Airborne Cloud Radar (ACR) Reflectivity, Wakasa Bay, Japan

Data Contributors STEPHENS, GRAEME L. AUSTIN, RICHARD T. Parameters ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION > REFLECTANCE CLOUDS CLOUDS > CLOUD REFLECTANCE RADAR > RADAR REFLECTIVITY Instruments DOPPLER RADAR

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This data set includes 94 GHz co- and cross-polarized radar reflectivity. The Airborne Cloud Radar (ACR) sensor was mounted to a NASA P-3 aircraft flown over the Sea of Japan, the Western Pacific Ocean, and the Japanese Islands. The ACR data were acquired during the AMSR/AMSR-E Wakasa Bay Field Campaign in January and February 2003. Data are available in network Common Data Format (netCDF) from NSIDC via FTP.

The Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer - Earth Observing System (AMSR-E) is a mission instrument launched aboard NASA's Aqua Satellite on 4 May 2002. The Wakasa Bay field campaign was designed to validate both AMSR and AMSR-E shallow rainfall and snowfall retrieval capabilities.

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Graeme L. Stephens. 2004. Airborne Cloud Radar (ACR) Reflectivity, Wakasa Bay, Japan. [indicate subset used]. Boulder, Colorado USA: National Snow and Ice Data Center.

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• AMSR-E Data at NSIDC
• AMSR-E Validation Data
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