Light Precipitation Evaluation Experiment (LPVEx)

The Light Precipitation Evaluation Experiment (LPVEx) took place in the Gulf of Finland
during September and October, 2010. Microphysical properties,
associated remote sensing observations, and coordinated model simulations of high latitude precipitation
systems to drive the evaluation and development of precipitation algorithms for current and future satellite
platforms were collected. LPVEx consisted of coordinated aircraft flights within an extensive network of ground-based observations
that included three dual-polarization, C-band, Doppler radars, a network of surface weather and sounding stations,
several micro-rain radars, and surface rainfall and drop size distribution (DSD) measurements from a large number
of rain gauges and disdrometers. LPVEx was a collaborative effort between CloudSat, the GPM Ground Validation (GV) program, the Finnish
Meteorological Institute (FMI), Environment Canada (EC), the United Kingdom National Environmental
Research Council, Vaisala Inc., and the University of Helsinki (UH).

The GHRC is the archive and distribution center for data collected during the LPVEx experiment.

More information on the LPVEx field experiment can be found at https://ghrc.nsstc.nasa.gov/home/field-campaigns/lpvex.