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    • SPURS-2 shipboard X-band radar backscatter images for the 2016 E. Tropical Pacific field campaign

    Metadata Updated: July 23, 2024

    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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    https://doi.org/10.5670/oceanog.2019.213

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    Metadata Created Date July 23, 2024
    Metadata Updated Date July 23, 2024

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    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Created Date July 23, 2024
    Metadata Updated Date July 23, 2024
    Publisher NASA/JPL/PODAAC
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    Data First Published 2019-05-30
    Language en-US
    Data Last Modified 2016-09-22
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    Citation Elizabeth J. Thompson, Haonan Chen. 2019-10-24. SPURS-2 X-band radar backscatter data for the E. Tropical Pacific field campaign. Version 1.0. Department of Physics and Physical Oceanography, University on North Carolina, Wilmington, NC, USA. Archived by National Aeronautics and Space Administration, U.S. Government, SPURS Data Management PI, Fred Bingham. https://doi.org/10.5067/SPUR2-XBIMG. http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/SPURS. Elizabeth J. Thompson, Haonan Chen, SPURS Data Management PI, Fred Bingham, 2019-10-24, SPURS-2 PICO mooring data for the E. Tropical Pacific field campaign, http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/SPURS.
    Creator Elizabeth J. Thompson, Haonan Chen
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    Related Documents https://doi.org/10.5670/oceanog.2019.213
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    Temporal 2016-08-31T00:00:00Z/2016-09-22T00:00:00Z

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