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GPM_2HCSH_TRMM

GPM PR and TMI on TRMM Combined Convective-Stratiform Latent Heating Profiles L2 1.5 hours 5 km V06 (GPM_2HCSH_TRMM) at GES DISC

This is a new (GPM-formated) TRMM product. The equivalent old TRMM legacy product is TRMM_2H31. Version 06 is the current version of the data set. Older versions will no longer be available and have been superseded by Version 06. Estimating vertical profiles of latent heating released by precipitating cloud systems is one of the key objectives of TRMM, together with accurately measuring the horizontal distribution of tropical rainfall. The method uses TRMM PR information [precipitation-top height (PTH), precipitation rates at the surface and melting level, and rain type] to select heating profiles from lookup tables. Heating-profile lookup tables for the three rain types—convective, shallow stratiform, and anvil rain (deep stratiform with a melting level)—were derived from numerical simulations of tropical cloud systems from the Tropical Ocean and Global Atmosphere Coupled Ocean–Atmosphere Response Experiment (TOGA COARE) utilizing a cloud-resolving model (CRM). The CSH algorithm is severely limited by the inherent sensitivity of the TRMM PR. For latent heating, the quantity required is actually cloud top, but the PR can detect only precipitation-sized particles. Because observed information on precipitation depth is used in addition to precipitation type and intensity, differences between shallow and deep convection are more distinct in the CSH algorithm in comparison with the CSH algorithm.

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N: 37.0 S: -37.0 E: 180.0 W: -180.0

Data Format(s):

Distribution: HDF5

Temporal Extent:

1997-12-07 to 2015-04-01

Platform(s):

TRMM

Data Center(s):

NASA/GSFC/SED/ESD/GCDC/GESDISC

Instrument(s):

PR, TMI

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Title: GPM PR and TMI on TRMM Combined Convective-Stratiform Latent Heating Profiles L2 1.5 hours 5 km V06
Creator: Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM)
Publisher: Goddard Earth Sciences Data and Information Services Center (GES DISC)
Release Date: 2019-09-26T00:00:00.000Z
Linkage: https://disc.gsfc.nasa.gov/datacollection/GPM_2HCSH_TRMM_06.html

READ-ME: https://docserver.gesdisc.eosdis.nasa.gov/public/project/GPM/README.TRMM.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/CSH_ATBD.pdf, Details of the caveats to consider in this product.
GENERAL DOCUMENTATION: https://pps.gsfc.nasa.gov/Documents/CSH%20Release%20Notes%20V6.pdf, Details of the caveats to consider in the old format
GENERAL DOCUMENTATION: ftp://gpmweb2.pps.eosdis.nasa.gov/tsdis/AB/docs/anomalous.html, TRMM Data Gaps

DOI
10.5067/GPM/PRTMI/TRMM/CSH/2H/06
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Data Dates

Creation	2019-09-26T00:00:00.000Z
Last Revision	2018-07-05T00:00:00.000Z

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Publication References

Title: TRMM latent heating retrieval: Applications and comparisons with field campaigns and large-scale analyses

Publication Date: 2016-01-01

Author(s): Tao, W-K., Y. N. Takayabu, S. Lang, S. Shige, W. Olson, A. Hou, G. Skofronick-Jackson et al.

Series: Meteorological Monographs

DOI: 10.1175/AMSMONOGRAPHS-D-15-0013.1
Title: Spectral retrieval of latent heating profiles from TRMM PR data. Part I: Development of a model-based algorithm

Publication Date: 2004-01-01

Author(s): Shige, S., Y. N. Takayabu, W.-K. Tao, and D. E. Johnson

Series: J. Appl. Meteor.

Volume: 43

Pages: 1095-1113
Title: Spectral retrieval of latent heating profiles from TRMM PR data. Part II: Algorithm improvement and heating estimates over tropical ocean regions

Publication Date: 2007-01-01

Author(s): Shige, S., Y. N. Takayabu, W.-K. Tao, and C.-L. Shie

Series: J. Appl. Meteor. Climatol

Volume: 46

Pages: 1098-1124
Title: Spectral retrieval of latent heating profiles from TRMM PR data. Part III: Estimating apparent moisture sink profiles over tropical oceans

Publication Date: 2008-01-01

Author(s): Shige, S., Y. N. Takayabu, and W.-K. Tao

Series: J. Appl. Meteor. Climatol

Volume: 47

Pages: 620-640
Title: Spectral retrieval of latent heating profiles from TRMM PR data. Part IV: Co mparisons of lookup tables from two- and three-dimensional cloud-resolving model simulations

Publication Date: 2009-01-01

Author(s): Shige, S., Y. N. Takayabu, S. Kida, W.-K. Tao, X. Zeng, C. Yokoyama, and T. L'Ecuyer

Series: J. Climate

Volume: 22

Pages: 5577-5594
Title: Analysis of rainfall characteristics of the Madden-Julian oscillation using TRMM satellite data

Publication Date: 2006-01-01

Author(s): Morita, J., Y. N. Takayabu, S. Shige, and Y. Kodama

Series: Dyn. Atmos. Oceans

Volume: 42

Pages: 107-126
Title: Retrieval of latent heating from TRMM measurements

Publication Date: 2006-01-01

Author(s): Tao, W.-K., E. A. Smith, R. F. Adler, Z. S. Haddad, A. Y. Hou, T. Iguchi, R. Kakar, T. N. Krishnamurti, C. D. Kummerow, S. Lang, R. Meneghini, K. Nakamura, T. Nakazawa, K. Okamoto, W. S. Olson, S. Satoh, S. Shige, J. Simpson, Y. Takayabu, G. J. Tripoli, and S. Yang

Series: Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc.

Volume: 87

Pages: 1555-1572
Title: TRMM Version 8 Reprocessing Improvements and Incorporation into the GPM Data Suite

Publication Date: 2018-01-01

Author(s): Stoker, E., F. Alquaied, S. Bilanow, Y. Ji, and L. Jones

Series: Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

Volume: 35

Pages: 1457-1470

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EOSDIS

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CLIMATOLOGY/METEOROLOGY/ATMOSPHERE

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

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Location Keywords

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

301-614-5705
YUKARI TAKAYABU, PH.D.
Investigator

YUKARI TAKAYABU, PH.D.
- Kashiwa-Campus, General Research Bldg.-215
  Graduate School of Science, University of Tokyo
  TOKYO,
Email

+81-4-7136-4402
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
Email

301-614-5224

301-614-5268

Metadata Dates

Creation	2019-09-23T00:00:00.000Z
Last Revision	2018-11-27T17:18:20.000Z

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Format: HDF5

Format Type: Native

Media: Online Archive

Average File Size: 19 MB

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GPM PR and TMI on TRMM Combined Convective-Stratiform Latent Heating Profiles L2 1.5 hours 5 km V06 (GPM_2HCSH_TRMM) at GES DISC

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NASA/GSFC/SED/ESD/GCDC/GESDISC

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

ANDREY SAVTCHENKO

ANDREY SAVTCHENKO

YUKARI TAKAYABU, PH.D.

YUKARI TAKAYABU, PH.D.

GES DISC HELP DESK SUPPORT GROUP

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