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Description

The Polarimetric Scanning Radiometer (PSR) is a versatile airborne microwave imaging radiometer developed by the Georgia Institute of Technology and the NOAA Environmental Technology Laboratory for the purpose of obtaining polarimetric microwave emission imagery of the Earth's oceans, land, ice, clouds, and precipitation.

Product Summary

Platforms
NASA DC-8
Instruments
PSR
Spatial Extent
N: 50 S: 10 E: -50 W: -105
Geographic Region
CARIBBEAN
Coordinate System
CARTESIAN
Granule Spatial Representation
CARTESIAN
Temporal Extent
1998-08-06 to 1998-09-23
Data Partner
Global Hydrometeorology Resource Center, Marshall Space Flight Center, NASA (NASA/MSFC/GHRC)
Concept ID
C1979111637-GHRC_DAAC
Data State
COMPLETE
Processing Level
1B
Published
Updated
Science Keywords
Water Vapor,
Brightness Temperature

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Citation is critically important for dataset documentation and discovery. This dataset is openly shared, without restriction, in accordance with the EOSDIS Data Use and Citation Guidance.

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Gasiewski, A. (2025). CAMEX-3 POLARIMETRIC SCANNING RADIOMETER (PSR) [Data set]. NASA Global Hydrometeorology Resource Center Distributed Active Archive Center. https://doi.org/10.5067/CAMEX-3/RADIOMETER/DATA101 Date Accessed: 2025-10-10

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