Remote Sensing Systems Radiometer Rain Collocations with JPL RapidScat L2B Swath Grid

Description

This dataset contains the multi-sourced microwave radiometer wind speed, rain and cloud liquid water data collocated to RapidScat Level 2B wind vector cell (WVC) locations. The corresponding NASA mission is officially referred to as ISS-RapidScat. This dataset is produced by Remote Sensing Systems (RSS) with direct funding from the JPL RapidScat project. All of the collocated radiometer data is produced by RSS. The co-located radiometer sources include: 1) DMSP SSM/I (F15) and SSMIS (F16/F17), 2) Coriolis WindSat, 3) GCOM-W1 AMSR2 and 4) GPM Core GMI; more details on these radiometer sources and sensors can be extracted by scrolling down to the "Platform/Sensor" section below this description. RapidScat is a Ku-band dual beam circular rotating scatterometer retaining much of the same hardware and functionality of QuikSCAT, with exception of the antenna sub-system and digital interface to the International Space Station (ISS) Columbus module, which is where RapidScat is mounted. Unlike QuikSCAT, ISS-RapidScat is not in sun-synchronous orbit, and flies at roughly half the altitude with a low inclination angle that restricts data coverage to the tropics and mid-latitude regions; the extent of latitudinal coverage stretches from approximately 61 degrees North to 61 degrees South. Furthermore, there is no consistent local time of day retrieval. This dataset is provided in a netCDF-4 file format that follows the netCDF "classic" model and made available via FTP and OPeNDAP. For data access, please click on the "Data Access" tab above.

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5 https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov%2FCitingPODAAC
5 http://www.remss.com%2Fmissions%2Fwindsat
5 https://directory.eoportal.org%2Fweb%2Feoportal%2Fsatellite-missions%2Fi%2Fiss-rapidscat
5 https://archive.podaac.earthdata.nasa.gov%2Fpodaac-ops-cumulus-docs%2Frapidscat%2Fopen%2FL1B%2Fdocs%2Frevtime.csv
5 http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov%2Fdataset%2FRSCAT_LEVEL_2B_OWV_CLIM_12_V1
5 http://www.jpl.nasa.gov%2Fnews%2Ffact_sheets%2Fissrapidscat_factsheet.pdf
5 https://winds.jpl.nasa.gov%2Fmissions%2FRapidScat%2F
5 http://www.remss.com%2Fmissions%2Fgmi
5 http://images.remss.com%2Fpapers%2Frsstech%2F2016_081816_RSS_Radiometers_RapidScat_colocations.pdf
5 http://images.remss.com%2Fpapers%2Fricciardulli%2Fricciardulli_jaot_2015.pdf
5 http://www.remss.com%2Fmissions%2Fssmi
5 http://www.remss.com%2Fmissions%2Famsre
5 https://archive.podaac.earthdata.nasa.gov%2Fpodaac-ops-cumulus-docs%2Frapidscat%2Fopen%2FL2B12%2Fcolocated%2Frss%2Fradiometer%2Fv1.0%2FREADME.txt
5 https://cmr.earthdata.nasa.gov%2Fvirtual-directory%2Fcollections%2FC2526576258-POCLOUD
5 https://search.earthdata.nasa.gov%2Fsearch%2Fgranules%3Fp%3DC2526576258-POCLOUD
5 https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov%2FPodaac%2Fthumbnails%2FRSCAT_COLOCATED_RSS_RADIOMETER_LEVEL_2B_V1.jpg
5 http://manati.star.nesdis.noaa.gov%2Frscat_images%2Fmonitor%2FRapidScat_Scheduled_Outages.txt
5 https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/CitingPODAAC
5 http://www.remss.com/missions/windsat
5 https://directory.eoportal.org/web/eoportal/satellite-missions/i/iss-rapidscat
8 revtime.csv https://archive.podaac.earthdata.nasa.gov/podaac-ops-cumulus-docs/rapidscat/open/L1B/docs/revtime.csv
5 http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/dataset/RSCAT_LEVEL_2B_OWV_CLIM_12_V1
33 issrapidscat_factsheet.pdf http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/fact_sheets/issrapidscat_factsheet.pdf
5 https://winds.jpl.nasa.gov/missions/RapidScat/
5 http://www.remss.com/missions/gmi
33 2016_081816_RSS_Radiometers_RapidScat_colocations.pdf http://images.remss.com/papers/rsstech/2016_081816_RSS_Radiometers_RapidScat_colocations.pdf
33 ricciardulli_jaot_2015.pdf http://images.remss.com/papers/ricciardulli/ricciardulli_jaot_2015.pdf
5 http://www.remss.com/missions/ssmi
5 http://www.remss.com/missions/amsre
5 RapidScat_Scheduled_Outages.txt http://manati.star.nesdis.noaa.gov/rscat_images/monitor/RapidScat_Scheduled_Outages.txt
5 README.txt https://archive.podaac.earthdata.nasa.gov/podaac-ops-cumulus-docs/rapidscat/open/L2B12/colocated/rss/radiometer/v1.0/README.txt
5 https://cmr.earthdata.nasa.gov/virtual-directory/collections/C2526576258-POCLOUD
5 https://search.earthdata.nasa.gov/search/granules?p=C2526576258-POCLOUD
22 RSCAT_COLOCATED_RSS_RADIOMETER_LEVEL_2B_V1.jpg https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/Podaac/thumbnails/RSCAT_COLOCATED_RSS_RADIOMETER_LEVEL_2B_V1.jpg
5 https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/CitingPODAAC
5 http://www.remss.com/missions/windsat
5 https://directory.eoportal.org/web/eoportal/satellite-missions/i/iss-rapidscat
8 revtime.csv https://archive.podaac.earthdata.nasa.gov/podaac-ops-cumulus-docs/rapidscat/open/L1B/docs/revtime.csv
5 http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/dataset/RSCAT_LEVEL_2B_OWV_CLIM_12_V1
33 issrapidscat_factsheet.pdf http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/fact_sheets/issrapidscat_factsheet.pdf
5 https://winds.jpl.nasa.gov/missions/RapidScat/
5 http://www.remss.com/missions/gmi
33 2016_081816_RSS_Radiometers_RapidScat_colocations.pdf http://images.remss.com/papers/rsstech/2016_081816_RSS_Radiometers_RapidScat_colocations.pdf
33 ricciardulli_jaot_2015.pdf http://images.remss.com/papers/ricciardulli/ricciardulli_jaot_2015.pdf
5 http://www.remss.com/missions/ssmi
5 http://www.remss.com/missions/amsre
47 RapidScat_Scheduled_Outages.txt http://manati.star.nesdis.noaa.gov/rscat_images/monitor/RapidScat_Scheduled_Outages.txt
47 README.txt https://archive.podaac.earthdata.nasa.gov/podaac-ops-cumulus-docs/rapidscat/open/L2B12/colocated/rss/radiometer/v1.0/README.txt
5 https://cmr.earthdata.nasa.gov/virtual-directory/collections/C2526576258-POCLOUD
5 https://search.earthdata.nasa.gov/search/granules?p=C2526576258-POCLOUD
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0 The metadata's original source. https://cmr.earthdata.nasa.gov/search/concepts/C2526576258-POCLOUD.iso19115

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  • earth-science-precipitation-atmosphere-precipitation-rate-rain-rate
  • earth-science-ocean-winds-oceans-surface-winds-ocean-surface-wind-speed
  • earth-science-clouds-atmosphere-cloud-liquid-water-ice-cloud-liquid-water-content

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