GOES 13 Visible and Infrared Satellite Images for IPHEx Campaign

May 1, 2014 to June 16, 2014 satellite imagery from the GOES 13 Imager, collected during the Integrated Precipitation and Hydrology Experiment (IPHEx) field campaign in the southeastern United States. The dataset contains visible and infrared images in three spatial sizes (FULL, CONUS, EXT) at 30-minute and 3-hour intervals. Data is provided by NASA's Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) mission ground validation program.

Use Cases

• Validating GPM satellite precipitation retrievals against ground-based observations during the IPHEx campaign.
• Analyzing cloud development and storm structure using time-series of visible and infrared imagery.
• Studying regional hydrometeorology by correlating satellite-observed cloud patterns with surface rainfall measurements.

Strengths

• Provides a consistent time series at high temporal resolution (30-minute intervals for CONUS and EXT regions).
• Covers a focused 47-day field campaign designed for intensive precipitation and hydrology study.
• Includes imagery in multiple spatial domains (FULL, CONUS, EXT) for analysis at different scales.

Limitations

• Exact file count, dataset size, and total number of images are not specified across any platform.
• Data is limited to a specific 6-week period in 2014, restricting long-term trend analysis.
• License is ambiguously listed as 'other-license-specified' without explicit terms.

Provenance

Source

National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), GPM Ground Validation program.

Collection Method

Images captured by the GOES 13 Imager satellite during the Integrated Precipitation and Hydrology Experiment (IPHEx) field campaign.

Time Range

May 1, - June 16, 2014

Freshness

2026-03-13 02:04:30.476902

Geography

Southeastern region of the United States, with specific coverage areas defined by FULL, CONUS, and EXT image sizes.