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    • SPURS-2 shipboard X-band radar backscatter data for the E. Tropical Pacific field campaign

    Metadata Updated: September 18, 2025

    The SPURS-2 X-band marine navigation radar image dataset was collected from the ship during both the 2016 and 2017 cruises. The dataset consists of screenshots of rain echoes captured directly from the science-use X-band marine navigation radar. Raw data could not be saved. The screenshots show qualitative (uncalibrated) echoes of backscatter from rain. For full details on the screenshots, how they should be used, and what they show about rainfall, please refer to our publication: Thompson, E.J., W.E. Asher, A.T. Jessup, and K. Drushka. 2019. High-Resolution Rain Maps from an X-band Marine Radar and Their Use in Understanding Ocean Freshening. Oceanography 32(2):58–65, https://doi.org/10.5670/oceanog.2019.213 . The SPURS (Salinity Processes in the Upper Ocean Regional Study) project is a NASA-funded oceanographic process study and associated field program that aims to elucidate key mechanisms responsible for near-surface salinity variations in the oceans.

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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 April 11, 2025
    Metadata Updated Date September 18, 2025

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    Harvested from NASA Data.json

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    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Created Date April 11, 2025
    Metadata Updated Date September 18, 2025
    Publisher NASA/JPL/PODAAC
    Maintainer
    Identifier 10.5067/SPUR2-XBAND
    Data Last Modified 2025-09-11
    Category Earth Science
    Public Access Level public
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    Homepage URL https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/CitingPODAAC
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    Program Code 026:000
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    Source Hash 9b7a4778dbfc29c1826d2ed1d8be8c90c451e80ebdc3852c2ee1479b5e36511f
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    Spatial
    Temporal 2017-10-21/2017-10-21

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