GPM GROUND VALIDATION NOAA S-BAND PROFILER MINUTE DATA MC3E

The GPM Ground Validation NOAA S-Band Profiler Minute Data MC3E dataset was gathered during the Midlatitude Continental Convective Clouds Experiment (MC3E) in Oklahoma from April-June 2011. The overarching goal was to provide the most complete characterization of convective cloud systems, precipitation, and the environment that has ever been obtained, providing constraints for model cumulus parameterizations and space-based rainfall retrieval algorithms over land that had never before been available. The S-band 2.8 GHz profiler measured the backscattered power from raindrops and ice particles as precipitating cloud systems pass overhead. After calibration, the instrument provided an unattenuated reflectivity estimate through the precipitation. Spectra and moment files are included in netCDF format.

GPM 地面验证项目中的 NOAA S 波段雷达剖面分钟数据 MC3E 数据集，是在 2011 年 4 月至 6 月于俄克拉荷马州进行的 Midlatitude Continental Convective Clouds Experiment (MC3E) 中收集的。该项目的总体目标是为迄今为止获取的最为全面的雷暴云系、降水及其环境特征提供描述，为模型中的积云参数化以及陆地上的基于空间降雨回收算法提供前所未有的约束。S 波段 2.8 GHz 雷达剖面仪测量了降水云系经过上空时雨滴和冰粒子的后向散射功率。经校准后，该仪器提供了穿过降水的无衰减反射率估计。数据集包含净CDF格式的光谱和矩文件。