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    • GPM GROUND VALIDATION NOAA UHF 449 PROFILER MC3E V1

    Metadata Updated: December 6, 2023

    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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    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 C1979827921-GHRC_DAAC
    Data First Published 2012-09-11
    Language en-US
    Data Last Modified 2022-05-24
    Category MC3E, geospatial
    Public Access Level public
    Bureau Code 026:00
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    Catalog Describedby https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.json
    Citation Williams, Christopher.2012. GPM GROUND VALIDATION NOAA UHF 449 PROFILER MC3E 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/MC3E/PROFILER/DATA101
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    Homepage URL https://doi.org/10.5067/GPMGV/MC3E/PROFILER/DATA101
    Metadata Type geospatial
    Old Spatial -97.491 36.599 -97.489 36.601
    Program Code 026:001
    Source Datajson Identifier True
    Source Hash a210a38c86107d5c0f35bb093e40b9ad002cb945fca27fd7b3692e103eb2d607
    Source Schema Version 1.1
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    Temporal 2011-04-08T16:00:11Z/2011-06-07T13:50:51Z

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