AMSR/AMSR-E Wakasa Bay Field Campaign 2003
The AMSR/AMSR-E Wakasa Bay Field Campaign was conducted over Wakasa Bay, Japan, in January and February, 2003. The campaign was designed to validate both AMSR and AMSR-E shallow rainfall and snowfall retrieval capabilities, extend the database of rainfall properties needed to implement a comprehensive physical validation scheme, and extend understanding of rainfall structures through new remote sensing technology.
The experiment included the NASA P-3 aircraft carrying the sensors listed in the Wakasa Bay Rainfall Data section below, an array of ground-based radars, and in situ ground and airborne hydrometer observations provided by Japan's Core Research for Evolutional Science and Technology (CREST) program.
The Wakasa Bay Field Campaign includes joint research observations by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), the AMSR precipitation validation team, and the NASA AMSR-E team.
Wakasa Bay Rainfall Data
Millimeter-wave Imaging Radiometer (MIR) Data, Wakasa Bay
AMMR Air and Brightness Temperature Data, Wakasa Bay
Airborne Cloud Radar (ACR) Reflectivity and Cloud Velocity, Wakasa Bay, Japan
APR-2 Dual-frequency Airborne Radar Observations, Wakasa Bay
Wakasa Bay Polarimetric Scanning Radiometer (PSR) Data
Wakasa Bay Weather Forecast Maps
