RAPID: IFloodS Field Campaign in Iowa

NASA将在2013年春季开展一项名为“爱荷华洪水研究”（IFloodS）的实地活动，以支持计划于2014年发射的全球降水测量（GPM）卫星任务。该活动是GPM地面验证活动的一部分，将侧重于任务产品的水文应用，特别是用于洪水预测。IIHR/水文科学与工程（IIHR）和爱荷华大学的爱荷华洪水中心（IFC）将主持这次实验，并协助NASA人员选择地点和部署仪器，以及组织和促进对数据资源的访问，并对IFloodS数据进行初步处理和分析。IIHR和IFC将为该活动组织和建立一个指挥中心设施，协调活动期间仪器维护的后勤支持，为其他州和联邦机构提供实时使用数据的通信支持，并管理媒体和公众宣传。该活动收集的数据将增强我们对不同尺度的降雨变化的理解，为气象雷达业务网络提供不确定性估计，并有助于改进模型和改进由天基降水数据输入驱动的预测，以供世界各地的应用。IFloodS为水文界的许多成员提供了一个独特的研究和教育机会，因为它将收集到大流域的高质量降雨数据。这个具体的项目将支持多达10个人参加这个机会。

NASA will conduct a field campaign (spring of 2013) called Iowa Flood Studies (IFloodS) in support of the Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) satellite mission scheduled for launch in 2014. This campaign, part of the GPM Ground Validation activities, will focus on hydrologic applications of the mission products, specifically for the prediction of floods. IIHR/Hydroscience & Engineering (IIHR) and the Iowa Flood Center (IFC) of the University of Iowa will host the experiment and assist NASA personnel in selecting sites and deploying instruments, as well as organizing and facilitating access to data resources, and performing preliminary processing and analysis of IFloodS data. IIHR and IFC will organize and set up a Command Center Facility for the campaign, coordinate the logistical support of instrumentation maintenance during the campaign, provide communication support for other state and federal agencies using the data in real-time, and manage media and public outreach.Data collected by this campaign will enhance our understanding of rainfall variability across scales, provide uncertainty estimates for operational network of weather radars, and help to refine models and improve predictions driven by space-based precipitation data input for applications around the world. IFloodS presents a unique research and education opportunity for many members of the hydrologic community because there will be very high quality rainfall data collected over large river basins. This specific project will support up to ten individuals to participate in this opportunity.