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    • SPURS-2 research vessel along track SEA-POL rain radar imaging data for E. Tropical Pacific R/V Revelle-2 cruise

    Metadata Updated: December 6, 2023

    The SPURS (Salinity Processes in the Upper Ocean Regional Study) project is NASA-funded oceanographic process study and associated field program that aim to elucidate key mechanisms responsible for near-surface salinity variations in the oceans. The project involves two field campaigns and a series of cruises in regions of the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans exhibiting salinity extremes. SPURS employs a suite of state-of-the-art in-situ sampling technologies that, combined with remotely sensed salinity fields from the Aquarius/SAC-D, SMAP and SMOS satellites, provide a detailed characterization of salinity structure over a continuum of spatio-temporal scales. The SPURS-2 campaign involved two month-long cruises by the R/V Revelle in August 2016 and October 2017 combined with complementary sampling on a more continuous basis over this period by the schooner Lady Amber. Focused around a central mooring located near 10N,125W, the objective of SPURS-2 was to study the dynamics of the rainfall-dominated surface ocean at the western edge of the eastern Pacific fresh pool subject to high seasonal variability and strong zonal flows associated with the North Equatorial Current and Countercurrent. The SEA-POL rain radar instrument was employed over the period 22 Oct.-10 Nov. 2017 during the second SPURS-2 R/V Revelle cruise. SEA-POL (seagoing-polarimetric radar) is a C-band, Doppler polarimetric radar system providing 240-degree sector coverage centered on the ships bow via its 1-degree beam width antenna. SEA-POL was used primarily to map rainfall in SPURS-2. The resulting dataset is a series of gridded netCDF data files for a 20 day period at 5-20 minute intervals comprised of rain rate and rain accumulation fields.

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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 May 30, 2023
    Metadata Updated Date December 6, 2023

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    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Created Date May 30, 2023
    Metadata Updated Date December 6, 2023
    Publisher NASA/JPL/PODAAC
    Maintainer
    Identifier C2491772345-POCLOUD
    Data First Published 2019-03-12
    Language en-US
    Data Last Modified 2019-03-12
    Category SPURS, geospatial
    Public Access Level public
    Bureau Code 026:00
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    Citation Steven A. Rutledge. 2019-03-28. SPURS-2 research vessel along track SEA-POL rain radar imaging data for E. Tropical Pacific R/V Revelle-2 cruise. Version 1.0. SPURS Field Campaign SEA-POL Rain Radar Products. Department of Atmospheric Science, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, USA. Archived by National Aeronautics and Space Administration, U.S. Government, SPURS Data Management PI, Fred Bingham. https://doi.org/10.5067/SPUR2-RNRDR. http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/SPURS. Steven A. Rutledge, SPURS Data Management PI, Fred Bingham, 2019-03-28, SPURS-2 research vessel along track SEA-POL rain radar imaging data for E. Tropical Pacific R/V Revelle-2 cruise, http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/SPURS.
    Creator Steven A. Rutledge
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    Homepage URL https://doi.org/10.5067/SPUR2-RNRDR
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    Program Code 026:001
    Release Place Department of Atmospheric Science, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, USA
    Series Name SPURS-2 research vessel along track SEA-POL rain radar imaging data for E. Tropical Pacific R/V Revelle-2 cruise
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    Temporal 2017-10-22T00:05:04Z/2017-11-10T23:00:03Z

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