Hurricane and Severe Storm Sentinel (HS3)

Hurricane and Severe Storm Sentinel (HS3) Global Hawk Advanced Vertical Atmospheric Profiling System (AVAPS) Dropsonde System

 

Preservation Item	Source Location
Preflight / Pre-Ops Calibration
Instrument Description	AVAPS Dropsonde System
Science Data Products
Raw and Derived Products	Hurricane and Severe Storm Sentinel (HS3) Global Hawk Advanced Vertical Atmospheric Profiling System (AVAPS) Dropsonde System V2
Science Data Product Documentation
Product Team	Gary Wick, Terry Hock, Kate Young, and Holger Voemel
Processing and Algorithm Version History	Versions 1-2
Product Application	AVAPS Dropsonde System
Software and Related information
Science Data Product Software	ASPEN AVAPS Software AVAPS Dropsonde System
Science Data Product Validation	Hurricane and Severe Storm Sentinel (HS3) 2012 Global Hawk Dropsonde Data Analysis Summary Hurricane and Severe Storm Sentinel (HS3) 2013 Global Hawk Dropsonde Data Analysis Summary Hurricane and Severe Storm Sentinel (HS3) 2014 Global Hawk Dropsonde Data Analysis Summary
Science Data Software Tools	ASPEN AVAPS Software   AVAPS Dropsonde System

 

HS3 Global Hawk Cloud Physics Lidar (CPL)

 

Preservation Item	Source Location
Preflight / Pre-Ops Calibration
Instrument Description	McGill et al. (2002): Cloud Physics Lidar: Instrument description and initial measurement results Yorks et al. (2011): Airborne validation of cirrus cloud properties derived from CALIPSO lidar measurements: Spatial properties
Science Data Products
Raw and Derived Products	Hurricane and Severe Storm Sentinel (HS3) Global Hawk Cloud Physics Lidar (CPL)
Mission Calibration Data
Calibration Method	McGill et al. (2002): Cloud Physics Lidar: Instrument description and initial measurement results
Science Data Product Documentation
Product Team	Matthew McGill and Dennis Hvalka
Product Requirements and Designs	Yorks et al. (2011): Airborne validation of cirrus cloud properties derived from CALIPSO lidar measurements: Spatial properties
Processing and Algorithm Version History	Version 1
Product Generation Algorithm Documentation	McGill et al. (2003): Airborne lidar measurements of aerosol optical properties during SAFARI-2000 Hlavks, et al. (2012): Airborne validation of cirrus cloud properties from CALIPSO lidar measurements: Optical properties Yorks et al. (2011): Airborne validation of cirrus cloud properties derived from CALIPSO lidar measurements: Spatial properties Yorks et al. (2011): Statistics of Cloud Optical Properties from Airborne Lidar Measurements
Product Application	CPL Abstracts CPL Publications
Software and Related information
Science Data Product Software	Read ATB HD5 software Read OP HD5 software
Science Data Product Validation	Hlavka et al. (2005): Aerosol and cloud optical depth from GLAS: Results and verification for an October 2003 California fire smoke case McGill et al. (2002): Cloud Physics Lidar: Instrument description and initial measurement results Schmid et al. (2003): Coordinated airborne, spaceborne, and ground-based measurements of massive thick aerosol layers during the dry season in southern Africa
Science Data Software Tools	Read ATB HD5 software Read OP HD5 software

 

HS3 High-altitude Imaging Wind and Rain Airborne Profiler (HIWRAP)

 

