Description
The GPM Ground Validation Cloud Radar System (CRS) OLYMPEX dataset provides radar reflectivity and Doppler velocity data collected during the Olympic Mountain Experiment (OLYMPEX). This dataset is used to estimate cloud droplet distribution for the storms monitored during the field campaign. The CRS instrument is a 94GHz W-band Doppler radar with a 3mm wavelength. CRS can be deployed as both an airborne instrument onboard NASA’s high-altitude science aircraft, the Earth Resource 2 (ER-2), as well as a ground based radar system. Only the airborne mode was used during OLYMPEX. In addition to reflectivity and Doppler velocity, the data files include aircraft flight information. The CRS was flown on 10 different days between November 10, 2015 and December 10, 2015. Each data file contains one hour of flight measurements during flight in UTC time. Files for this dataset are in netCDF-3 format and readily accessible without the need of specialized software.
Resources
| Name | Format | Description | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| View information related to this dataset | HTML | OLYMPEX Field Campaign Collection DOI | Open resource |
| View information related to this dataset | HTML | University of Washington OLYMPEX project web site | Open resource |
| View this dataset's publications | HTML | A 94-GHz Cloud Radar System on a NASA High-Altitude ER-2 Aircraft | Open resource |
| View this dataset's publications | HTML | The Olympic Mountains Experiment (OLYMPEX) | Open resource |
| View documentation related to this dataset | HTML | Instructions for citing GHRC data | Open resource |
| The dataset's project home page | HTML | GHRC OLYMPEX project web page | Open resource |
| View documentation related to this dataset | The guide document contains detailed information about the dataset | Open resource | |
| View documentation related to this dataset | HTML | Cloud Radar System (CRS) - Description | 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 |