GPM Ground Validation Micro Rain Radar (MRR) LPVEx V1

Description

The GPM Ground Validation Micro Rain Radar (MRR) LPVEx dataset was collected during the Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) mission Ground Validation Light Precipitation Validation Experiment (LPVEx) field campaign. The LPVEx field campaign took place around the Gulf of Finland in September and October of 2010. The goal of the campaign was to provide additional high altitude, light rainfall measurements for the improvement of GPM satellite precipitation algorithms. The MRR is a Biral/Metek 24 GHz (K-band) vertically oriented Frequency Modulated Continuous Wave (FM-CW) radar that measures signal backscatter from which Doppler spectra, radar reflectivity, Doppler velocity, drop size distribution, rain rate, liquid water content, and path integrated attenuation are derived. The dataset contains measured and derived data from MRR instruments placed at four remote sites (Jarvenpaa, Emasalo, Harmaja, and the research vessel Aranda). Data files are available in ASCII data format.

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%2FLPVEX%2FMRR%2FDATA101
21 Files may be downloaded directly to your workstation from this link https://search.earthdata.nasa.gov/search?q=gpmmrrlpvex
21 Profiles of Raindrop Size Distributions as Retrieved by Microrain Radars https://doi.org/10.1175/JAM2316.1
21 Aliasing in Micro Rain Radar data due to strong vertical winds https://doi.org/10.1029/2010GL046018
21 LPVEx project homepage https://ghrc.nsstc.nasa.gov/home/field-campaigns/LPVEx
21 Instructions for citing GHRC data https://ghrc.nsstc.nasa.gov/home/about-ghrc/citing-ghrc-daac-data
33 The guide document contains detailed information about the dataset https://ghrc.nsstc.nasa.gov/pub/fieldCampaigns/gpmValidation/lpvex/mrr/doc/gpmmrrlpvex_dataset.pdf
21 LPVEx Field Campaign Collection DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.5067/GPMGV/LPVEX/DATA101

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

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