National Center for Atmospheric Research
ATD... S-Pol TRMM-LBA Brazil 1999

S-Pol Data Users' Guide: Introduction


TRMM-LBA is the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission, Large Scale Biosphere-Atmosphere Experiment initiated by NASA to provide ground-truth validation for satellite-collected data and derived products. The S-Pol component of TRMM-LBA was jointly sponsored by the US National Science Foundation (NSF) and NASA.

This summary deals with use of NCAR's S-Pol radar, including periods of operation, status of data processing, summary information available, and issues concerning data quality.

An Abstract describing the S-Pol component of TRMM-LBA is available.


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Created: 28-Feb-1999
Last modified: Sun Feb 28 13:55:42 MST 1999