GPM GROUND VALIDATION COMPOSITE SATELLITE OVERPASSES GCPEX V1

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
21 Search results for publications that cite this dataset by its DOI. https://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=10.5067%2FGPMGV%2FGCPEX%2FOVERPASS%2FDATA401
33 Land Surface Working Group Focus Study paper https://ghrc.nsstc.nasa.gov/pub/fieldCampaigns/gpmValidation/gcpex/overpasses_composite/doc/LSWG-GV-study.pdf
21 The home page for the project or program which sponsored the dataset https://ghrc.nsstc.nasa.gov/home/field-campaigns/GCPEx
21 Lake Effect Snow Event during GCPEx Field Campaign https://ghrc.nsstc.nasa.gov/home/micro-articles/lake-effect-snow-event-during-gcpex-field-campaign
21 N/A https://ghrc.nsstc.nasa.gov/pub/fieldCampaigns/gpmValidation/gcpex/overpasses_composite/browse/
21 Instructions for citing GHRC data https://ghrc.nsstc.nasa.gov/home/about-ghrc/citing-ghrc-daac-data
21 The guide document contains detailed information about the dataset http://ghrc.nsstc.nasa.gov/uso/ds_docs/gpmgv/satellite_overpasses/gpmso_dataset.html
21 Basic reader for the satellite overpass datasets created for the Precipitation Measuring Missions (PMM) Land Surface Working Group (LSWG) case studies https://ghrc.nsstc.nasa.gov/pub/fieldCampaigns/gpmValidation/gcpex/overpasses_composite/doc/read_sat_LSWG.c
21 Files may be downloaded directly to your workstation from this link https://search.earthdata.nasa.gov/search?q=gpmsogcpex
21 GCPEx Field Campaign Collection DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.5067/GPMGV/GCPEX/DATA101
34 Sample browse image https://ghrc.nsstc.nasa.gov/pub/fieldCampaigns/gpmValidation/gcpex/overpasses_composite/browse/20120117115021.167.12742.09.273.271.17.ssmis.f16.gcpex.png

Tags

  • precipitation
  • land-surface
  • atmosphere
  • atmospheric-temperature
  • spectral-engineering
  • surface-thermal-properties
  • microwave
  • earth-science

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