

N: 41.828 S: 41.798 E: -72.248 W: -72.304

ASCII-CSV, PNG, AVI
GPM Ground Validation Precipitation Occurrence Sensor System (POSS) LPVEx V1 1 GROUND STATIONS POSS 2010-09-17 to 2011-04-20

N: 60.4847 S: 60.2038 E: 25.6248 W: 25.0822

ASCII
GPM GROUND VALIDATION PRECIPITATION VIDEO IMAGER (PVI) GCPEX V1 1 GROUND-BASED OBSERVATIONS PVI 2011-11-04 to 2012-03-10

N: 44.69 S: 44.18 E: -79.72 W: -79.93

Excel
GPM Ground Validation Precipitation Video Imager (PVI) LPVEx V1 1 GROUND-BASED OBSERVATIONS PVI 2010-09-17 to 2011-05-11

N: 40.01 S: 39.99 E: 105.01 W: 104.99

Excel, ICI
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