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    • GPM PR on TRMM Echo Power L1B 1.5 hours 5 km V07 (GPM_1BPR) at GES DISC

    Metadata Updated: December 6, 2023

    This is the new (GPM-formated) TRMM product. It replaces the old TRMM_1B21,1C21

    Version 07 is the current version of the data set. Previous versions have been superseded by Version 07. The TRMM Precipitation Radar (PR), the first of its kind in space, is an electronically scanning radar, operating at 13.8 GHz that measures the 3-D rainfall distribution over both land and ocean, and defines the layer depth of the precipitation.

    The 1B21 calculates the received power at the PR receiver input point from the Level-0 count value which is linearly proportional to the logarithm of the PR receiver output power. To convert the count value to the input power, extensive internal calibrations are applied, which are mainly based upon the system model, temperature dependence of model parameters and many temperature sensors attached at various locations of the PR. Periodically the input-output characteristics are measured using an internal calibration loop for the IF unit and later receiver stages. To make an absolute calibration, an Active Radar Calibrator (ARC) is placed at Kansai Branch of CRL and overall system gain of the PR is being measured every 2 months. Using the transfer function based on the above internal and external calibrations, the PR received power is obtained. Note that the value assumes that the signal follows the Rayleigh fading, so if the fading characteristics of a scatter is different, a small bias error may occur (within 1 or 2 dB).

    Changes in horizontal resolution resulting from the TRMM boost that occurred on 24 August 2001:

    Pre-Boost (before 7 August 2001): Temporal Resolution: 91.5 min/orbit ~ 16 orbits/day; Swath Width: 215 km; Horizontal Resolution: 4.3 km

    Post-Boost (after 24 August 2001): Temporal Resolution: 92.5 min/orbit ~ 16 orbits/day; Swath Width: 247 km; Horizontal Resolution: 5.0 km

    Access & Use Information

    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 November 30, 2022
    Metadata Updated Date December 6, 2023

    Metadata Source

    Harvested from NASA Data.json

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    Additional Metadata

    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Created Date November 30, 2022
    Metadata Updated Date December 6, 2023
    Publisher NASA/GSFC/SED/ESD/GCDC/GESDISC
    Maintainer
    Identifier C2264132201-GES_DISC
    Data First Published 2021-07-21
    Language en-US
    Data Last Modified 2021-07-21
    Category TRMM, geospatial
    Public Access Level public
    Bureau Code 026:00
    Metadata Context https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.jsonld
    Metadata Catalog ID https://data.nasa.gov/data.json
    Schema Version https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema
    Catalog Describedby https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.json
    Citation Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM). 2021-07-29. GPM_1BPR. GPM PR on TRMM Echo Power L1B 1.5 hours 5 km V07. Greenbelt, MD. Archived by National Aeronautics and Space Administration, U.S. Government, Goddard Earth Sciences Data and Information Services Center (GES DISC). https://doi.org/10.5067/GPM/PR/TRMM/1B/07. https://disc.gsfc.nasa.gov/datacollection/GPM_1BPR_07.html. Digital Science Data.
    Creator Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM)
    Data Presentation Form Digital Science Data
    Graphic Preview File https://docserver.gesdisc.eosdis.nasa.gov/public/project/GPM/browse/GPM_1BPR.png
    Harvest Object Id 2753842c-a102-4a59-9538-949005707cef
    Harvest Source Id 58f92550-7a01-4f00-b1b2-8dc953bd598f
    Harvest Source Title NASA Data.json
    Homepage URL https://doi.org/10.5067/GPM/PR/TRMM/1B/07
    Metadata Type geospatial
    Old Spatial -180.0 -38.0 180.0 38.0
    Program Code 026:001
    Release Place Greenbelt, MD
    Series Name GPM_1BPR
    Source Datajson Identifier True
    Source Hash 8c02e467bdb65690823cd08916f58c05b43580633b517f2fcb3ca934877106d0
    Source Schema Version 1.1
    Spatial
    Temporal 1997-12-07T00:00:00Z/2015-04-01T23:59:59.999Z

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