GPM Ground Validation Micro Rain Radar (MRR) OLYMPEX V1

Description

The GPM Ground Validation Micro Rain Radar (MRR) OLYMPEX dataset was gathered during the Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) Ground Validation OLYMPEX field campaign held at Washington’s Olympic Peninsula from October 31, 2014 through May 22, 2016. The dataset contains measured and derived data from MRR instruments placed in four separate locations within the study region. 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. 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%2FOLYMPEX%2FMRR%2FDATA201
21 Files may be downloaded directly to your workstation from this link https://search.earthdata.nasa.gov/search?q=gpmmrrolyx
21 OLYMPEX Field Campaign Collection DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.5067/GPMGV/OLYMPEX/DATA101
21 Profiles of Raindrop Size Distributions as Retrieved by Microrain Radars http://journals.ametsoc.org/doi/pdf/10.1175/JAM2316.1
21 Aliasing in Micro Rain Radar data due to strong vertical winds http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2010GL046018
21 The Olympic Mountains Experiment (OLYMPEX) https://dx.doi.org/10.1175/BAMS-D-16-0182.1
21 Olympic Mountains Experiment (OLYMPEX) Micro Article https://ghrc.nsstc.nasa.gov/home/micro-articles/olympic-mountains-experiment-olympex
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/olympex/MRR/doc/gpmmrrolyx_dataset.pdf

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

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