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 Older versions will no longer be available and have been superseded by Version 06.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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| Spatial Extent: | Bounding Rectangle: N: 37 S: -37 E: 180 W: -180 |
Data Format(s): | Distribution: HDF5 |
| Temporal Extent: | Platform(s): | TRMM | |
| Data Center(s): | NASA/GSFC/SED/ESD/GCDC/GESDISC | Instrument(s): | PR, TMI |
| Version: | 06 | ||
- 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
Collection Information
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DOI
10.5067/GPM/PRTMI/TRMM/CSH/2H/06
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
ISO Topic Categories
- CLIMATOLOGY/METEOROLOGY/ATMOSPHERE
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| Project Short Name | Campaigns | Project Dates |
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| TRMM | No campaigns listed. | No dates provided. |
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Location Keywords
- GEOGRAPHIC REGION
- TROPICS
Data Centers
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NASA/GSFC/SED/ESD/GCDC/GESDISC
ARCHIVERGoddard 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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Data Contacts
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ANDREY SAVTCHENKO
Metadata AuthorANDREY SAVTCHENKO
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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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YUKARI TAKAYABU, PH.D.
InvestigatorYUKARI TAKAYABU, PH.D.
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Kashiwa-Campus, General Research Bldg.-215
Graduate School of Science, University of Tokyo
TOKYO,
+81-4-7136-4402
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GES DISC HELP DESK SUPPORT GROUP
Data Center ContactGES 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
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Archive And Distribution Information
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Format: HDF5
Format Type: Native
Media: Online Archive
Fees: None