The AMSR SIPS at the GHRC DAAC has begun reprocessing the "AMSR-E/Aqua L2B Global Swath Rain Rate/Type GSFC Profiling Algorithm (AE_Rain)” dataset. This new version of the AMSR-E Rain product is generated using the “GPROF 2010” algorithm, with the latest AMSR-E Level-2A Brightness Temperatures as input. Data are being delivered to NSIDC DAAC for archive, and imagery provided to GIBS. Reprocessing of the entire mission is expected to be completed within four months.
GHRC News
The annual Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer (AMSR) Science Team meeting was held September 16-17 in Huntsville, AL. The AMSR Science Investigator-led Processing System (SIPS) at GHRC DAAC was represented by DAAC Manager Dr. Rahul Ramachandran, DAAC Operations Manager Helen Conover, AMSR SIPS team lead Sherry Harrison and AMSR SIPS software engineer Dr. Amy Lin. Conover and Harrison presented status of SIPS and Land Atmosphere Near real time Capability for EOS (LANCE) AMSR activities. Harrison also attended a Mission Operations Working Group meeting, held in conjunction with the Science Team meeting, on September 15. The AMSR Science meeting was attended by between 30 and 35 national and international members from around the United States and Japan.
Disclaimer: The GRIP experiment concluded several years ago, and some of the links below may no longer function correctly.
NASA News on GRIP
NASA Public Affairs - GRIP: http://www.nasa.gov/grip
GRIP in the News
Sensing Our Planet - November 14, 2011 - Once more into the storm (by Natasha Vizcarra)
ABC News - September 1, 2010 - Exclusive Footage of Hurricane Earl
USAToday Science Fair - September 1, 2010 - Robot research plane to fly into Hurricane Earl
Global Hydrology Resource Center Distributed Active Archive Center (GHRC DAAC) Manager Dr. Rahul Ramachandran and DAAC Operations Manager Helen Conover met with GHRC User Working Group (UWG) Chair Dr. Chris Kummerow on September 15, 2015, in order to finalize plans for the GHRC UWG meeting to take place October 7-8, 2015. Dr. Kummerow, of Colorado State University, was attending the Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer (AMSR) Science Team meeting in Huntsville.
Global Hydrology Resource Center Distributed Active Archive Center (GHRC DAAC) Manager Dr. Rahul Ramachandran, web master Ajinkya Kulkani and other GHRC-affiliated researchers have published a book chapter on semantic technologies for data albums, a type of virtual data collection.
Rahul Ramachandran, Ajinkya Kulkarni, Xiang Li, Roshan Sainju, Rohan Bakare, and Sabin Basyal. 2015. “Use of Semantic Technology to Create Curated Data Albums.” In The Semantic Web in Earth and Space Science: Current Status and Future Directions, edited by Peter Fox and Tom Norack. IOS Press. Available at: http://www.iospress.nl/book/the-semantic-web-in-earth-and-space-science-current-status-and-future-directions/
