GPM GROUND VALIDATION NASA MICRO RAIN RADAR (MRR) GCPEX V2
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.
Complete Metadata
| bureauCode |
[ "026:00" ] |
|---|---|
| identifier | C1979629962-GHRC_DAAC |
| issued | 2015-05-13 |
| landingPage | https://doi.org/10.5067/GPMGV/GCPEX/MRR/DATA204 |
| language |
[ "en-US" ] |
| programCode |
[ "026:001" ] |
| spatial | -79.7814 44.1806 -79.7175 44.2336 |
| temporal | 2011-10-24T20:59:00Z/2012-03-13T15:14:00Z |
| theme |
[ "GCPEx", "geospatial" ] |
