GCIP/ESOP-95: ABRFC WSR-88D Stage III Hourly Precipitation. Version 1.0

This dataset contains data from the NOAA Arkansas-Red Basin River Forecast Center. The ABRFC routinely ingests WSR-88D precipitation derived products (Level III) from each of the radar sites with coverage in the Arkansas-Red River Basin (15 radars). In addition the ABRFC ingests real-time precipitation data from a total of approximately 500 gages. The ABRFC produces a number of derived or "Stage" products using the radar and precipitation gage data. A Stage II product is produced by merging radar precipitation estimates (Stage I) with ground truth data provided by the gages. The Stage II estimates are then composited into a Stage III precipitation 4 x 4 km resolution area averaged mosaic for the Arkansas-Red River Basin.

本数据集包含美国国家海洋和大气管理局（National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, NOAA）阿肯色-雷德河流域洪水预报中心（Arkansas-Red Basin River Forecast Center, ABRFC）的相关数据。ABRFC常规接收覆盖阿肯色-雷德河流域的所有雷达站（共15部）产出的天气监视雷达1988-D（Weather Surveillance Radar 1988-D, WSR-88D）降水衍生产品（三级（Level III）产品）。此外，ABRFC还接收总计约500个雨量计的实时降水观测数据。ABRFC依托雷达与降水雨量计数据，研发生成多款衍生的"Stage"产品。其中二级（Stage II）产品通过将雷达降水估算产品（一级（Stage I））与雨量计提供的地面实测数据融合得到。随后将二级降水估算结果合成为适配阿肯色-雷德河流域的、分辨率为4×4千米的三级（Stage III）区域平均降水镶嵌图。