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Winter precipitation measurements in New England: results from the Global Precipitation Measurement Ground Validation campaign in Connecticut
Brian C. Filipiak
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, USA
Eversource Energy Center, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, USA
David B. Wolff
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Wallops Flight Facility, Wallops Island, VA, USA
Aaron Spaulding
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, USA
Ali Tokay
Goddard Earth Sciences Technology and Research, University of Maryland Baltimore County, Baltimore, MD, USA
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, USA
Charles N. Helms
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, USA
Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center, University of Maryland, College Park, College Park, MD, USA
Adrian M. Loftus
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, USA
Alexey V. Chibisov
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Wallops Flight Facility, Wallops Island, VA, USA
Carl Schirtzinger
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Wallops Flight Facility, Wallops Island, VA, USA
Mick J. Boulanger
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Wallops Flight Facility, Wallops Island, VA, USA
Science Systems and Applications, Inc., Lanham, MD, USA
Charanjit S. Pabla
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Wallops Flight Facility, Wallops Island, VA, USA
Science Systems and Applications, Inc., Lanham, MD, USA
Larry Bliven
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Wallops Flight Facility, Wallops Island, VA, USA
EunYeol Kim
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, USA
Francesc Junyent
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, USA
V. Chandrasekar
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, USA
Hein Thant
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, USA
Branislav M. Notaros
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, USA
Gustavo Britto Hupsel de Azevedo
Department of Mechanical and Aero-Space Engineering, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK, USA
Diego Cerrai
School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, USA
Eversource Energy Center, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, USA
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A GPM (Global Precipitation Measurement) Ground Validation field campaign in Connecticut collected high-resolution microphysical and radar observations of winter precipitation. This field campaign was unique because there was a wide-ranging suite of instruments capable of observing all phases of precipitation co-located with comparable measurements. The observations provide an opportunity to verify and understand complex winter precipitation events through satellite data, microphysical processes, and numerical model simulations.
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