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GPM_3GPROFNOAA18MHS_CLIM

GPM MHS on NOAA18 (GPROF) Radiometer Precipitation Profiling L3 1 month 0.25 degree x 0.25 degree V05 (GPM_3GPROFNOAA18MHS_CLIM) at GES DISC

Version 5 is the current version of the data set. Older versions are no longer available and have been superseded by Version 5. The "CLIM" products differ from their "regular" counterparts (without the "CLIM" in the name) by the ancillary data they use. They are Climate-Reference products, which requires homogeneous ancillary data over the climate time series. Hence, the ECMWF-Interim (European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts, 2-3 months lag behind the regular production) reanalysis is used as ancillary data to derive surface and atmospheric conditions required by the GPROF algorithm for the "CLIM" output. The GPROF databases are also adjusted accordingly for these climate-referenced retrievals. 3GPROF products provide global gridded monthly/daily precipitation averages from multiple satellites that can be used for climate studies. The 3GPROF products are based on retrievals from high-quality microwave sensors, which are sensitive to liquid and ice-phase precipitation hydrometeors in the atmosphere.

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N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180

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Distribution: HDF5

Temporal Extent:

2005-05-01 to now

Platform(s):

NOAA-18

Data Center(s):

NASA/GSFC/SED/ESD/GCDC/GESDISC

Instrument(s):

MHS

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Title: GPM MHS on NOAA18 (GPROF) Radiometer Precipitation Profiling L3 1 month 0.25 degree x 0.25 degree V05
Version: 05
Creator: GPM Science Team
Publisher: Goddard Earth Sciences Data and Information Services Center (GES DISC)
Release Date: 2016-09-14T00:00:00.000Z
Linkage: https://disc.gsfc.nasa.gov/datacollection/GPM_3GPROFNOAA18MHS_CLIM_05.html

READ-ME: https://gpm1.gesdisc.eosdis.nasa.gov/data/GPM_L3/doc/README.GPM.pdf, README Document
GENERAL DOCUMENTATION: ftp://gpmweb2.pps.eosdis.nasa.gov/pub/GPMfilespec/filespec.GPM.pdf, FILE SPECIFICATION DOCUMENT
GENERAL DOCUMENTATION: https://pps.gsfc.nasa.gov/Documents/V05ReleaseNotes/GPROFV05_releasenotes.pdf, Release Notes
ALGORITHM THEORETICAL BASIS DOCUMENT (ATBD): https://pps.gsfc.nasa.gov/Documents/ATBD_GPM_V5B_April15_2018.pdf
GENERAL DOCUMENTATION: https://www.eumetsat.int/website/home/Satellites/CurrentSatellites/Metop/MetopDesign/MHS/index.html, Instrument Description from EUMETSAT
GENERAL DOCUMENTATION: https://www.star.nesdis.noaa.gov/mirs/mhs.php, Instrument Description from NOAA
ANOMALIES: ftp://gpmweb2.pps.eosdis.nasa.gov/tsdis/AB/docs/gpm_anomalous.html, GPM and partner sensors anomalous events

Purpose
The purpose of the 3GPROF algorithm is to provide monthly and daily mean precipitation and related retrieved parameters from the Level 2 GPROF precipitation profiling algorithm for the GPM core and constellation satellites. Each 3GPROF product contains global 0.25 degree x 0.25 degree gridded monthly/daily means. Because this product is an accumulation of the Level 2 retrieval products, much more information is available via the GPROF Level 2 documentation.
DOI
10.5067/GPM/MHS/NOAA18/GPROFCLIM/3A-MONTH/05
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Data Dates

Creation	2014-07-14T00:00:00.000Z
Last Revision	2014-07-14T00:00:00.000Z

Processing Level

Quality The primary limitation of the 3GPROF product is the reliance on a single sensor for each output file, thus limiting the available sampling to two times a day or less, except at high latitudes. In addition, with the exception of the GMI, TMI, and SAPHIR sensors, all of the other sensors are in Sun-synchronous orbits, meaning that they observe a given point on the Earth's surface at the same local times each day. Over land regions in particular, this can lead to large sampling errors associated with the diurnal cycle. Errors due to the limited sampling and differences in the sampling times between Sun-synchronous satellites (e.g., F16, F17, F18, NOAA-18, NOAA-19, NPP, METOP-A, METOP-B, and GCOM-W1) can lead to significant differences in the monthly mean values between satellites/sensors. The sampling errors are largest over land regions with large diurnal cycles in precipitation. Other sources of error that can significantly impact the 3GPROF products include difficulties over certain surface types such as sea ice, snow, frozen ground, and deserts, and limited sensitivity of the sounder instruments (in particular to light precipitation and/or shallow warm rain systems). The sounders include the ATMS, MHS, and SAPHIR sensors, which do not have channels with sensitivity to the surface and/or lower atmosphere.

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The Earth Observing System Data and Information System (EOSDIS) data use policy for NASA data can be accessed at https://earthdata.nasa.gov/earth-observation-data/data-use-policy. For information on how to properly cite and acknowledge data from the NASA GES DISC, refer to https://disc.gsfc.nasa.gov/information/documents?title=data-policy.
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Ancillary Keywords

Atmosphere, Precipitation, Water Vapor

ISO Topic Categories

CLIMATOLOGY/METEOROLOGY/ATMOSPHERE

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Project Short Name	Campaigns	Project Dates
GPM	No campaigns listed.	No dates provided.

Coverage Type	Zone Identifier	Geometry	Granule Representation
HORIZONTAL		CARTESIAN	CARTESIAN

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- GEOGRAPHIC REGION
- TROPICS

NASA/GSFC/SED/ESD/GCDC/GESDISC
ARCHIVER

Goddard Earth Sciences Data and Information Services Center (formerly Goddard DAAC), Global Change Data Center, Earth Sciences Division, Science and Exploration Directorate, Goddard Space Flight Center, NASA
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NASA GES DISC Website
https://disc.gsfc.nasa.gov/

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CHRISTIAN KUMMEROW
Investigator

CHRISTIAN KUMMEROW
- Department of Atmospheric Science
  Colorado State University
  Fort Collins, CO 80523
1-970-491-7473

1-970-491-8449

Email
ANDREY SAVTCHENKO
Metadata Author

ANDREY SAVTCHENKO
- Distributed Active Archive Center Global Change Data Center
  Code 610.2
  NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
  Greenbelt, MD 20771
301-614-5705

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GES DISC HELP DESK SUPPORT GROUP
Data Center Contact

GES DISC HELP DESK SUPPORT GROUP
NASA/GSFC/SED/ESD/GCDC/GESDISC
- Goddard Earth Sciences Data and Information Services Center
  Code 610.2
  NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
  Greenbelt, MD 20771
301-614-5224

301-614-5268

Email

Metadata Dates

Creation	2015-01-16T00:00:00.000Z
Last Revision	2019-02-11T17:32:23.000Z
Future Review	2019-10-31T00:00:00.000Z

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Format Type: Native

Media: Online Archive

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GPM MHS on NOAA18 (GPROF) Radiometer Precipitation Profiling L3 1 month 0.25 degree x 0.25 degree V05 (GPM_3GPROFNOAA18MHS_CLIM) at GES DISC

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Goddard Earth Sciences Data and Information Services Center (formerly Goddard DAAC), Global Change Data Center, Earth Sciences Division, Science and Exploration Directorate, Goddard Space Flight Center, NASA

Data Contacts

CHRISTIAN KUMMEROW

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ANDREY SAVTCHENKO

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