Airborne Precipitation Radar 3rd Generation (APR-3) CPEX-AW V1

Description

The Airborne Precipitation Radar 3rd Generation (APR-3) CPEX-AW dataset consists of radar reflectivity, Doppler velocity for all bands, linear depolarization ratio Ku-band, and normalized radar cross section measurements at Ka- and Ku- bands data collected by the APR-3 onboard the NASA DC-8 aircraft. These data were gathered during the Convective Processes Experiment – Aerosols & Winds (CPEX-AW) field campaign. CPEX-AW was a joint effort between the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and the European Space Agency (ESA) with the primary goal of conducting a post-launch calibration and validation activities of the Atmospheric Dynamics Mission-Aeolus (ADM-AEOLUS) Earth observation wind Lidar satellite in St. Croix. These data files are available from August 20, 2021 through September 4, 2021 in a MatLab file, with associated browse files in JPEG format.

Resources

Name Format Description Link
21 Search results for publications that cite this dataset by its DOI. https://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=10.5067%2FCPEXAW%2FAPR3%2FDATA101
21 Files may be downloaded directly to your workstation from this link https://search.earthdata.nasa.gov/search?q=apr3cpexaw%2Fdata%2F
21 CPEX-AW Collection DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.5067/CPEXAW/DATA101
21 CPEX-AW Project Home Page https://ghrc.nsstc.nasa.gov/home/field-campaigns/cpex-aw
33 Development of an advanced airborne precipitation radar.(Technical Feature) https://airbornescience.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/documents/pr2-mwj.pdf
21 Simultaneous Measurements of Ku- and Ka-band Sea Surface Cross-Sections by an Airborne Radar https://doi.org/10.1109/LGRS.2006.872929
21 Browse images illustrate the nature and coverage of the data https://ghrc.nsstc.nasa.gov/pub/fieldCampaigns/cpexaw/apr3/browse/
21 Instructions for citing GHRC data https://ghrc.nsstc.nasa.gov/home/about-ghrc/citing-ghrc-daac-data
22 Sample Browse Image https://ghrc.nsstc.nasa.gov/pub/fieldCampaigns/cpexaw/apr3/browse/2021-08-28/CPEXAW_APR3_S20210828a223000_E20210828a230000_P9_sa_3DKHLoLPc.jpg
33 The guide document contains detailed information about the dataset https://ghrc.nsstc.nasa.gov/pub/fieldCampaigns/cpexaw/apr3/doc/apr3cpexaw_dataset.pdf

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  • precipitation
  • atmosphere
  • spectral-engineering
  • radar
  • earth-science

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