HURRICANE AND SEVERE STORM SENTINEL (HS3) GLOBAL HAWK HIGH ALTITUDE MMIC SOUNDING RADIOMETER (HAMSR) V1

Description

The Hurricane and Severe Storm Sentinel (HS3) Global Hawk High Altitude MMIC Sounding Radiometer (HAMSR) dataset includes measurements gathered by the HAMSR instrument during the HS3 campaign. Goals for HS3 included: assessing the relative roles of large-scale environment and storm-scale internal processes; and addressing the controversial role of the Saharan Air Layer (SAL) in tropical storm formation and intensification as well as the role of deep convection in the inner-core region of storms. HAMSR has 25 spectral channels which are split into 3 bands: an 8-channel band centered 53-GHz, used to infer the 3-D distribution of temperature; a 10-channel band centered at 118 GHz, used for secondary temperature sounding and assessment of scattering; and a 7-channel band centered at 183 GHz, used to measure water vapor (humidity) and cloud liquid water content in the atmosphere. This dataset also contains measurements that can be used to infer the 3-dimensional distribution of temperature, water vapor, and cloud liquid water profiles in the atmosphere, even in the presence of clouds. HAMSR is mounted in payload zone 3 near the nose of the Global Hawk NASA aircraft. Data is available in netCDF/CF format.

Resources

Name Format Description Link
21 NASA Hurricane and Severe Storm Sentinel mission https://espo.nasa.gov/missions/hs3/
33 The guide document contains detailed information about the dataset https://ghrc.nsstc.nasa.gov/pub/fieldCampaigns/hs3/HAMSR/doc/hs3hamsr_dataset.pdf
21 HS3 HAMSR Radar Reflectivity Profile Data Subset Quick View https://ghrc.nsstc.nasa.gov/home/data-recipes/hs3-hamsr-radar-reflectivity-profile-data-subset-quick-view
21 The home page for the project or program which sponsored the dataset https://ghrc.nsstc.nasa.gov/home/projects/HS3
21 Field Campaign: Hurricane and Severe Storm Sentinel (HS3) Micro Article https://ghrc.nsstc.nasa.gov/home/micro-articles/field-campaign-hurricane-and-severe-storm-sentinel-hs3
21 Hurricane Micro Article https://ghrc.nsstc.nasa.gov/home/micro-articles/hurricane
21 Instructions for citing GHRC data https://ghrc.nsstc.nasa.gov/home/about-ghrc/citing-ghrc-daac-data
21 HAMSR Level 1B read software http://ghrc.nsstc.nasa.gov/uso/ds_docs/hs3/hs3hamsr/read_HAMSR_L1B_netCDF_UI.m
21 Assessing Wind and Rain in Hurricane Ingrid during Hurricane and Severe Storm Sentinel (HS3) Field Campaign https://ghrc.nsstc.nasa.gov/home/micro-articles/assessing-wind-and-rain-hurricane-ingrid-during-hurricane-and-severe-storm-sentinel
21 HAMSR Level 2 read software http://ghrc.nsstc.nasa.gov/uso/ds_docs/hs3/hs3hamsr/read_HAMSR_L2_netCDF_UI.m
21 N/A https://ghrc.nsstc.nasa.gov/pub/fieldCampaigns/hs3/HAMSR/browse/
21 Search results for publications that cite this dataset by its DOI. https://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=10.5067%2FHS3%2FHAMSR%2FDATA201
33 Description of the High Altitude MMIC Sounding Radiometer (HAMSR) Level 2 data format April 20, 2015 http://ghrc.nsstc.nasa.gov/uso/ds_docs/hs3/hs3hamsr/HAMSR_L2_description.pdf
33 Description of the High Altitude MMIC Sounding Radiometer (HAMSR) Level 1B data format April 20, 2015 http://ghrc.nsstc.nasa.gov/uso/ds_docs/hs3/hs3hamsr/HAMSR_L1B_description.pdf
21 Files may be downloaded directly to your workstation from this link https://search.earthdata.nasa.gov/search?q=hs3hamsr
21 OPeNDAP server dataset access https://ghrc.nsstc.nasa.gov/opendap/fieldCampaigns/hs3/HAMSR/data/

Tags

  • atmospheric-water-vapor
  • atmosphere
  • atmospheric-temperature
  • weather-events
  • spectral-engineering
  • platform-characteristics
  • radar
  • atmospheric-pressure
  • clouds
  • microwave
  • atmospheric-winds
  • earth-science

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