GPM Ground Validation Cloud Radar System (CRS) OLYMPEX V1

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
21 Files may be downloaded directly to your workstation from this link https://search.earthdata.nasa.gov/search?q=gpmcrsolyx
21 Cloud Radar System (CRS) - Description https://har.gsfc.nasa.gov/index.php?section=12
21 OLYMPEX Field Campaign Collection DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.5067/GPMGV/OLYMPEX/DATA101
21 A 94-GHz Cloud Radar System on a NASA High-Altitude ER-2 Aircraft https://doi.org/10.1175/1520-0426%282004%29021%3C1378%3AAGCRSO%3E2.0.CO%3B2
21 The Olympic Mountains Experiment (OLYMPEX) https://dx.doi.org/10.1175/BAMS-D-16-0182.1
21 GHRC OLYMPEX project web page https://ghrc.nsstc.nasa.gov/home/field-campaigns/olympex
33 The guide document contains detailed information about the dataset https://ghrc.nsstc.nasa.gov/pub/fieldCampaigns/gpmValidation/olympex/CRS/doc/gpmcrsolyx_dataset.pdf
21 Search results for publications that cite this dataset by its DOI. https://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=10.5067%2FGPMGV%2FOLYMPEX%2FCRS%2FDATA101
21 University of Washington OLYMPEX project web site http://olympex.atmos.washington.edu/
21 Instructions for citing GHRC data https://ghrc.nsstc.nasa.gov/home/about-ghrc/citing-ghrc-daac-data

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

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