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    • TROPICS06 Pathfinder L2B Instantaneous Surface Rain Rate (ISRR) V1.0

    Metadata Updated: October 15, 2024

    The "Time-Resolved Observations of Precipitation structure and storm Intensity with a Constellation of Smallsats" (TROPICS) mission has a goal of providing nearly all-weather observations of three-dimensional temperature and humidity, as well as cloud ice and precipitation horizontal structure, at high temporal resolution to conduct high-value science investigations of tropical cyclones. The mission comprises a constellation of five identical Space Vehicles (SVs) conforming to the 3U form factor and hosting a passive microwave spectrometer payload.

    Each SV hosts an identical high-performance spectrometer named the TROPICS Millimeter-wave Sounder (TMS) that will provide temperature profiles using seven channels near the 118.75-GHz oxygen absorption line, water vapor profiles using three channels near the 183-GHz water vapor absorption line, imagery in a single channel near 90 GHz for precipitation measurements (when combined with higher resolution water vapor channels), and a single channel near 205 GHz that is more sensitive to cloud-sized ice particles.

    This dataset is from the TROPICS03 satellite, as the Beta version of the Level 2B geophysical retrieval of atmospheric vertical temperature (kelvins) at the larger unified F-band resolution, retrieval of vertical moisture (g/kg) at the finer G-band spatial resolution, and total Precipitable Water (mm) at the finer G-band spatial resolution. Each TROPICS netCDF file contains a granule of data with 81 spots and approximately 2880 scans, where a granule is defined as an orbit's worth of data.

    This provisional TROPICS03 data release starts in the middle of June 2023 and TROPICS06 starts at the beginning of June 2023. Both data sets are updated nightly. There are some blackout periods where data is unavailable while the TROPICS team addresses a calibration issue that occurs during the warmest instrument temperatures. The warmest temperatures happen at extreme CubeSat solar beta angles. See README for this and other calibration observations and the Data Product Users Guide for orbit details.

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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/10.1002/qj.3290

    Dates

    Metadata Created Date October 15, 2024
    Metadata Updated Date October 15, 2024

    Metadata Source

    Harvested from NASA Data.json

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    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Created Date October 15, 2024
    Metadata Updated Date October 15, 2024
    Publisher NASA/GSFC/SED/ESD/GCDC/GESDISC
    Maintainer
    Identifier C3254839721-GES_DISC
    Data First Published 2024-05-08
    Language en-US
    Data Last Modified 2024-05-08
    Category TROPICS (EVI-3), geospatial
    Public Access Level public
    Bureau Code 026:00
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    Citation William J. Blackwell, MIT Lincoln Laboratory. 2024-06-01. TROPICS06PRPSL2B. Version 1.0. TROPICS06 Pathfinder L2B Instantaneous Surface Rain Rate (ISRR) V1.0. 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/10.5067/6GE64ZR6G6FZ. https://disc.gsfc.nasa.gov/datacollection/TROPICS06PRPSL2B_1.0.html. Digital Science Data.
    Creator William J. Blackwell, MIT Lincoln Laboratory
    Data Presentation Form Digital Science Data
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    Homepage URL https://doi.org/10.5067/6GE64ZR6G6FZ
    Metadata Type geospatial
    Old Spatial -180.0 -90.0 180.0 90.0
    Program Code 026:001
    Related Documents https://doi.org/10.1002/qj.3290
    Release Place Greenbelt, MD
    Series Name TROPICS06PRPSL2B
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    Source Schema Version 1.1
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    Temporal 2021-07-19T00:00:00Z/2024-10-14T00:00:00Z

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