GPM 2DVD dataset expanded to include additional data

The Global Hydrology Resource Center (GHRC) updated the GPM Ground Validation Two-Dimensional Video Disdrometer (2DVD) NSSTC dataset. Previously this data was only available for the partial year 2010. The dataset now has been extended to include parts of years 2009 and 2011, as well as additional dates for the existing year 2010. As part of the Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) Mission’s Ground Validation instrumentation set, the 2DVD is used to collect data at the National Space Science Technology Center (NSSTC) in Huntsville, Alabama when not on GPM-GV experiment deployment. The 2DVD uses two high speed line scan cameras which provide continuous measurements of size distribution, shape and fall velocities of all precipitation particles and types for its data collection. The GPM-GV NSSTC datasets (Joss Waldgovel , Parsivel, 2DVD) are part of the GPM-GV Related Dataset grouping, for those datasets not associated with the major GPM-GV experiments. This group also includes the Simulated Orbits for Canadian CloudSat/CALIPSO Validation Project (C3VP) and Tropical Warm Pool - International Cloud Experiment (TWP-ICE).