The GHRC DAAC staff has published the GPM Ground Validation High-Altitude Imaging Wind and Rain Airborne Profiler (HIWRAP) IPHEx dataset (DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5067/GPMGV/IPHEX/HIWRAP/DATA101). This data was collected by the HIWRAP instrument on the NASA ER-2 aircraft between May 3, 2014 and June 15, 2014 during the GPM Ground Validation Integrated Precipitation and Hydrology Experiment (IPHEx) field campaign, which was held in the Appalachian region of North Carolina. HIWRAP is a Doppler radar that combines conical scan mode measurements at two different frequency bands (Ka- and Ku-band) and two different incidence angles (30 and 40 degrees). The HIWRAP data files are provided in netCDF format and contain radar reflectivity and Doppler velocity profiles along with aircraft attitude and other navigation information.
