SPURS-2 research vessel along track SEA-POL rain radar imaging data for E. Tropical Pacific R/V Revelle-2 cruise
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DOI10.5067/SPUR2-RNRDR
Short NameSPURS2_RAINRADAR
DescriptionThe SPURS (Salinity Processes in the Upper Ocean Regional Study) project is NASA-funded oceanographic process study and associated field program that aim to elucidate key mechanisms responsible for near-surface salinity variations in the oceans. The project involves two field campaigns and a series of cruises in regions of the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans exhibiting salinity extremes. SPURS employs a suite of state-of-the-art in-situ sampling technologies that, combined with remotely sensed salinity fields from the Aquarius/SAC-D, SMAP and SMOS satellites, provide a detailed characterization of salinity structure over a continuum of spatio-temporal scales. The SPURS-2 campaign involved two month-long cruises by the R/V Revelle in August 2016 and October 2017 combined with complementary sampling on a more continuous basis over this period by the schooner Lady Amber. Focused around a central mooring located near 10N,125W, the objective of SPURS-2 was to study the dynamics of the rainfall-dominated surface ocean at the western edge of the eastern Pacific fresh pool subject to high seasonal variability and strong zonal flows associated with the North Equatorial Current and Countercurrent. The SEA-POL rain radar instrument was employed over the period 22 Oct.-10 Nov. 2017 during the second SPURS-2 R/V Revelle cruise. SEA-POL (seagoing-polarimetric radar) is a C-band, Doppler polarimetric radar system providing 240-degree sector coverage centered on the ships bow via its 1-degree beam width antenna. SEA-POL was used primarily to map rainfall in SPURS-2. The resulting dataset is a series of gridded netCDF data files for a 20 day period at 5-20 minute intervals comprised of rain rate and rain accumulation fields.
Version1.0
Dataset TypeCOMPLETE
MeasurementATMOSPHERE > PRECIPITATION > PRECIPITATION RATE
ATMOSPHERE > PRECIPITATION > RAIN
Processing Level2
CoverageNorth Bounding Coordinate: 24.2 degrees
South Bounding Coordinate: 5.06 degrees
West Bounding Coordinate: -125.57 degrees
East Bounding Coordinate: -119.89 degrees
Time Span: 2017-Oct-22 to 2017-Nov-10
Granule Time Span: 2017-Oct-22 to 2017-Nov-10
ResolutionSpatial Resolution: 0 km (Along) x 0 km (Across)
ProjectionEllipsoid: WGS 84
Swath Width1 km
Platform/Sensor
R/V Revelle
Platform
Name: R/V Roger Revelle (SIO) (R/V Revelle)
Orbit Period: 0.0 minutes
Inclination Angle: 0.0 degrees
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SEAPOL
SENSOR
Name: SEA-POL Rain Imaging Radar (SEAPOL)
Swath Width: 1.0 kilometers
Description: Spacecraft angular distance from orbital plane relative to the Equator.

ProjectNASA Salinity Processes in the Upper Ocean Regional Study (SPURS)
Data ProviderPublisher: SPURS Data Management PI, Fred Bingham
Creator: Steven A. Rutledge
Release Place: Department of Atmospheric Science, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, USA
Release Date: 2019-Mar-28
Resource: http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/SPURS

Keyword(s)SEAPOL, radar, rain data, imagery, surface, Upper Ocean, SPURS2, Eastern Tropical Pacific, ITCZ region, Cruises, Revelle, insitu, SPURS, oceanographic campaign
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Citation Steven A. Rutledge. 2019. SPURS Field Campaign SEA-POL Rain Radar Products. Ver. 1.0. PO.DAAC, CA, USA. Dataset accessed [YYYY-MM-DD] at https://doi.org/10.5067/SPUR2-RNRDR

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Journal Reference Rutledge, S.A., V. Chandrasekar, B. Fuchs. J. George, F. Junyent, P. Kennedy, and B. Dolan. 2019. Deployment of the SEA-POL C-band polarimetric radar to SPURS-2. Oceanography 32(2):50-57, https://doi.org/10.5670/oceanog.2019.212