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    • Advanced Microwave Precipitation Radiometer (AMPR) ALOFT

    Metadata Updated: August 22, 2025

    The Advanced Microwave Precipitation Radiometer (AMPR) ALOFT dataset consists of brightness temperature measurements collected by the Advanced Microwave Precipitation Radiometer (AMPR) onboard the NASA ER-2 high-altitude research aircraft. AMPR provides multi-frequency microwave imagery, with high spatial and temporal resolution for deriving cloud, precipitation, water vapor, and surface properties. These measurements were taken during the Airborne Lightning Observatory for Fly’s Eye Geostationary Lightning Mapper Simulator and Terrestrial Gamma-ray Flashes (ALOFT) field campaign. ALOFT aimed to study terrestrial gamma-ray flashes (TGFs) and gamma-ray glows in thunderstorms and to validate observations from the International Space Station Lightning Imaging Sensor (ISS LIS) and the Geostationary Lightning Mapper (GLM). Data files are available from June 15, 2023, through July 31, 2023, in netCDF-4 format.

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    Public: This dataset is intended for public access and use. License: No license information was provided. If this work was prepared by an officer or employee of the United States government as part of that person's official duties it is considered a U.S. Government Work.

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    Metadata Created Date August 22, 2025
    Metadata Updated Date August 22, 2025

    Metadata Source

    Harvested from NASA Data.json

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    Additional Metadata

    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Created Date August 22, 2025
    Metadata Updated Date August 22, 2025
    Publisher NASA/MSFC/GHRC
    Maintainer
    Identifier 10.5067/ALOFT/AMPR/DATA101
    Data Last Modified 2025-08-06
    Category Earth Science
    Public Access Level public
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