Description
The Conical Scanning Millimeter-wave Imaging Radiometer (CoSMIR) IMPACTS dataset consists of brightness temperature measurements collected by the Conical Scanning Millimeter-wave Imaging Radiometer (CoSMIR) flown onboard the NASA ER-2 aircraft during the Investigation of Microphysics and Precipitation for Atlantic Coast-Threatening Snowstorms (IMPACTS) field campaign. IMPACTS was a three-year sequence of winter season deployments conducted to study snowstorms over the U.S Atlantic coast. IMPACTS aimed to (1) Provide observations critical to understanding the mechanisms of snowband formation, organization, and evolution; (2) Examine how the microphysical characteristics and likely growth mechanisms of snow particles vary across snowbands; and (3) Improve snowfall remote sensing interpretation and modeling to significantly advance prediction capabilities. CoSMIR is a conical and cross-track scanning radiometer with frequencies
centered at 50.3, 52.8, 89.0, 165.5, 183.31±1, 183.31±3, and 183.31±7 GHz. The brightness temperature data from CoSMIR are available from January 15, 2020 through February 28, 2022 in netCDF-4 format.
Resources
| Name | Format | Description | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| View information related to this dataset | HTML | IMPACTS Field Campaign Collection DOI | Open resource |
| View documentation related to this dataset | HTML | Conical Scanning Millimeter-wave Imaging Radiometer (CoSMIR) | Open resource |
| View this dataset's publications | HTML | Investigation of Microphysics and Precipitation for Atlantic Coast Threatening Snowstorms (Impacts): The 2022 Deployment | Open resource |
| View this dataset's publications | HTML | Airborne CoSMIR Observations Between 50 and 183 GHz over Snow-Covered Sierra Mountains | Open resource |
| View this dataset's publications | HTML | A comparison of Near Concurrent Measurements from the SSMIS and CoSMIR for some Selected Channels over the Frequency Range of 50-183 GHz | Open resource |
| View this dataset's publications | HTML | Observations of Storm Signatures by the Recently Modified Conical Scanning Millimeter-Wave Imaging Radiometer | Open resource |
| View this dataset's publications | HTML | Chasing Snowstorms: The Investigation of Microphysics and Precipitation for Atlantic Coast-Threatening Snowstorms (IMPACTS) Campaign | Open resource |
| View information related to this dataset | HTML | IMPACTS Field Campaign Information | Open resource |
| View documentation related to this dataset | HTML | Instructions for citing GHRC data | Open resource |
| The dataset's project home page | HTML | IMPACTS Project Home Page | Open resource |
| View a micro article on this dataset | HTML | IMPACTS Field Campaign Micro Article | Open resource |
| View documentation related to this dataset | The guide document contains detailed information about the dataset | Open resource | |
| Google Scholar search results | HTML | Search results for publications that cite this dataset by its DOI. | Open resource |
| Download this dataset | HTML | Files may be downloaded directly to your workstation from this link | Open resource |
| View information related to this dataset | HTML | NASA Armstrong Fact Sheet: ER-2 High-Altitude Airborne Science Aircraft | Open resource |