GPM GROUND VALIDATION DUAL-FREQUENCY DUAL-POLARIZED DOPPLER RADAR (D3R) GCPEX V1

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The GPM Ground Validation Dual-frequency Dual-polarized Doppler Radar (D3R) GCPEx and IFloodS data sets contain radar reflectivity and doppler velocity measurements. The D3R was developed by a government-industry-academic consortium with funding from NASA's Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) Project. It operates at the ku (13.91 GHz ± 25 MHz) and ku (35.56 GHz ± 25 MHz) frequencies covering a fixed range from 450 m to 39.75 km. The GPM Ground Validation Dual-frequency Dual-polarized Doppler Radar (D3R) GCPEx dataset is available in netCDF format. Browse images are also available in .png format.

Resources

Name Format Description Link
21 The guide document contains detailed information about the dataset http://ghrc.nsstc.nasa.gov/uso/ds_docs/gpmgv/d3r/gpm_d3r_campaign_dataset.html
33 SCIENTIFIC AND ENGINEERING OVERVIEW OF THE NASA DUAL-FREQUENCY DUALPOLARIZED DOPPLER RADAR (D3R) SYSTEM FOR GPM GROUND VALIDATION http://ghrc.nsstc.nasa.gov/uso/ds_docs/gpmgv/d3r/Chandra_D3R_igarss_2010.pdf
21 Search results for publications that cite this dataset by its DOI. https://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=10.5067%2FGPMGV%2FGCPEX%2FD3R%2FDATA101
21 Files may be downloaded directly to your workstation from this link https://search.earthdata.nasa.gov/search?q=gpmd3rgcpex
34 Sample browse image https://ghrc.nsstc.nasa.gov/pub/fieldCampaigns/gpmValidation/gcpex/D3R/browse/2012-01-31/gcpex_d3r_ku_20120131_021518_01_rhi_150az_zdb.png
21 GCPEx Field Campaign Collection DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.5067/GPMGV/GCPEX/DATA101
21 The D3R http://pmm.nasa.gov/science/ground-validation/D3R
21 The home page for the project or program which sponsored the dataset https://ghrc.nsstc.nasa.gov/home/field-campaigns/GCPEx
21 Snow Microphysics Event during GCPEx Field Campaign https://ghrc.nsstc.nasa.gov/home/micro-articles/snow-microphysics-event-during-gcpex-field-campaign
21 N/A https://ghrc.nsstc.nasa.gov/pub/fieldCampaigns/gpmValidation/gcpex/D3R/browse/
21 Instructions for citing GHRC data https://ghrc.nsstc.nasa.gov/home/about-ghrc/citing-ghrc-daac-data
33 REALIZATION OF THE NASA DUAL-FREQUENCY DUAL-POLARIZED DOPPLER RADAR (D3R) http://ghrc.nsstc.nasa.gov/uso/ds_docs/gpmgv/d3r/Vega_D3R_igarss_2010.pdf
34 Sample browse image https://ghrc.nsstc.nasa.gov/pub/fieldCampaigns/gpmValidation/gcpex/D3R/browse/2012-01-31/gcpex_d3r_ku_20120131_021202_01_ppi_3.0el_zdb.png

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

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