Expect the first R05 product, 1B-CPR to be released in late summer.
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2C-RAIN-PROFILE
Product Availability: Available through Epoch 04 (E04).
The objective of the algorithm is to infer profiles of precipitation liquid and ice water content along with an associated surface rain rate from the CloudSat Profiling Radar (CPR) reflectivity profiles and a constraint on the Path Integrated Attenuation (PIA) of the radar beam. Key inputs to the algorithm flow from the 2C-PRECIP- COLUMN product, which flags profiles for precipitation, determines the freezing level, determines the precipitation type (convective/stratiform/shallow), and provides an estimate of the magnitude and uncertainty of the PIA. The algorithm further makes use of ancillary temperature and humidity estimates from the ECMWF analysis provided in the ECMWF-AUX product.
Primary Publication
Process Description and Interface Control Document (PDICD)
| File Name | Last Modified | |
|---|---|---|
| 2C-RAIN-PROFILE P_R04 PDICD (630.87 KB) | June 20, 2011 |
Algorithm Specifications
| Popup | Type | Dimensions | Units | Range | Missing | Miss Op | Factor | Offset |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INT(2) | nbin,nray | dB | -9999 | 100 | 0 | |||
| INT(2) | nbin,nray | g/m3 | -9999 | 1000 | 0 | |||
| UINT(1) | nray | -- | 0 to 127 | 1 | 0 | |||
| UINT(1) | nray | -- | 0 to 127 | 1 | 0 | |||
| UINT(1) | nray | -- | 0 to 81 | 1 | 0 | |||
| REAL(4) | nray | dB | -9999 | 1 | 0 | |||
| INT(2) | nbin,nray | dBZe | -40 to 50 | -9999 | 100 | 0 | ||
| INT(2) | nbin,nray | dB | -9999 | 100 | 0 | |||
| UINT(1) | nray | -- | 1 to 3 | 1 | 0 | |||
| INT(2) | nray | -1 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| INT(2) | nbin,nray | g/m3 | -9999 | 1000 | 0 | |||
| INT(2) | nbin,nray | g/m3 | -9999 | 1000 | 0 | |||
| INT(2) | nbin,nray | % | -9999 | 100 | 0 | |||
| INT(2) | nray | -1 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| REAL(4) | nray | mm/hr | -9999 | 1 | 0 | |||
| REAL(4) | nray | % | -9999 | 1 | 0 | |||
| INT(2) | nray | -1 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| REAL(4) | nray | dB | -9999 | 1 | 0 |
| Popup | Type | Dimensions | Units | Range | Missing | Miss Op | Factor | Offset |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INT(2) | nray | meters | -9999 to 8850 | 9999 | == | 1 | 0 | |
| INT(2) | nbin,nray | m | -5000 to 30000 | -9999 | == | 1 | 0 | |
| REAL(4) | nray | degrees | -90 to 90 | 1 | 0 | |||
| REAL(4) | nray | degrees | -180 to 180 | 1 | 0 | |||
| REAL(4) | <scalar> | degrees | -90 to 90 | 1 | 0 | |||
| REAL(4) | nray | seconds | 0 to 6000 | 1 | 0 | |||
| REAL(4) | nray | km | 600 to 800 | 1 | 0 | |||
| REAL(4) | <scalar> | degrees | -90 to 90 | 1 | 0 | |||
| REAL(8) | <scalar> | seconds | 0 to 6e+008 | 1 | 0 | |||
| REAL(4) | <scalar> | seconds | 0 to 86400 | 1 | 0 | |||
| REAL(4) | <scalar> | m | to | -9999 | == | 1 | 0 |
Related News Articles
2016
CloudSat releases algorithm uncertainty study
September 1, 2016
The CloudSat algorithm development leads have completed a synthesis of algorithm uncertainties. The synopsis describes the known uncertainties in the Cloudsat algorithms and provides the relevant technical and peer reviewed references for data end-users. The algorithm development team plans to update the document periodically as new data releases become available.
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