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TROPICS05 L1A Orbital Geolocated Native-Resolution Antenna Temperatures V0.2
The "Time-Resolved Observations of Precipitation structure and storm Intensity with a Constellation of Smallsats" (TROPICS) mission has a goal of providing nearly all-weather observations of three-dimensional temperature and humidity, as well as cloud ice and precipitation horizontal structure, at high temporal resolution to conduct high-value science investigations of tropical cyclones. The mission comprises a constellation of five identical Space Vehicles (SVs) conforming to the 3U form factor and hosting a passive microwave spectrometer payload.Each SV hosts an identical high-performance spectrometer named the TROPICS Millimeter-wave Sounder (TMS) that will provide temperature profiles using seven channels near the 118.75-GHz oxygen absorption line, water vapor profiles using three channels near the 183-GHz water vapor absorption line, imagery in a single channel near 90 GHz for precipitation measurements (when combined with higher resolution water vapor channels), and a single channel near 205 GHz that is more sensitive to cloud-sized ice particles.Each TROPICS netCDF file contains a granule of data with 81 spots and approximately 2880 scans, where a granule is defined as an orbit's worth of data.
Complete Metadata
| bureauCode |
[ "026:00" ] |
|---|---|
| identifier | 10.5067/SA0MXNEXA8NQ |
| landingPage | https://docserver.gesdisc.eosdis.nasa.gov/public/project/Images/TROPICS03ANTTL1A_02.png |
| programCode |
[ "026:000" ] |
| spatial | ["GEODETIC",[{"WestBoundingCoordinate":-180,"NorthBoundingCoordinate":90,"EastBoundingCoordinate":180,"SouthBoundingCoordinate":-90}]] |
| temporal | 2021-07-19/2021-07-19 |
| theme |
[ "Earth Science" ] |