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    • GPM GROUND VALIDATION NEXRAD LEVEL II KDVN IFLOODS V1

    Metadata Updated: March 13, 2026

    The GPM Ground Validation Next Generation Weather Radar (NEXRAD) Level II IFloodS datasets were collected from four sites (see Table 1) from March 29, 2013 to June 18, 2013 for the GPM Ground Validation Iowa Flood Studies (IFloodS) field campaign in central-northeastern Iowa. Officially, the IFloodS campaign ran from May 1 to June 15, 2013 but the NEXRAD data was collected prior to the start, allowing for the wider period of record. There are currently 160 Weather Surveillance Radar-1988 Doppler (WSR-88D) or NEXRAD sites throughout the United States and select overseas locations. The resulting data includes the base data (Level-II) and the derived products (Level-III). These Level-II datasets include three meteorological base data quantities: reflectivity, mean radial velocity, and spectrum width. The GPM Ground Validation NEXRAD Level II IFloodS data files are in a custom binary format; the visualization and decoding of the data requires specialized software. Browse imagery is available in PNG file format.

    Access & Use Information

    Public: This dataset is intended for public access and use. License: No license information was provided. If this work was prepared by an officer or employee of the United States government as part of that person's official duties it is considered a U.S. Government Work.

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    Dates

    Metadata Created Date December 1, 2022
    Metadata Updated Date March 13, 2026

    Metadata Source

    Harvested from NASA Data.json

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    Additional Metadata

    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Created Date December 1, 2022
    Metadata Updated Date March 13, 2026
    Publisher NASA/MSFC/GHRC
    Maintainer
    Identifier C1980884933-GHRC_DAAC
    Data First Published 2015-03-03
    Language en-US
    Data Last Modified 2025-07-17
    Category IFloodS, geospatial
    Public Access Level public
    Bureau Code 026:00
    Metadata Context https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.jsonld
    Schema Version https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema
    Catalog Describedby https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.json
    Harvest Object Id a70e0909-b847-4489-a513-2dd68afbc27d
    Harvest Source Id 58f92550-7a01-4f00-b1b2-8dc953bd598f
    Harvest Source Title NASA Data.json
    Homepage URL https://doi.org/10.5067/IFLOODS/NEXRAD/DATA203
    Metadata Type geospatial
    Old Spatial -96.1 37.47 -85.06 45.75
    Program Code 026:001
    Source Datajson Identifier True
    Source Hash 6f2d7a4c6c5d9f19986ff2c73eea026696a99b419d9f80463765eadac4f1632f
    Source Schema Version 1.1
    Spatial
    Temporal 2013-03-29T20:52:00Z/2013-06-18T16:42:59Z

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