HAMSR EPOCH Atmospheric Profiles from NASA Global Hawk

Twenty-five spectral channels from the High Altitude MMIC Sounding Radiometer (HAMSR) captured atmospheric data during the NASA EPOCH project in August 2017. This dataset provides measurements to infer three-dimensional profiles of temperature, water vapor, and cloud liquid water, even in cloudy conditions. It was collected from the NASA Global Hawk aircraft as part of a training and research mission focused on tropical cyclogenesis in the Eastern Pacific.

Use Cases

• Analyzing temperature and humidity profiles during potential tropical cyclone development using 25 spectral channel measurements.
• Studying cloud liquid water distribution in the presence of clouds to improve weather models.
• Training algorithms for atmospheric profile retrieval from airborne microwave radiometer data.
• Investigating the atmospheric conditions of the Eastern Pacific during the 2017 hurricane season.

Strengths

• Data was collected from a high-altitude NASA Global Hawk platform, providing wide-area coverage.
• The instrument's 25 channels across 3 bands allow for inferring 3D atmospheric profiles.

Limitations

• Specific column names, row counts, and dataset size are not provided by any source.
• Sources conflict on license details: one specifies 'other-license-specified' while another lists 'None'.

Provenance

Source

National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)

Collection Method

Measurements gathered by the HAMSR instrument mounted on the NASA Global Hawk aircraft.

Time Range

August 9,我们发现 2017 through August 31, 2017

Freshness

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Geography

Eastern Pacific region, focused on areas of tropical cyclogenesis.