Preservation Item	Source Location
Preflight / Pre-Ops Calibration
Instrument Description	Heymsfield et al. (2006): Development of the High-Altitude Imaging Wind and Rain Airborne Profiler (HIWRAP) Li et al.: Development of the NASA High-Altitude Imaging Wind and Rain Airborne Profiler Li et al. (2006): High-Altitude Imaging Wind and Rain Airborne Radar (HIWRAP) NASA HIWRAP Webpage Heymsfield et al.: Status of the High-Altitude Imaging Wind and Rain Airborne Profiler (HIWRAP) Li et al. (2016): The NASA High-Altitude Imaging Wind and Rain Airborne Profiler HIWRAP (High-Altitude Imaging Wind and Rain Airborne Profiler) eoPortal Directory
Science Data Products
Raw and Derived Products	Hurricane and Severe Storm Sentinel (HS3) High-Altitude Imaging Wind and Rain Airborne Profiler (HIWRAP)
Mission Calibration Data
Calibration Method	Li et al. (2016): The NASA High-Altitude Imaging Wind and Rain Airborne Profiler
Science Data Product Documentation
Product Team	Gerald M. Heymsfield and Lin Tian
Processing and Algorithm Version History	Version 1
Product Generation Algorithm Documentation	Li et al. (2016): The NASA High-Altitude Imaging Wind and Rain Airborne Profiler
Product Application	HIWRAP (High-Altitude Imaging Wind and Rain Airborne Profiler) eoPortal Directory
Software and Related information
Science Data Product Software	Li et al. (2006): High-Altitude Imaging Wind and Rain Airborne Radar (HIWRAP)
Science Data Product Validation	Heymsfield et al. (2006): Development of the High-Altitude Imaging Wind and Rain Airborne Profiler (HIWRAP) Li et al.: Development of the NASA High-Altitude Imaging Wind and Rain Airborne Profiler Li et al. (2006): High-Altitude Imaging Wind and Rain Airborne Radar (HIWRAP) NASA HIWRAP Webpage Heymsfield et al.: Status of the High-Altitude Imaging Wind and Rain Airborne Profiler (HIWRAP)   HIWRAP (High-Altitude Imaging Wind and Rain Airborne Profiler) eoPortal Directory Jacob, et al. (2015): Validation of Rain Rate Retrievals for the Airborne Hurricane Imaging Radiometer (HIRAD)

 

HS3 Global Hawk High Altitude MMIC Sounding Radiometer (HAMSR)

 

Preservation Item	Source Location
Preflight / Pre-Ops Calibration
Instrument Description	HAMSR (High Altitude MMIC Sounding Radiometer) Riley et al.: The High Altitude MMIC Sounding Radiometer (HAMSR) Brown et al. (2011): The High-Altitude MMIC Sounding Radiometer for the Global Hawk Unmanned Aerial Vehicle: Instrument Descriptoin and Performance
Science Data Products
Raw and Derived Products	Hurricane and Severe Storm Sentinel (HS3) Global Hawk High Altitude MMIC Sounding Radiometer (HAMSR)
Mission Calibration Data
Calibration Method	Riley et al.: The High Altitude MMIC Sounding Radiometer (HAMSR) Brown et al. (2011): The High-Altitude MMIC Sounding Radiometer for the Global Hawk Unmanned Aerial Vehicle: Instrument Descriptoin and Performance
Science Data Product Documentation
Product Team	Bjorn Lambrigtsen
Processing and Algorithm Version History	Version 1
Product Generation Algorithm Documentation	Brown et al. (2011): The High-Altitude MMIC Sounding Radiometer for the Global Hawk Unmanned Aerial Vehicle: Instrument Descriptoin and Performance
Product Application	HAMSR (High Altitude MMIC Sounding Radiometer) from eoPortal Directory
Software and Related information
Science Data Product Software	HAMSR L1B netCDF UI HAMSR L2 netCDF UI
Science Data Product Validation	HAMSR Product Validation Products
Science Data Software Tools	HAMSR L1B netCDF UI   HAMSR L2 netCDF UI

 

HS3 Hurricane Imaging Radiometer (HIRAD)

 

Preservation Item	Source Location
Preflight / Pre-Ops Calibration
Instrument Description	Hopkins et al.: Beam Former Development for the NASA Hurricane Imaging Radiometer Rui et al.: The Hurricane Imaging Radiometer – An Octave Bandwidth Synthetic Thinned Array Radiometer Jacob et al. (2015): Validation of rain rate retrievals for the airborne Hurricane Imaging Radiometer (HIRAD)
Science Data Products
Raw and Derived Products	Hurricane and Severe Storm Sentinel (HS3) Hurricane Imaging Radiometer (HIRAD)
Mission Calibration Data
Calibration Method	Ruf et al.: Calibration and image reconstruction for the Hurricane Imaging Radiometer (HIRAD)
Science Data Product Documentation
Product Team	Daniel J. Cecil and Sayak Biswas
Processing and Algorithm Version History	Version 1
Product Generation Algorithm Documentation	Ruf et al.: Calibration and image reconstruction for the Hurricane Imaging Radiometer (HIRAD)
Product Application	HIRAD Publications
Software and Related information
Science Data Product Validation	Jacob et al. (2015): Validation of rain rate retrievals for the airborne Hurricane Imaging Radiometer (HIRAD)