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    • GPM GROUND VALIDATION NASA MICRO RAIN RADAR (MRR) GCPEX V2

    Metadata Updated: December 6, 2023

    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.

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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 December 1, 2022
    Metadata Updated Date December 6, 2023

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    Harvested from NASA Data.json

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    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Created Date December 1, 2022
    Metadata Updated Date December 6, 2023
    Publisher NASA/MSFC/GHRC
    Maintainer
    Identifier C1979629962-GHRC_DAAC
    Data First Published 2015-05-13
    Language en-US
    Data Last Modified 2022-05-10
    Category GCPEx, geospatial
    Public Access Level public
    Bureau Code 026:00
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    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 V2 indicate subset used. Dataset available online from the NASA Global Hydrometeorology Resource Center DAAC, Huntsville, Alabama, U.S.A. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5067/GPMGV/GCPEX/MRR/DATA204
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    Harvest Source Title NASA Data.json
    Homepage URL https://doi.org/10.5067/GPMGV/GCPEX/MRR/DATA204
    Metadata Type geospatial
    Old Spatial -79.7814 44.1806 -79.7175 44.2336
    Program Code 026:001
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    Source Hash d0dcbde97badf6dea63d907a003db25be9825a7c0f5496e438f84ebb1c6b07de
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    Temporal 2011-10-24T20:59:00Z/2012-03-13T15:14:00Z

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