GOES-R PLT Cloud Radar System (CRS) V1

Description

The GOES-R PLT Field Campaign Cloud Radar System (CRS) dataset provides high-resolution profiles of reflectivity and Doppler velocity at aircraft nadir along the flight track. The CRS was flown aboard a NASA ER-2 high-altitude aircraft during the GOES-R Post Launch Test (PLT) field campaign. The GOES-R PLT field campaign took place from March 21 to May 17, 2017 in support of post-launch product validation of the Advanced Baseline Image (ABI) and the Geostationary Lightning Mapper (GLM) aboard the GOES-R, now GOES-16, satellite. The CRS data files are available in netCDF-3 format with browse imagery available in PNG format.

Resources

Name Format Description Link
21 High Altitude Radar: Cloud Radar System (CRS) https://har.gsfc.nasa.gov/index.php?section=28
33 The guide document contains detailed information about the dataset https://ghrc.nsstc.nasa.gov/pub/fieldCampaigns/goesrplt/CRS/doc/goesrpltcrs_dataset.pdf
21 Files may be downloaded directly to your workstation from this link https://search.earthdata.nasa.gov/search?q=goesrpltcrs
21 NASA Armstrong Fact Sheet: ER-2 High-Altitude Airborne Science Aircraft https://www.nasa.gov/centers/armstrong/news/FactSheets/FS-046-DFRC.html
21 Using a multiwavelength suite of microwave instruments to investigate the microphysical structure of deep convective cores https://doi.org/10.1002/2016JD025269
21 A 94-GHz Cloud Radar System on a NASA High-Altitude ER-2 Aircraft https://doi.org/10.1175/1520-0426(2004)021%3C1378:AGCRSO%3E2.0.CO;2
21 Combined lidar-radar remote sensing: Initial results from CRYSTAL-FACE https://doi.org/10.1029/2003JD004030
21 Retrieving optically thick ice cloud microphysical properties by using airborne dual-wavelength radar measurements https://doi.org/10.1029/2005JD005969
21 Browse images illustrate the nature and coverage of the data https://ghrc.nsstc.nasa.gov/pub/fieldCampaigns/goesrplt/CRS/browse/
21 Instructions for citing GHRC data https://ghrc.nsstc.nasa.gov/home/about-ghrc/citing-ghrc-daac-data
21 Search results for publications that cite this dataset by its DOI. https://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=10.5067%2FGOESRPLT%2FCRS%2FDATA101
34 Sample Browse Image https://ghrc.nsstc.nasa.gov/pub/fieldCampaigns/goesrplt/CRS/browse/GOESR_CRS_20170411_162940-170000.png
21 GOES-R Post Launch Test (PLT) Field Campaign https://ghrc.nsstc.nasa.gov/home/micro-articles/goes-r-post-launch-test-plt
21 Cirrus cloud optical, microphysical, and radiative properties observed during the CRYSTAL-FACE experiment: A lidar-radar retrieval system https://doi.org/10.1029/2004JD005605
21 Ice Cloud Retrievals and Analysis with the Compact Scanning Submillimeter Imaging Radiometer and the Cloud Radar System during CRYSTAL FACE https://doi.org/10.1175/JAM2250.1
21 Measurements of Ocean Surface Backscattering Using an Airborne 94-GHz Cloud Radar—Implication for Calibration of Airborne and Spaceborne W-Band Radars https://doi.org/10.1175/JTECH1722.1

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  • spectral-engineering
  • radar
  • earth-science

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