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    • TRMM Precipitation Radar Power and Reflectivity L1C 1.5 hours V7 (TRMM_1C21) at GES DISC

    Metadata Updated: December 6, 2023

    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 1C21 calculates the effective radar reflectivity factor at 13.8 GHz without any propagation loss (due to rain or any other atmospheric gas) correction (Zm). Therefore, the Zm value can be calculated just by applying a radar equation for volume scatter with PR system parameters. The noise-equivalent Zm is about 21 dBZ. Through the subtraction of the system noise, the Zm value as small as 16 or 18 dBZ are still usable although the data quality is marginal. In 1C21, all echoes stored in 1B21 are converted to "dBZ" unit. This is not relevant for "non-rain" echo; however, this policy is adopted so that the 1B21 and 1C21 product format should be as close as possible except for the following points:
    - Radar quantity is Zm in dBZ unit instead of received power (dBm). - Data at echo-free range bins judged in 1B21 are replaced with a dummy value.

    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

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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 November 12, 2020
    Metadata Updated Date December 6, 2023

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    Harvested from NASA Data.json

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    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Created Date November 12, 2020
    Metadata Updated Date December 6, 2023
    Publisher NASA/GSFC/SED/ESD/GCDC/GESDISC
    Maintainer
    Identifier C1282110521-GES_DISC
    Data First Published 2011-07-01
    Language en-US
    Data Last Modified 2016-04-20
    Category TRMM, geospatial
    Public Access Level public
    Bureau Code 026:00
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    Citation Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM). 2011-07-01. TRMM_1C21. TRMM Precipitation Radar Power and Reflectivity L1 1.5 hours V7. Greenbelt, MD. Archived by National Aeronautics and Space Administration, U.S. Government, Goddard Earth Sciences Data and Information Services Center (GES DISC). https://disc.gsfc.nasa.gov/datacollection/TRMM_1C21_7.html.
    Creator Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM)
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    Harvest Source Title NASA Data.json
    Homepage URL https://cmr.earthdata.nasa.gov:443/search/concepts/C1282110521-GES_DISC.html
    Metadata Type geospatial
    Old Spatial -180.0 -38.0 180.0 38.0
    Program Code 026:001
    Release Place Greenbelt, MD
    Series Name TRMM_1C21
    Source Datajson Identifier True
    Source Hash 71342aaf3bf54b0e4356d3afd6dcef0a5084e8d0855a996147162ff10f94dedc
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    Temporal 1997-12-07T00:00:00Z/2015-04-01T23:59:59.999Z

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