GHRC continues to prepare for and support the upcoming GPM Ground Validation campaign, Integrated Precipitation and Hydrology EXperiment (IPHEX), by ingesting real time ancillary data for the IPHEX portal. The intensive observation period for IPHEX will begin April 28.

Dr. Sara Graves represented ITSC at the Board of Research Data and Information (BRDI) meeting on March 11 and the Oak Ridge National Laboratory Climate Change Science Institute Science Advisory Board on March 12-13.

GHRC will be supporting the GPM Ground Validation mission Integrated Precipitation and Hydrology Experiment (IPHEx) which takes place in North Carolina during May and June 2014. GHRC has developed, tested and promoted code which ingests data and creates real-time browse images for the GOES -13 satellite and seven NEXRAD II stations. These images are staged in the IPHEx Portal for forecasting and other scientists’ use. GHRC is in the process of obtaining other requested ancillary datasets for the campaign.

GHRC published the guide for the GPM Ground Validation Dual Polarized C-Band Doppler Radar King City GCPEx dataset. This dataset has special RHI and sector scans of several dual polarization parameters created by the C-Band radar during the GPM Cold-season Precipitation Experiment (GCPEx) in Ontario, Canada. Additionally, specially configured CARE-centric composites were also generated.

Dr. Sara Graves represented GHRC at the Board of Research Data and Information (BRDI) meeting on March 11 and the Oak Ridge National Laboratory Climate Change Science Institute Science Advisory Board on March 12-13.

GHRC was represented at ESDSWG by Dr. Rahul Ramachandran (GHRC DAAC Manager, NASA MSFC), Helen Conover (GHRC Ops Manager and ESDIS Standards Office, UAH/ITSC) and Manil Maskey (GHRC-affiliated researcher, UAH/ITSC). The group participated in a variety of sessions and presented posters describing Data Albums and Science on Drupal research, both ACCESS projects that are targeted for possible implementation at GHRC.

GHRC published the GPM Ground Validation NASA S-Band Dual Polarimetric (NPOL) Doppler Radar IFloodS dataset which data was collected during the Iowa Flood Studies (IFloodS) campaign April through June 2013. The data provides Doppler velocity, precipitation rate and radar reflectivity in the Universal Radar Format (UF).

Ken Keiser represented ITSC at the NSF EarthCube End User Communities Stakeholder Workshop held in Washington DC March 18-20. This workshop was held as part of the EarthCube governance pilot activities to get input on how best to represent the interest of the various science stakeholders, including scientists, data providers, educators and other users. Ken was selected to serve as a member of the EarthCube Community Engagement Advisory Board.

Dr. Rahul Ramachandran, GHRC DAAC Manager, attended the Climate Data Initiative Launch at the White House on March 19. Climate Data Initiative is a new effort bringing together extensive open government data and design competitions with commitments from the private and philanthropic sectors to develop data-driven planning and resilience tools for local communities. NASA is tasked to lead the Climate Data Initiative along with NOAA. Dr. Ramachandran is participating in this initiative as a “Data Wrangler.”

Ken Keiser represented GHRC at the NSF EarthCube End User Communities Stakeholder Workshop held in Washington DC March 18-20. This workshop was held as part of the EarthCube governance pilot activities to get input on how best to represent the interest of the various science stakeholders, including scientists, data providers, educators and other users. Ken was selected to serve as a member of the EarthCube Community Engagement Advisory Board.