Description
The GPM Ground Validation Composite Satellite Overpasses GCPEx dataset provides satellite overpasses from the Special Sensor Microwave Imager/Sounder (SSMIS) satellites (F-16, 17, 18) during the GPM Cold-season Precipitation Experiment (GCPEx) which took place in Ontario, Canada, January 17, 2012 through February 29, 2012. The radiometric data was matched up with other datasets necessary to carry out land surface emissivity studies. These other datasets include the NEXRAD National Mosaic and Multi-Sensor QPE (NMQ) radar mosaic for knowledge of rain structure and intensity at the time of the overpass, as well as the previous accumulated precipitation prior to the satellite overpass time, the NOAA Interactive Multisensor Snow and Ice Mapping System (IMS) snow mapping system (to identify surface snow or ice cover), and the NASA/GMAO Modern-Era Retrospective Analysis for Research (MERRA) land and atmospheric reanalysis (for background land and atmospheric state needed for microwave radiative transfer calculations). The identified SSMIS satellite overpasses passed within 700-km of the central field site.
Resources
| Name | Format | Description | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| View information related to this dataset | HTML | GCPEx Field Campaign Collection DOI | Open resource |
| View documentation related to this dataset | HTML | The guide document contains detailed information about the dataset | Open resource |
| View documentation related to this dataset | HTML | Instructions for citing GHRC data | Open resource |
| The dataset's project home page | HTML | The home page for the project or program which sponsored the dataset | Open resource |
| View a micro article on this dataset | HTML | Lake Effect Snow Event during GCPEx Field Campaign | Open resource |
| Get a related visualization | HTML | N/A | Open resource |
| Get a related visualization | PNG | Sample browse image | Open resource |
| View the primary investigator's documentation for this dataset | Land Surface Working Group Focus Study paper | Open resource | |
| Downloadable software applications | HTML | Basic reader for the satellite overpass datasets created for the Precipitation Measuring Missions (PMM) Land Surface Working Group (LSWG) case studies | 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 |