Overview of the IPEX Field and Research Program

What is IPEX?

Motivation

Precipitation climatology over the Intermountain West

Precipitation climatology over northern Utah

1 Apr 96 – 28 Feb 97 MesoEta QPF Skill (Gartner et al. 1998)

Winter 1997 QPF Skill
(McDonald 1998)

“Superstorm” radar QPE vs. observed (Slemmer 1998)

The scientific challenge

IPEX Mission

IPEX scientific objectives

IPEX scientific objectives

Partners and participants

IPEX field-phase resources

IPEX field-phase resources

IPEX field-phase resources

IPEX field-phase resources

IPEX observing system

IPEX flight tracks

IPEX flight tracks

IPEX schedule

IPEX working groups

IPEX working groups

IPEX working groups