Description

The GPM Ground Validation NASA Micro Rain Radar (MRR) 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. 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://www.metek.de/product-details/mrr-2.html). NASA MRR data was collected from late October 2011 through March 2013. Petersen, Walter A, Claire Pettersen, Mark Kulie, Patrick N Gatlin and Matthew T. Wingo. 2015. GPM GROUND VALIDATION NASA MICRO RAIN RADAR (MRR) GCPEX [indicate subset used]. Dataset available online from the NASA Global Hydrology Center DAAC, Huntsville, Alabama, U.S.A. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5067/GPMGV/GCPEX/MRR/DATA201 General Characteristics Retirement Date: 2015-05-13 Collections: GPM-GV GCPEx Products, Radar Products Projects: GCPEX Platforms: GROUND STATIONS Instruments: MRR Parameters: DOPPLER VELOCITY, HYDROMETEORS, PRECIPITATION RATE, RADAR BACKSCATTER, RETURN POWER Processing level: 2 Format: ASCII Coverage Red dots or areas indicate coverage range. Location: CANADA Spatial resolution: 35 m vertical North boundary: 44.69 West boundary: -79.93 East boundary: -79.64 South boundary: 44.17 Temporal resolution: DAILY Start date: 2011-10-24 Stop date: 2012-03-13 Documentation Retired Dataset: Retired data available on request only Guide: http://ghrc.nsstc.nasa.gov/uso/ds_docs/gpmgv/gcpex/gpmmrrnagcpex/gpmmrr… PI Documentation: ftp://ghrc.nsstc.nasa.gov/pub/doc/gpmgv/gcpex/gpmmrrnagcpex/DataFormat_… This is the URL for Principal Investigator documentation that is currently online for download. Homepage: http://gpm.nsstc.nasa.gov/gcpex The home page for the project or program which sponsored the dataset DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5067/GPMGV/GCPEX/MRR/DATA201 Citing data: https://ghrc.nsstc.nasa.gov/home/about-ghrc/citing-ghrc-daac-data

Product Summary

Platforms

Ground Stations

Instruments

MRR

Spatial Extent

N: 44.69 S: 44.17 E: -79.64 W: -79.93

Spatial Resolution

35 m vertical

Geographic Region

CANADA

Temporal Resolution

DAILY

Data Partner

Global Hydrometeorology Resource Center, Marshall Space Flight Center, NASA (NASA/MSFC/GHRC)

Data State

Retired

Processing Level

2

Citation

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Data Center Citation

Petersen, Walter A, Claire Pettersen, Mark Kulie, Patrick N Gatlin and Matthew T. Wingo. 2015. GPM GROUND VALIDATION NASA MICRO RAIN RADAR (MRR) GCPEX [indicate subset used]. Dataset available online from the NASA Global Hydrology Center DAAC, Huntsville, Alabama, U.S.A. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5067/GPMGV/GCPEX/MRR/DATA201

GPM Ground Validation NASA Micro Rain Radar (MRR) GCPEx Version 1

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