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GPM Ground Validation Two-Dimensional Video Disdrometer (2DVD) WFF V2

Metadata Updated: April 10, 2026

The GPM Ground Validation Two-Dimensional Video Disdrometer (2DVD) WFF data were collected during the Global Precipitation Mission (GPM) Ground Validation (GV) campaign at the NASA Wallops Flight Facility (WFF) in Wallops Island, Virginia. These data consist of the size, equivalent diameter, fall speed, oblateness, cross-sectional area of raindrops, particle concentration, total number of drops, total drop concentration, liquid water content, rain rate, reflectivity, and rain event characteristics. The data are in ASCII format and available from July 24, 2013 through October 5, 2015.

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Public: This dataset is intended for public access and use. License: See this page for license information.

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Dates

Metadata Created Date April 11, 2025
Metadata Updated Date April 10, 2026

Metadata Source

Harvested from NASA Data.json

Additional Metadata

Resource Type Dataset
Metadata Created Date April 11, 2025
Metadata Updated Date April 10, 2026
Publisher NASA/MSFC/GHRC
Maintainer
Identifier 10.5067/GPMGV/WFF/2DVD/DATA301
Data Last Modified 2026-04-06
Category Earth Science
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 07e496c0-615a-41bf-a282-dffb859e0498
Harvest Source Id 58f92550-7a01-4f00-b1b2-8dc953bd598f
Harvest Source Title NASA Data.json
License https://www.usa.gov/government-works
Old Spatial "CARTESIAN",{"WestBoundingCoordinate":-75.4781,"NorthBoundingCoordinate":37.9442,"EastBoundingCoordinate":-75.4572,"SouthBoundingCoordinate":37.9289}
Program Code 026:000
Source Datajson Identifier True
Source Hash d94ab42449ab2031677398fd9d87a0cb9fde617ecee138d79cda20253d353622
Source Schema Version 1.1
Spatial
Temporal 2013-07-24/2015-10-05

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