Wakasa Bay Field Campaign Weather Observations

Joint research observations from the AMSR-E Wakasa Bay Field Campaign include precipitation amount, pressure thickness, sea level pressure, and surface winds. The campaign was a collaboration between the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), the AMSR precipitation validation team, and NASA. Data is available in formats including BIN, ISO, and HTML.

Use Cases

• Validating AMSR-E satellite precipitation retrievals using ground-based precipitation amount measurements.
• Analyzing atmospheric conditions via pressure thickness and sea level pressure columns.
• Correlating satellite wind data with in-situ surface winds observations for model improvement.
• Studying regional weather patterns over Wakasa Bay using the multi-parameter field campaign dataset.

Strengths

• Data stems from a joint international campaign involving JAXA and NASA, indicating high-quality collection standards.
• Includes multiple key atmospheric variables (precipitation, pressure, winds) for cross-validation.

Limitations

• Critical metadata conflicts exist: last updated date differs significantly between sources (2003 vs 2026).
• Exact row counts, file sizes, and a complete column list are unavailable from all platforms.

Provenance

Source

National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), AMSR precipitation validation team.

Collection Method

Joint research observations from a field campaign.

Time Range

Campaign conducted in 2003 (based on NASA Earthdata date).

Freshness

2026-03-12 20:24:44.041511

Geography

Wakasa Bay, Japan.