New Data Available for Precipitation Value-Added Product

The Quantitative Precipitation Experiment (QPE) value-added product (VAP) contains precipitation rates gathered by the C-band scanning ARM precipitation radar (C-SAPR). Data are now available for September 2011, covering the ARM Madden-Julian Oscillation (MJO) Investigation Experiment (AMIE).

Due to some issues with the radar system a polarimetric-based estimate was not possible. Instead, a simple reflectivity rainfall relationship was used. Data are mapped onto a Cartesian grid (1 kilometer by 1 kilometer) using an inverse distance-weighted algorithm covering a domain of a 120-kilometer radius from the radar location.

More information on QPE is available at the VAP web page and in the README file that accompanies the data files in the Data Archive’s evaluation area.

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