GPM GROUND VALIDATION NASA MICRO RAIN RADAR (MRR) GCPEX

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The GPM Ground Validation NASA Micro Rain Radar (MRR) GCPEx dataset was collected by a Micro Rain Radar (MRR), which is a vertically pointing Doppler radar which provides measurements of vertical velocity, drop size distribution, rainfall rate, attenuation, liquid water content, and reflectivity factor obtained during the GPM Cold-season Precipitation Experiment (GCPEx), which took place in Canada during Winter 2011-2012. GCPEx addressed shortcomings in the GPM snowfall retrieval algorithm by collecting microphysical properties, associated remote sensing observations, and coordinated model simulations of precipitating snow. The MRR is a frequency-modulated continuous wave (FMCW) vertically pointing Doppler radar, which operates at 24.24GHz, and it is the second generation of the instrument manufactured by METEK (http://metek.de/product/mrr-2/). NASA MRR data was collected from late October 2011 through March 2013. Version 2 of the dataset became active on 13-May-2015.

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Name Format Description Link
5 https://search.earthdata.nasa.gov%2Fsearch%3Fq%3Dgpmmrrnagcpex2
5 https://ghrc.earthdata.nasa.gov%2Fbrowseui%2F%23pub%2Fgpmmrrnagcpex2__2%2Fbrowse%2FSTEAMSHOW%2FMRR_20111130_NASA-STEAMSHOW_Vel_snow.png
5 http://ghrc.nsstc.nasa.gov%2Fuso%2Fds_docs%2Fgpmgv%2Fgcpex%2Fgpmmrrgcpex%2Fgpmmrrgcpex_datasetV2.html
5 https://ghrc.earthdata.nasa.gov%2Fbrowseui%2F%23pub%2Fgpmmrrnagcpex2__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%2Fgpmmrrnagcpex2__2%2Fbrowse%2F
5 https://ghrc.nsstc.nasa.gov%2Fhome%2Fabout-ghrc%2Fciting-ghrc-daac-data
5 https://search.earthdata.nasa.gov/search?q=gpmmrrnagcpex2
21 gpmmrrgcpex_datasetV2.html http://ghrc.nsstc.nasa.gov/uso/ds_docs/gpmgv/gcpex/gpmmrrgcpex/gpmmrrgcpex_datasetV2.html
33 https://ghrc.earthdata.nasa.gov/browseui/#pub/gpmmrrnagcpex2__2/docs/Improved_Micro_Rain_Radar.pdf
5 https://ghrc.nsstc.nasa.gov/home/field-campaigns/GCPEx
5 https://ghrc.earthdata.nasa.gov/browseui/#pub/gpmmrrnagcpex2__2/browse/
5 https://ghrc.nsstc.nasa.gov/home/about-ghrc/citing-ghrc-daac-data
34 https://ghrc.earthdata.nasa.gov/browseui/#pub/gpmmrrnagcpex2__2/browse/STEAMSHOW/MRR_20111130_NASA-STEAMSHOW_Vel_snow.png
0 The metadata's original source. https://cmr.earthdata.nasa.gov/search/concepts/C1979629962-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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