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    • GPM GROUND VALIDATION NOAA UHF 449 PROFILER MC3E

    Metadata Updated: September 19, 2025

    The GPM Ground Validation NOAA UHF 449 Profiler MC3E dataset was collected during the NASA supported Midlatitude Continental Convective Clouds Experiment (MC3E). The overarching goal was to provide the most complete characterization of convective cloud systems, precipitation, and the environment that has ever been obtained, providing constraints for model cumulus parameterizations and space-based rainfall retrieval algorithms over land that had never before been available. The Ultra High Frequency 449 MHz profiler was one of three NOAA deployed instruments which also included a Parsivel and a 2.8 GHz profiler (S-Band). The 449 MHz profiler raw data files provide estimates of the vertical air motion during precipitation from near the surface to just below the freezing level. Used together with the S-band profiler, vertical profiles of raindrop size distributions can be retrieved. The raw 449MGx profiler data consists of uncalibrated Doppler velocity spectra data in units of relative power return.

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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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    Dates

    Metadata Created Date April 11, 2025
    Metadata Updated Date September 19, 2025

    Metadata Source

    Harvested from NASA Data.json

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    Additional Metadata

    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Created Date April 11, 2025
    Metadata Updated Date September 19, 2025
    Publisher NASA/MSFC/GHRC
    Maintainer
    Identifier 10.5067/GPMGV/MC3E/PROFILER/DATA101
    Data Last Modified 2025-09-11
    Category Earth Science
    Public Access Level public
    Bureau Code 026:00
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    Harvest Source Id 58f92550-7a01-4f00-b1b2-8dc953bd598f
    Harvest Source Title NASA Data.json
    Homepage URL https://search.earthdata.nasa.gov/search?q=gpmuhfnoaamc3e
    Old Spatial "CARTESIAN",{"WestBoundingCoordinate":-97.491,"NorthBoundingCoordinate":36.601,"EastBoundingCoordinate":-97.489,"SouthBoundingCoordinate":36.599}
    Program Code 026:000
    Source Datajson Identifier True
    Source Hash d0faef1314beb92ff643dee0b2da986247c3772c1cbd27daf32b22a43e277bd3
    Source Schema Version 1.1
    Spatial
    Temporal 2011-04-08/2011-04-08

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