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TEMPEST STP-H8 Antenna and Microwave Brightness Temperatures Version 11
Listed in NASA Earthdata CMR
This dataset includes satellite-based observations of calibrated, geo-located antenna temperature and brightness temperatures, along with the sensor telemetry used to derive those values.
Description
This product is best suited for a cal/val user or sensor expert. These level 1c measurements are from the TEMPEST (Temporal Experiment for Storms and Tropical Systems) sensor aboard the international space station (ISS).
TEMPEST operates in the microwave band, at frequencies 87, 164, 174, 178 and 181 GHz and a swath width of 1400 kilometers. Spatial resolution at nadir is 25 km for the 87 GHz channel and 13 km for the 181 GHz channel. Data files in HDF5 format roughly cover one orbit each (the ISS orbit period is ~90 minutes) and provide non-gridded data over the satellite swath.
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The files also include calibration and flag data. The TEMPEST instrument is a microwave radiometer deployed as part of the Space Test Program - Houston 8 (STP-H8) technology demonstration mission, with the primary objective of tropical cyclone intensity tracking. TEMPEST was provided by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory and flown by the United States Space Force, Space Systems Command, Development Corps for Innovation and Prototyping.
Links
Get the data
- github.com /podaac/data-subscriber ↗
This dataset can be downloaded using the podaac-data-subscriber (the recommended tool for bulk downloading PO.DAAC data). It is a Python package for downloading one or many files using the command lin
download · from NASA CMR
- HTTPS endpoint for data browse and download cmr.earthdata.nasa.gov/virtual-directory/collections/C3572701647-POCLOUD ↗
download · from NASA CMR
- search.earthdata.nasa.gov /search/granules?p=C3572701647-POCLOUD ↗
Browse granule search results in Earthdata Search
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Where it is published
- DOI doi.org/10.5067/tempest-stph8-tsdr11 ↗
DOI / persistent id · from NASA CMR
Documentation and papers
- NASA Earthdata's project page for COWVR-TEMPEST earthdata.nasa.gov/data/projects/cowvr-tempest-stp-h8 ↗
documentation · from NASA CMR
- Data Use and Citation Guidelines podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/CitingPODAAC ↗
documentation · from NASA CMR
- archive.podaac.earthdata.nasa.gov /podaac-ops-cumulus-docs/cowvr-tempest/open/docs/TEMPEST_TSDR_D… ↗
Data Product Development Document providing an overview of the project, instrument, and data product contents
documentation · from NASA CMR
- Thumbnail podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/Podaac/thumbnails/TEMPEST_STPH8_L1_TSDR_V11.jpg ↗
preview image · from NASA CMR
Catalogue records · 2
- CMR UMM-JSON cmr.earthdata.nasa.gov/search/concepts/C3572701647-POCLOUD.umm_json ↗
metadata API · from NASA CMR
- CMR record cmr.earthdata.nasa.gov/search/concepts/C3572701647-POCLOUD.html ↗
catalogue entry · from NASA CMR
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Provenance · 1 source records, 12 field assertions
| Source | Key | Last seen | Raw |
|---|---|---|---|
| NASA Earthdata CMR | C3572701647-POCLOUD | 7 d ago | JSON v1 |
| Field | Assertion | Extractor | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| access_level | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[instrument].gcmd_instrument:tempest | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[measured_variable].gcmd:earth-science/spectral-engineering/microwave/antenna-temperature | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[measured_variable].gcmd:earth-science/spectral-engineering/microwave/brightness-temperature | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[measured_variable].gcmd:earth-science/spectral-engineering/microwave/sensor-counts | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[platform].gcmd_platform:iss | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| description | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | /umm/Abstract |
| publication_date | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| spatial | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | /umm/SpatialExtent |
| temporal | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | /umm/TemporalExtents |
| title | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | /umm/EntryTitle |
| version_label | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 |