GRIP HIGH-ALTITUDE MMIC SOUNDING RADIOMETER (HAMSR) V1
The GRIP High-Altitude MMIC Sounding Radiometer (HAMSR) dataset was collectd by the High Altitude monolithic microwave integrated Circuit (MMIC) Sounding Radiometer (HAMSR) is a microwave atmospheric sounder developed by JPL under the NASA Instrument Incubator Program. The new HAMSR with 183GHz LNA receiver reduces noise to less than a 0.1K level improving observations of small-scale water vapor. HAMSR has 25 spectral channels which are split into 3 bands: an 8-channel band centered 53-GHz, used to infer the 3-D distribution of temperature; a 10-channel band centered at 118 GHz, used for secondary temperature sounding and assessment of scattering; and a 7-channel band centered at 183 GHz, used to measure water vapor (humidity) and cloud liquid water content in the atmosphere. The major goal was to better understand how tropical storms form and develop into major hurricanes. NASA used the DC-8 aircraft, the WB-57 aircraft and the Global Hawk Unmanned Airborne System (UAS), configured with a suite of in situ and remote sensing instruments that were used to observe and characterize the life cycle of hurricanes.
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| Spatial Extent: | Bounding Rectangle: N: 36.647 S: 11.37 E: -70.69 W: -125.227 |
Data Format(s): | Distribution: netCDF-3 |
| Temporal Extent: | Platform(s): | Global Hawk UAV | |
| Data Center(s): | NASA/MSFC/GHRC, Global Hydrology Resource Center, Marshall Space Flight Center, NASA | Instrument(s): | HAMSR |
| Version: | 1 | ||
- Other Citation Details: Lambrigtsen, Bjorn.2011. GRIP HIGH-ALTITUDE MMIC SOUNDING RADIOMETER (HAMSR) [indicate subset used]. Dataset available online from the NASA Global Hydrology Resource Center DAAC, Huntsville, Alabama, U.S.A. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5067/GRIP/HAMSR/DATA201
10.5067/GRIP/HAMSR/DATA201
- GENERAL DOCUMENTATION: http://ghrc.nsstc.nasa.gov/uso/ds_docs/grip/griphamsr/griphamsr_dataset.html, The guide document contains detailed information about the dataset
- PI DOCUMENTATION: https://ghrc.nsstc.nasa.gov/pub/doc/grip/griphamsr/HAMSR_L1B_description.docx, Description of the High Altitude MMIC Sounding Radiometer (HAMSR) Level 1B data format May 6, 2011
- GENERAL DOCUMENTATION: https://ghrc.nsstc.nasa.gov/home/about-ghrc/citing-ghrc-daac-data, Instructions for citing GHRC data
Collection Information
Data Identification
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Processing Level
2
https://ghrc.nsstc.nasa.gov/home/proc_level
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Collection Progress
Complete
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Access Constraints
0.0
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Projects
| Project Short Name | Campaigns | Project Dates |
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| GRIP (HURRICANE) | No campaigns listed. | No dates provided. |
Temporal Information
Temporal Keywords
- Hourly - < Daily
Spatial Information
| Coverage Type | Zone Identifier | Geometry | Granule Representation |
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| HORIZONTAL | CARTESIAN | CARTESIAN |
Location Keywords
- OCEAN
- ATLANTIC OCEAN
- NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN
- CARIBBEAN SEA
- CARIBBEAN
Data Centers
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NASA/MSFC/GHRC
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Global Hydrology Resource Center, Marshall Space Flight Center, NASA
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320 Sparkman Drive
Huntsville, Alabama 35805
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Archive And Distribution Information
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Format: netCDF-3
Format Type: Native
Fees: 0.0
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