GPM GROUND VALIDATION CONICAL SCANNING MILLIMETER-WAVE IMAGING RADIOMETER (COSMIR) GCPEX V1

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The GPM Ground Validation Conical Scanning Millimeter-wave Imaging Radiometer (COSMIR) GCPEx dataset used the Conical Scanning Millimeter-wave Imaging Radiometer (CoSMIR), which was utilized for the GPM Cold-season Precipitation Experiment (GCPEx) as an airborne high-frequency simulator of the GPM Microwave Imager (GMI), which was launched in 2014. The CoSMIR was modified with a new scan mode to acquire both conical and cross-track scan data simultaneously in a given flight satisfying the requirements of the Precipitation Measurement Mission (PMM) algorithm development team. The dataset provides well-calibrated radiometric data from 9 channels between 50-183 GHz with the accuracy on the order of +-1K. All channels besides the 89 and 165.5 GHz are horizontally polarized.

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bureauCode	[ "026:00" ]
identifier	C1979138096-GHRC_DAAC
issued	2013-05-06
landingPage	https://doi.org/10.5067/GPMGV/GCPEX/CoSMIR/DATA101
language	[ "en-US" ]
programCode	[ "026:001" ]
spatial	-80.916 42.609 -67.597 47.016
temporal	2012-01-19T15:30:52Z/2012-02-24T17:22:00Z
theme	[ "GCPEx", "geospatial" ]