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Kwajalein Experiment (KWAJEX) Data from the University of Washington
Entry ID: UWA_KWAJEX

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Summary

Abstract: The Kwajalein Experiment (KWAJEX), held 23 July - 15 September 1999,
was a field observation campaign centered on Kwajalein Atoll, Marshall
Islands and sponsored by NASA in cooperation with the U.S. Army
Kwajalein Atoll/Kwajalein Missile Range and the National Oceanographic
and Atmospheric Administration. The joint U.S.-Japan Tropical Rainfall
Measuring Mission (TRMM) satellite was launched in November 1997 and
uses a Ku-band radar and a multi-channel passive microwave radiometer
to map precipitation in the tropics. A number of physical assumptions
are made within the TRMM satellite algorithms in order to obtain rain
rates from the the satellite-measured radiances. The goals of KWAJEX
were focused on making observations to reduce uncertainty in these
physical assumptions by gathering a coordinated data set of airborne,
shipborne, and ground-based measurements within tropical open ocean
precipitating clouds.

Related URL

Link: GET DATA
Description: Access to KWAJEX data from U. Washington

Geographic Coverage

N: 9.28 S: 7.45 E: 168.57 W: 166.25

Data Set Citation

Dataset Originator/Creator: KWAJEX team
Dataset Title: Kwajalein Experiment (KWAJEX) Data
Dataset Release Place: WA
Dataset Publisher: University of Washington
Online Resource: http://www.atmos.washington.edu/kwajex/

Temporal Coverage

Start Date: 1999-07-23

Stop Date: 1999-09-15

Location Keywords

OCEAN > PACIFIC OCEAN
OCEAN > PACIFIC OCEAN > WESTERN PACIFIC OCEAN > MICRONESIA > MARSHALL ISLANDS > Kwajalein
GEOGRAPHIC REGION > TROPICS

ISO Topic Category

CLIMATOLOGY/METEOROLOGY/ATMOSPHERE
IMAGERY/BASE MAPS/EARTH COVER

Platform

SHIPS    [Information]

TRMM >Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission    [Information]

NASA ER-2 >NASA Earth Resources-2    [Information]

Instrument

DOPPLER RADAR    [Information]

RADAR >Radio Detection and Ranging    [Information]

RAWINSONDES    [Information]

SOUNDERS    [Information]

TETHERSONDES    [Information]

Project

KWAJEX >Kwajalein Experiment [Information]

Keywords

wind speed

wind direction

equivalent potential temperature

tethersondes

KWAJEX

ground validation

microphysics

surface flux

boundary layer

micrometeorological data

Ronald H. Brown

Meck Island

Data Set Progress

COMPLETE

Originating Center

UWA

Data Center

Department of Atmospheric Science, University of Washington [Information]
Data Center URL: http://www.atmos.washington.edu/

Data Center Personnel

Name: SANDRA YUTER
Email: yuter at atmos.washington.edu
Contact Address:
University of Washington
Department of Atmospheric Sciences
Box 351640
City: Seattle
Province or State: WA
Postal Code: 98195
Country: USA

Distribution

Distribution_Media: online www
Fees: none

Personnel

SANDRA YUTER
Role: INVESTIGATOR
Role: TECHNICAL CONTACT
Email: yuter at atmos.washington.edu
Contact Address:
University of Washington
Department of Atmospheric Sciences
Box 351640
City: Seattle
Province or State: WA
Postal Code: 98195
Country: USA

ROBERT HOUZE
Role: INVESTIGATOR
Role: TECHNICAL CONTACT
Email: houze at atmos.washington.edu
Contact Address:
University of Washington
Department of Atmospheric Sciences
Box 351640
City: Seattle
Province or State: WA
Postal Code: 98195
Country: USA

Creation and Review Dates

DIF Creation Date: 2003-05-13

Last DIF Revision Date: 2008-08-29

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