GPM GROUND VALIDATION NASA MICRO RAIN RADAR (MRR) GCPEX V2

Description

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.

Resources

Name Format Description Link
21 Files may be downloaded directly to your workstation from this link https://search.earthdata.nasa.gov/search?q=gpmmrrnagcpex2
34 Sample browse image https://ghrc.nsstc.nasa.gov/pub/fieldCampaigns/gpmValidation/gcpex/mrr_NASA/browse/STEAMSHOW/MRR_20111130_NASA-STEAMSHOW_Vel_snow.png
21 The guide document contains detailed information about the dataset http://ghrc.nsstc.nasa.gov/uso/ds_docs/gpmgv/gcpex/gpmmrrgcpex/gpmmrrgcpex_datasetV2.html
33 Snow Algorithm http://ghrc.nsstc.nasa.gov/uso/ds_docs/gpmgv/gcpex/gpmmrrgcpex/Improved_Micro_Rain_Radar.pdf
21 The home page for the project or program which sponsored the dataset https://ghrc.nsstc.nasa.gov/home/field-campaigns/GCPEx
21 Instructions for citing GHRC data https://ghrc.nsstc.nasa.gov/home/about-ghrc/citing-ghrc-daac-data
21 Search results for publications that cite this dataset by its DOI. https://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=10.5067%2FGPMGV%2FGCPEX%2FMRR%2FDATA204
21 N/A https://ghrc.nsstc.nasa.gov/pub/fieldCampaigns/gpmValidation/gcpex/mrr_NASA/browse/
34 Sample browse image https://ghrc.nsstc.nasa.gov/pub/fieldCampaigns/gpmValidation/gcpex/mrr_NASA/browse/STEAMSHOW/MRR_20111130_NASA-STEAMSHOW_Ze_snow.png

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

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