GPM GROUND VALIDATION NOAA PARSIVEL MC3E

The GPM Ground Validation NOAA Parsivel MC3E dataset was collected in central Oklahoma during the Midlatitude Continental Convective Clouds Experiment (MC3E) from April 5, 2011 through June 6, 2011. The NOAA Parsivel dataset includes processed data consisting of either moment data (e.g., reflectivity and rain rate estimates) or raindrop number concentration estimates; the data provided a reference reflectivity to calibrate the S-band profiler during the experiment. The moment data includes 1-minute resolution estimates of rain rate, reflectivity, and other parameters related to the health of the Parsivel instrument. The raindrop number concentration data are also at 1-minute resolution and are the result of converting the observed raindrop passing the sensor into the number of raindrops expected in a unit volume per diameter interval. Both the moment data and the number concentration data were saved in daily files in ASCII format. Daily images were also generated from the Parsivel observations and contain the 1-minute reflectivity, rain rate, and number concentration N(D); browse images are saved in TIF format.

GPM地面验证NOAA Parsivel MC3E数据集于2011年4月5日至2011年6月6日在俄克拉荷马州中部进行的中纬度大陆性对流云实验（MC3E）期间收集。NOAA Parsivel数据集包括经过处理的数据，这些数据由可能为矩数据（例如，反射率和降雨率估计）或雨滴数量浓度估计组成；所提供的数据为实验期间校准S波段探针提供了参考反射率。矩数据包括雨率、反射率以及其他与Parsivel仪器健康状况相关的参数的1分钟分辨率估计。雨滴数量浓度数据也以1分钟分辨率提供，并且是将通过传感器的观测到的雨滴转换为单位体积内直径间隔内预期的雨滴数量的结果。矩数据和数量浓度数据均以每日文件形式保存，并以ASCII格式存储。同时，还从Parsivel观测中生成每日图像，包含1分钟的反射率、降雨率和数量浓度N(D)；浏览图像以TIF格式保存。