CloudSat CPR

Mon, 07/13/2015 - 08:36 -- admin
Column integrated precipitation rate from satellite
Plugin type: 
Data source
Data type: 
Satellite
Data family: 
CloudSat CPR
Official product name: 
2C-PRECIP-COLUMN
Data format: 
HDF
Product description webpage: 
Description: 

The Cloud Profiling Radar (CPR) is a 94-GHz nadir-looking radar which measures the power backscattered by clouds as a function of distance from the radar. Main content of this product is column integrated precipitation rate (http://www.cloudsat.cira.colostate.edu/data-products/level-2c/2c-precip-...).

Example filename: 
2007189224156_06358_CS_2C-PRECIP-COLUMN_GRANULE_P_R04_E02.hdf
Is built-in?: 
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