Airborne Cloud Radar Reflectivity Over Sea of Japan and Western Pacific

94 GHz co- and cross-polarized radar reflectivity data collected by an Airborne Cloud Radar (ACR) sensor mounted on a NASA P-3 aircraft. The dataset covers flights over the Sea of Japan, the Western Pacific Ocean, and the Japanese Islands. It is produced by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.

Use Cases

• Analyzing cloud radiative properties using co- and cross-polarized reflectivity.
• Studying cloud structure and microphysics over ocean and coastal regions.
• Validating satellite-based cloud and precipitation radar algorithms.
• Investigating atmospheric radiation and reflectance for climate models.

Strengths

• Contains specialized 94 GHz radar data, a frequency sensitive to cloud particles.
• Data collected via airborne platform allows for targeted spatial coverage over specific regions.
• Includes both co-polarized and cross-polarized reflectivity for detailed cloud analysis.

Limitations

• Specific row count, file size, and column names are not provided by any source.
• Sources conflict on the last updated date: one states 2003-02-03, another states 2026-03-13.

Provenance

Source

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Collection Method

Data gathered by an Airborne Cloud Radar (ACR) sensor mounted on a NASA P-3 aircraft.

Time Range

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Freshness

2026-03 13 18:41:11.368306

Geography

Sea of Japan, Western Pacific Ocean, Japanese Islands