TRMM/PR L2 Surface Cross Section

  • DOI: 10.57746/EO.01gs73b05w4k4mgk452amabay7
  • Last Updated: 2023-02-14
Data Progress: Complete
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Product Summary

TRMM/PR L2 Surface Cross Section is obtained from the PR sensor onboard TRMM and produced by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA). The Precipitation Radar (PR) is the primary instrument onboard TRMM. The most innovative of the five TRMM instruments, the PR is the first quantitative rain radar instrument to be flown in space. The major objectives of the PR instrument are as follows:
a. Provides a 3-dimensional rainfall structure
b. Achieves quantitative measurements of the rain rates over both land and ocean
When properly combined with TMI measurements, the Precipitation Radar (PR) data is instrumental in obtaining the height profile of the precipitation content, from which the profile of latent heat release from the Earth can be estimated. The rain rate is estimated from the radar reflectivity factor when the rain rate is small by applying conventional algorithms used for ground-based radar. For large rain rates, a rain attenuation correction is made using the total-path attenuation of land or sea surface echoes.
Based on the 1B-21 radar received power, time and spatial average of ground surface scattering coefficient (Scattering Radar Cross Section of the surface) are calculated. If it's raining, Path Integrated Attenuation (PIA) is calculated based on the surface reference data of no rain area. This PIA is used to calculate rainfall profile in 2A-25 as reference data using Surface Reference Technique (SRT).
The provided format is HDF4. The Sampling resolution are 5 km (horizontal) and 250 m (range). The current version of the product is Version 7. The generation unit is orbit.

Platform
TRMM
Sensor
PR

Coverage

Temporal Coverage

1997-12-08 to 2015-04-02

Spatial Coverage

Bounding Rectangle
(40.0°, -180.0°, -40.0°, 180.0°)

Resolution

5 km

Location

  • GEOGRAPHIC REGION > TROPICS
Dataset Short Name
TRMM_PR_L2_2A21
Platform / Sensor
TRMM / PR
Coverage
Spatial Coverage
Bounding Rectangle
(40.0°, -180.0°, -40.0°, 180.0°)
Temporal Coverage
1997-12-08 to 2015-04-02
Product Level ID
L2
Version Description

Version 7, 2018-07-30, Available

File Format
HDF4
Dataset Type
None / Orbit
Resolution
Spatial Resolution
5 km
Temporal Resolution
None
Dataset Progress
Complete
Projection
None
Collection Data Type
SCIENCE_QUALITY
Get Data
https://gportal.jaxa.jp/gpr/?lang=en
Dataset Title
TRMM/PR L2 Surface Cross Section
Distribution Format
HDF4
Fees
Free
Citation
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency. 1997. TRMM/PR L2 Surface Cross Section. https://doi.org/10.57746/EO.01gs73b05w4k4mgk452amabay7
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ISO Topic Categories
  • CLIMATOLOGY/METEOROLOGY/ATMOSPHERE
Science Keywords
  • EARTH SCIENCE > SPECTRAL/ENGINEERING > RADAR > SIGMA NAUGHT
  • EARTH SCIENCE > SPECTRAL/ENGINEERING > RADAR > RADAR CROSS-SECTION
Location Keywords
  • GEOGRAPHIC REGION > TROPICS

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