The full suite of S-band profiler datasets from the GPM Ground Validation Midlatitude Continental Convective Clouds Experiment (MC3E) is now available:
GPM Ground Validation NOAA S-Band Profiler Minute Data MC3E
GPM Ground Validation NOAA S-Band Profiler Raw Data SPC format MC3E
GPM Ground Validation NOAA S-Band Profiler Raw Data netCDF format MC3E
GPM Ground Validation NOAA S-Band Profiler Original Dwell Data MC3E
Note that the Raw profiler data is available in two formats. The original SPC format requires specialized commercial software. The netCDF version contains the same data values and is compatible with the other datasets in the collection. The S-band profiler operates at 2.8 GHz, points vertically, and measures the backscattered power from raindrops and ice particles as precipitating cloud systems pass overhead. Operating between the precipitation (full-power) and attenuated (low-power) modes, the profiler alternated between modes collecting either 7 or 9 consecutive precipitation mode profiles separated by 1 attenuated mode profile. Both modes processed radar pulses collected during a 7-second dwell before calculating the Doppler velocity spectra at each radar range gate that were separated by 60-meters in the vertical. The Original Dwell and Minute datasets contain moment, pop spectra and calibrated spectra files.
Find all the data from MC3E here.
These data sets can also be ordered from the GHRC using the Hydrologic Data search, Retrieval, and Order system (HyDRO) at https://ghrc.nsstc.nasa.gov/hydro/.
