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GPM GROUND VALIDATION PAWNEE RADAR MC3E

Metadata Updated: January 15, 2026

The GPM Ground Validation Pawnee Radar MC3E dataset was collected by the Pawnee radar data for the Midlatitude Continental Convective Clouds Experiment (MC3E) held in Oklahoma were collected on May 24, 2011 to support the CHILL radar and the NASA ER-2 instrumentation data. The Pawnee is a single polarization (V polarization) Doppler radar. During the ER2 flight, the Pawnee conducted a wide azimuth opening PPI sector volume scan oriented towards the east designed to provide general 3D coverage of the ER2 flight area. When the ER2 reported starting a course reversal, the CHILL and Pawnee radars attempted to start sector scans at the same time to support dual Doppler wind analyses. In an effort to expand the MC3E sampling to a wider geographical area, the NASA ER2 aircraft was directed to Northeastern Colorado while widespread rain was in progress on May 24, 2011. The aircraft flew a series of pre-defined ground tracks that coincided with radials from the CHILL radar. This aided in keeping the aircraft in the plane of a series of RHI scans done by CHILL. The single polarization Pawnee radar maintained volume coverage of the echo system while the radial flight legs were in progress. During aircraft course reversals at the ends of the radial legs, the CHILL and Pawnee radars started volume scans in synchronization to support dual Doppler wind syntheses. CHILL and Pawnee radar data are available as separate datasets.

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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 January 15, 2026

Metadata Source

Harvested from NASA Data.json

Additional Metadata

Resource Type Dataset
Metadata Created Date April 11, 2025
Metadata Updated Date January 15, 2026
Publisher NASA/MSFC/GHRC
Maintainer
Identifier 10.5067/GPMGV/MC3E/PAWNEE/DATA201
Data Last Modified 2026-01-13
Category Earth Science
Public Access Level public
Bureau Code 026:00
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Harvest Source Title NASA Data.json
Homepage URL https://search.earthdata.nasa.gov/search?q=gpmpawneemc3e
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Program Code 026:000
Source Datajson Identifier True
Source Hash 76e28149a3ae2ef74d90074662f91bb76ce710a78880a23e9a5ecc2965487187
Source Schema Version 1.1
Spatial
Temporal 2011-05-24/2011-05-24

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