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    • UAlbany Micro Rain Radar 2 (MRR-2) IMPACTS

    Metadata Updated: April 9, 2026

    The UAlbany Micro Rain Radar 2 (MRR-2) IMPACTS dataset consists of reflectivity, Doppler velocity, signal-to-noise ratio, spectral width, droplet size, Liquid Water Content, melting layer, drop size distribution, rain attenuation, rain rate, and radial velocity data collected during the Investigation of Microphysics and Precipitation for Atlantic Coast-Threatening Snowstorms (IMPACTS) field campaign. IMPACTS was a three-year sequence of winter season deployments conducted to study snowstorms over the U.S. Atlantic Coast (2020-2023). The campaign aimed to (1) Provide observations critical to understanding the mechanisms of snowband formation, organization, and evolution; (2) Examine how the microphysical characteristics and likely growth mechanisms of snow particles vary across snowbands; and (3) Improve snowfall remote sensing interpretation and modeling to significantly advance prediction capabilities. The MRR-2 instrument was used to collect data for this dataset. The dataset files are available from January 30, 2020, through February 28, 2023, in netCDF-3 and netCDF-4 format.

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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 9, 2026

    Metadata Source

    Harvested from NASA Data.json

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    Additional Metadata

    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Created Date April 11, 2025
    Metadata Updated Date April 9, 2026
    Publisher NASA/MSFC/GHRC
    Maintainer
    Identifier 10.5067/IMPACTS/MRR2/DATA101
    Data Last Modified 2026-04-06
    Category Earth Science
    Public Access Level public
    Bureau Code 026:00
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    Harvest Object Id 04bbaf54-5e3c-482f-a579-6b5393eba18c
    Harvest Source Id 58f92550-7a01-4f00-b1b2-8dc953bd598f
    Harvest Source Title NASA Data.json
    License https://www.usa.gov/government-works
    Old Spatial "CARTESIAN",{"NorthBoundingCoordinate":42.68628038705774,"WestBoundingCoordinate":-73.83243896249719,"EastBoundingCoordinate":-73.81390653310828,"SouthBoundingCoordinate":42.680376870022336}
    Program Code 026:000
    Source Datajson Identifier True
    Source Hash 9841e72c8d303fd9c4e2f88142ef4eb314df8ac2d43a6d8ba6b604539c37b97a
    Source Schema Version 1.1
    Spatial
    Temporal 2020-01-30/2023-02-28

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