GPM GROUND VALIDATION ENVIRONMENT CANADA (EC) MICRO RAIN RADAR (MRR) GCPEX

Description

The GPM Ground Validation Environment Canada (EC) Micro Rain Radar (MRR) GCPEx V2 dataset was collected from the Micro Rain Radar (MRR) during the GPM Cold-season Precipitation Experiment (GCPEx) in Ontario, Canada during the winter season 2012. GCPEx addressed shortcomings in the GPM snowfall retrieval algorithm by collecting microphysical properties, associated remote sensing observations, and coordinated model simulations of precipitating snow. Operating at 24 GHz the MRR, a vertically pointing Doppler radar, retrieved quantitative rain rates, drop size distributions, radar reflectivity, and fall velocities on vertical profiles up to several kilometers above the unit. The MRR used during GCPEX is the second generation of the instrument manufactured by METEK (URL: http://metek.de/product/mrr-2/). Version 2 of this dataset became active on April 30, 2015.

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33 https://ghrc.earthdata.nasa.gov/browseui/#pub/gpmmrrecgcpex2__2/docs/Improved_Micro_Rain_Radar.pdf
5 https://search.earthdata.nasa.gov%2Fsearch%3Fq%3Dgpmmrrecgcpex2
5 https://ghrc.earthdata.nasa.gov%2Fbrowseui%2F%23pub%2Fgpmmrrecgcpex2__2%2Fbrowse%2FCARE%2FMRR_20120103_CARE-EC_Vel_snow.png
5 https://ghrc.earthdata.nasa.gov%2Fbrowseui%2F%23pub%2Fgpmmrrecgcpex2__2%2Fdocs%2FImproved_Micro_Rain_Radar.pdf
5 https://ghrc.nsstc.nasa.gov%2Fhome%2Ffield-campaigns%2FGCPEx
5 https://ghrc.earthdata.nasa.gov%2Fbrowseui%2F%23pub%2Fgpmmrrecgcpex2__2%2Fbrowse%2F
5 https://ghrc.nsstc.nasa.gov%2Fhome%2Fabout-ghrc%2Fciting-ghrc-daac-data
5 https://ghrc.earthdata.nasa.gov%2Fbrowseui%2F%23pub%2Fgpmmrrecgcpex2__2%2Fdocs%2FMetec_MRR_UserManual.pdf
5 http://ghrc.nsstc.nasa.gov%2Fuso%2Fds_docs%2Fgpmgv%2Fgcpex%2Fgpmmrrgcpex%2Fgpmmrrgcpex_datasetV2.html
21 gpmmrrgcpex_datasetV2.html http://ghrc.nsstc.nasa.gov/uso/ds_docs/gpmgv/gcpex/gpmmrrgcpex/gpmmrrgcpex_datasetV2.html
5 https://ghrc.nsstc.nasa.gov/home/field-campaigns/GCPEx
5 https://ghrc.earthdata.nasa.gov/browseui/#pub/gpmmrrecgcpex2__2/browse/
33 https://ghrc.earthdata.nasa.gov/browseui/#pub/gpmmrrecgcpex2__2/docs/Metec_MRR_UserManual.pdf
5 https://search.earthdata.nasa.gov/search?q=gpmmrrecgcpex2
34 https://ghrc.earthdata.nasa.gov/browseui/#pub/gpmmrrecgcpex2__2/browse/CARE/MRR_20120103_CARE-EC_Vel_snow.png
5 https://ghrc.nsstc.nasa.gov/home/about-ghrc/citing-ghrc-daac-data
0 The metadata's original source. https://cmr.earthdata.nasa.gov/search/concepts/C1979627039-GHRC_DAAC.iso19115

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  • earth-science-radar-spectral-engineering-radar-reflectivity
  • earth-science-precipitation-atmosphere-hydrometeors
  • earth-science-precipitation-atmosphere-precipitation-rate
  • earth-science-radar-spectral-engineering-doppler-velocity

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