resPrf

The Polarimetric Radio Ocultation (PRO) Research Dataset (resPrf) provides the PRO observable Delta Phi as a function of height along with the corresponding standard RO wet thermodynamic profiles. The Delta Phi observable contained in this dataset is created from the processing of the H and V ports of the polarimetric antenna aboard PAZ, that provide information about precipitation and clouds encountered along the ray-paths. The thermodynamics is obtained from the merge of UCAR's atmPrf and wetPf2 level2 retrievals. The aim of the dataset is to foster the scientfic use of the PRO data, which provide unique simultaneous measurements of precipitation and the thermodynamics of the associated environment. In addition, the dataset provides detailed collocated information from independent precipitation sources, as well as radiances from the radiometers aboard the satellites in the Global Precipitation Mission (GPM) constellation. These collocated data are used for validation but also to provide the user with additional context on meteorological events.